Crypto News
Crypto stories without the hype
My favourites from the cryptouniverse in the past month
Advice
= encouraging more acceptance/watch out for FOMO, = negative/watch out for FUD
The Top Universities for Blockchain by CoinDesk 2021 — cryptoslate — 25 November 2021/originally 4 October 2021 (LINK)
WEF releases resource suite for CBDCs and stablecoins aimed at regulators and businesses leaders — cointelegraph — 22 November 2021 (LINK)
Bitcoin's Taproot upgrade simply explained — finbold — 16 November 2021 (LINK)
Want to Learn the Crypto Trade? Here Are Some Apps for That — thekatynews — 13 November 2021 (LINK)
Traders can use Twitter to anticipate altcoin price moves — cointelegraph — 12 November 2021 (LINK)
Data shows that a spike in Twitter mentions preceded massive price rallies in at least five altcoins. (sells cointelegraph-related service)
The Problem With Decentralized Exchanges — And How To Solve It — decrypt — 9 November 2021 (LINK)
What is Your Plan When the Dollar Crashes? Bitcoin (BTC) or Gold — thecurrencyanalytics — 7 November 2021 (LINK)
A Deep Dive Into BitOrbit — coinmarketcap — 3 November 2021 (LINK)
Crypto chart-master Bill Noble has correctly predicted every twist and turn for bitcoin and ether over the
last 2 months. He explains why ether is set to outperform bitcoin through year-end — and lays out 3 altcoins
set to top peers: SOL, DOT, NEAR — businessinsider — 2 November 2021 (LINK)
Bitcoin And Biases — Bitcoin As ESG Money — bitcoinmagazine —
30 October 2021 (LINK)
On examination, we find that when discussing ESG in regards to bitcoin, the focus is far too
often on the "E" and not the "SG".
What are DAOs? Here's what to know about the 'next big trend' in crypto — cnbc — 25 October 2021 (LINK)
<>How To Crypto — A Curated List Of CryptoTicker Articles To Get You Started — cryptoticker — 24 October 2021 (LINK)
3 Reasons to Invest in Crypto — and 3 Reasons Not To — fool
— 17 October 2021 (LINK)
Brave browser now includes a built-in crypto wallet — engadget — 16 October 2021 (LINK)
An ultimate guide to 10 top altcoins, their real-world applications, and why investors are betting their
tech is the future of crypto — businessinsider — 15 October 2021 (LINK)
Top 10 Cryptocurrencies & Their Real World Uses (includes video) — tradingview — 15 October 2021 (LINK)
Introducing The .Wallet Alliance — unstoppabledomains — 5 October 2021 (LINK)
Global
Can Cryptocurrency Accelerate Global Development? — undispatch — 29 November 2021 (LINK)
Bitcoin network surpasses PayPal in volume processed, eyes overtaking Mastercard next — theblockcrypto — 26 November 2021 (LINK)
Crypto: The Gift That Keeps On Giving (to Charity) — coindesk — 25 November
2021 (LINK)
‘3D’ NFTs make their way to the Internet Computer (ICP) network — cryptoslate — 25 November 2021 (LINK)
A plot of digital land was just sold in the metaverse for $2.43 million — more than most homes in NYC and San Francisco cost — businessinsider — 24 November
2021 (LINK)
A charitable group is aiming for a “cultural democratisation of museums” through NFTs — cryptoslate — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
FC Barcelona stops NFT auction, cancels deal with NFT market — cryptopolitan — 20 November
2021 (LINK)
Binance Publishes Bill of Rights for Crypto Users — decrypt — 16 November
2021 (LINK)
Unstoppable Domains Taps Polygon to Cut Gas Fees for Ethereum NFT Domains — decrypt — 16 November
2021 (LINK)
The Crypto Economy Soars Past $3 Trillion — Momentum of Value Grew Much Faster Than Apple's Market Valuation
— news.bitcoin.com — 9 November
2021 (LINK)
10 Wallets Hold 72% Of Total Shiba Inu Supply. Who Are They? — bitcoinist.com — 9 November 2021 (LINK)
How Bitcoin Has Performed Compared To Top Stocks — newsbtc —
8 November 2021 (LINK)
The FIRST Non-custodial Decentralized Exchange Built on the Cardano Blockchain by Ravendex —
bitcoinist — 3 November 2021 (LINK)
Survey Suggests Bitcoin Ownership Is Still Rather Limited — livebitcoinnews — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Finder Survey: Nigeria's 24.2% Adoption Rating Is the Highest Rate of Crypto Ownership Globally
— bitcoin — 31 October 2021 (LINK)
MANA Price Rallies 45% To $1.27 Buoyed By Facebook's Rebrand To Meta — coingape — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler responds to concerns about first Bitcoin-linked ETF — cointelegraph — 20 October 2021 (LINK)
Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, also known as BITO, is based on CME Bitcoin futures
contracts. The debut of BITO follows announcements that other BTC-linked funds, including Valkyrie's Bitcoin
Strategy ETF, are set to start trading on the Nasdaq. A new blockchain-industry-based fund, called the Volt
Crypto Industry Revolution and Tech ETF, intends to begin trading soon as well.
First Bitcoin Futures ETF Trades Nearly $1 Billion in One Day — decrypt — 19 October 2021 (LINK)
Financial leaders from the G7 agree that CBDCs would complement cash and should not be detrimental to the
monetary system — cointelegraph — 14
October 2021 (LINK)
Crime?
Crypto Businessman Disappears as ‘First Greek Cryptocurrency’ Collapses — — bitcoin — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
A teen accused of a $36.5 million crypto theft used some of it to buy a rare gaming username — which the police used to track him down — businessinsider — 18 November 2021 (LINK)
5 Million Robinhood Customer Emails Stolen, Company Says No Financial Data at Risk — decrypt.co — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
'Kimchi Premium Fraud Ring' Busted in South Korea — cryptonews
— 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Ukraine and US authorities bust a crime ring that allegedly laundered tens of millions of dollars in
crypto — coinnounce — 30 October
2021 (LINK)
Report reveals $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions linked to ransomware — ambcrypto — 17 October 2021 (LINK)
6,000 Coinbase Users Robbed in Phishing Attacks, Company Says It Will Reimburse — decrypt — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
Coins
Moonbeam wins Polkadot’s second parachain auction with $1.4 billion pledged — cryptoslate — 25 November 2021 (LINK)
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether’s Prices Drop After India’s Announcement of Banning Cryptocurrency — cryptoslate — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
IOHK to increase Cardano block size in a bid to support the future of DeFi — inews — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
Cardano in the Red Despite Bitstamp Listing — u.today — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
eToro Announces Cardano (ADA) And Tron (TRX) Delisting, Points To Regulatory Concerns — newsbtc — 23 November 2021 (LINK)
CRO Coin price: How much the Crypto.com currency is worth and what experts predict will happen to its value — inews — 18 November 2021 (LINK)
IOTA Launches Shimmer Staging Network and Introduces Staking Rewards — u.today — 16 November 2021 (LINK)
Secretum, Powered by Solana, Makes Trading as Easy as Messaging — beincrypto — 9 November 2021 (LINK)
Solana Looking to Add Tens of Millions of Users by Becoming Native Blockchain of Brave Browser
— u.today — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Solana is up 17,000% this year—here's what to know before investing in the Ethereum competitor — cnbc — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Is It Time to Buy VeChain (VET)? – Three Reasons Why We Think So — dailycoin — 7 November 2021 (LINK)
Monero (XMR) Can Reduce Wallet Scan Times by 50-70% — thecurrencyanalytics — 7 November 2021 (LINK)
IOTA all set to make its mark with these major updates — ambcrypto
— 7 November 2021 (LINK)
Creaton: The Decentralized Alternative To Patreon & OnlyFans — blockonomi — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
EOS Has Been A Terrible Investment, Says Foundation's CEO — zycrypto — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
EOS has fallen by 80.42% since it reached its peak of $22.89 back in 2018. The Cayman Islands
start-up Block.one raised a staggering $4 billion which made it the largest ICO without even having a live
product. The following year, it ran into trouble with the U.S. SEC for conducting an unregistered initial coin
offering. The SEC slammed the company with a $24 million penalty that raised uncertainties over the project's
future.
Shiba Inu Price Down 10% Amid Weekend FUD — nulltx — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
The Shiba Inu dog behind the doge meme turns 16 — cnet —
3 November 2021 (LINK)
SQUID Crashes Over 100% to $0.0008 — banklesstimes — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Crypto.com Becomes Top Google Play App In The US (And The Ad With Matt Damon Probably Helped, Too)
— benzinga — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
SAND Prepares For A 55% Rise To $3.28 — coingape — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
SafeMoon price to find support while buyers eye return to $0.000007 — fxstreet — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
National
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether’s Prices Drop After India’s Announcement of Banning Cryptocurrency — cryptoslate — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
Pacific Island Nation of Palau To Launch National Stablecoin Backed By Ripple Tech — blockonomi
— 24 November 2021 (LINK)
U.S. infrastructure bill passes with crypto tax provision — zdnet
— 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Huobi Group is moving to Gibraltar following China crackdown — cointelegraph — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Kazakhstan limits retail digital currency investment to 10% of annual income — coingeek — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Central Bank of Nigeria freeze accounts of crypto traders — cryptopolitan — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Sweden's FSA calls for 'energy-intensive mining' of crypto-assets to be 'prohibited' — ambcrypto — 7 November 2021 (LINK)
4% of Americans Who Profited from Crypto Investing Have Quit Their Jobs: Survey — cryptopotato — 7 November 2021 (LINK)
Growing Number of US Mayors Want to Be Paid in Bitcoin — bitcoin — 7 November 2021 (LINK)
The Navajo Nation Is Mining Bitcoin With Sustainable Energy — newsbtc — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank buys 51% in Bitkub exchange — coinnounce — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
Biden Working Group Calls for Stablecoin Issuers Like Tether to Be Regulated Like Banks — decrypt.co — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Swiss
Top Blockchain Universities: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne — theblockcrypto — 26 November 2021 (LINK)
Switzerland's marquee digital assets projects are finally coming together — theblockcrypto — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Switzerland's Crypto Valley counts itself yet another unicorn! —
cv labs — 4 November 2021(LINK)
Business
Morgan Stanley just bought the Bitcoin (BTC) dip through Grayscale shares — cryptoslate — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
Coinbase acquires crypto wallet startup BRD — decrypt — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
WAX Builds the Largest Cross-Blockchain Ecosystem for NFTS, Gaming, and GameFi With Binance — bitcoin — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
Blockamedia, Croatian start-up that certifies documents with blockchain technology, Announces Collaboration With University of Rijeka for Platform Upgrade — usethebitcoin — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
Stripe is 'open' to accepting cryptocurrency payments in the future — decrypt — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
Bitcoin's Biggest Upgrade Since 2017: Taproot Just Went Live — decrypt — 14 November 2021 (LINK)
Gemini Adds Support for Shiba Inu, Investors Targets Robinhood Next — coinquora — 14 November 2021 (LINK)
Crypto.com Launches EVM-Compatible Network Cronos as $CRO Jumps Over 110% — cryptoglobe — 8 November 2021 (LINK)
Solana, FTX, Lightspeed Ventures To Launch $100M Web3 Gaming Fund — newsbtc — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
Sino-Global Experiences Management Shifts So It Can Focus on Crypto — livebitcoinnews — 5 November 2021 (LINK)
Binance Temporarily Disables Withdrawals As Moving For Long-Term Storage Causes Backlog — benzinga — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Burger King Teams Up With Robinhood To Give Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin Rewards — benzinga — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
On the Wild Side (includes prices and predictions)
Shiba Inu (SHIB) Soars Nearly 30% on Thanksgiving Day — u.today — 25 November 2021 (LINK)
OneRepublic Becomes First Major US Artist To Be Paid In Bitcoin For Show — bitcoinmagazine — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
SAND Token Jumps 37% as The Sandbox Opens The Doors Of Its Metaverse — decrypt — 17 November 2021 (LINK)
2 Dirt-Cheap Cryptocurrencies That Could Skyrocket:AVAX and SAND — fool — 16 November 2021 (LINK)
Tron outshines Ethereum, Cardano in these aspects; shows potential for further growth — ambcrypto — 6 November 2021 (LINK)
CryptoPunk worth $850,000 sells for just a fraction of its price — theblockcrypto — 1 November 2021 (LINK)
Catch Up
Earlier roundups