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• Grayscale CEO outlines 6 themes that will shape crypto market in 2021
  Widespread institutional adoption, favorable regulation, and the growth of North American crypto mining are just some of the themes Michael Sonnenshein believes will materialize in 2021. Michael Sonnenshein, the newly appointed CEO of Grayscale Investments, believes 2021 will mark another pivotal year for digital-asset investing as institutional capital and nation-state adoption drive the next leg […]
• Too fast, too furious: Some major altcoins failed to match Bitcoin’s rally
  Bitcoin has broken its all-time high and has more than doubled in value at the peak, but why have some other coins failed to keep up? Since then, the price of Bitcoin has suffered a correction, and most of the crypto market followed. Bitcoin is currently sitting at just over $35,000, and while traders suggest […]
• Ethereum tumbles 7% right after new all-time highs: Are ETH bulls in trouble?
  Ethereum has fallen by more than 7% in the last several hours, a day after breaking its ETH/USD all-time high from three years ago. The price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, fell sharply as Bitcoin (BTC) corrected overnight on Jan. 20.Bitcoin price slid to as low as $34,000 on Binance, recording a […]
• We don’t need immunity passports, we need verifiable credentials
  The idea of global vaccination and health data being stored in centralized systems has more than privacy experts freaking out. As the first vaccines against COVID-19 roll out, governments and institutions across the world are scrambling to figure out how to provide proof that someone has been vaccinated. Paper certificates, PDFs, wristbands and mobile apps […]
• Arbitrage traders make 10x returns on new DeFi platform for wrapped assets
  A lucky trader turned 0.34 BTC into 4.6 BTC in just one swap. A recently launched decentralized finance platform, Saddle Finance, has netted one particular trader a more than 10x return on an arbitrage trade between different permutations of synthetic Bitcoin (BTC).According to transaction data from Etherscan, a user swapped 0.34 sBTC, Synthetix’s Bitcoin-based token, […]
• Ether could be heading for $10.5K, says Fundstrat strategist
  Ether’s ongoing Proof-of-Stake upgrade combined with its DeFi potential and new all-time high could trigger its price above $10,000, according to one analyst. After hitting a new all-time high, the Ether (ETH) price could potentially head to $10,500, according to a strategist at major market research company Fundstrat Global Advisors.Fundstrat’s strategist David Grider commented on […]
• Rick and Morty crypto art sells for $150,000 on Gemini-owned platform
  Justin Roiland's piece was listed on a non-fungible token art exchange owned by Gemini. A crypto art piece by Justin Roiland, co-creator of the famous animated series Rick and Morty, has sold for a handsome price on non-fungible token marketplace Nifty Gateway.Dubbed “The First Ever Edition Of Rick And Morty Cryptoart,” the tokenized artwork was […]