Author: Sergio Goschenko

Paxos, a blockchain services and tokenization firm has added Coinbase Ventures, FTX, Bank of America, and Founders Fund as backers in its Series D funding round that started last April. These institutions were listed as “strategic investors,” but the amounts of their contributions were not disclosed. Paxos has now raised more than $540 million in… Continue reading Bank of America, Coinbase, FTX Invest in Paxos Series D Funding Round

Analytics tool Nansen recently unveiled its non-fungible token (NFT ) leaderboards and wallet profiler, a fun and comprehensive set of tools for examining top collectors’ behavior, while giving access to the best performing wallets and collections in ERC721. While radically broadening options of what can be represented as a token on the Ethereum (ETH )… Continue reading These NFT leaderboards reveal how DeFi players manage their portfolios

A new report issued by Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and fintech services firm, discovered that the number of people using cryptocurrencies has more than doubled since January, reaching 221 million last June. The report states that the rise of the defi movement, institutions like Tesla, Visa, Mastercard, and Microstrategy adopting cryptocurrency, and El Salvador establishing… Continue reading Global Cryptocurrency Adoption Doubled Since January Reaching 221 Million Users: Report

Gabriel Makhlouf, the governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), has published a blog post in which he shares his views on the digitalization of finance. While echoing concerns expressed by his counterparts regarding cryptocurrencies, the official has also highlighted some of their positives. Don’t Ignore the Positive Elements of Crypto Technology, Central Bank… Continue reading Central Bank of Ireland Governor Talks Crypto, Praises ‘Secure, Decentralized’ Technology

Robinhood shares suffered a lackluster performance on Thursday, sinking dramatically in a market debut that indicated flat investor demand. By the end of the New York session, $HOOD closed 8.4% lower, having earlier sunk by as much as 12%. The popular fee-free trading app gained notoriety earlier this year. Young and “un-professional” traders turned to… Continue reading Robinhood’s Nasdaq debut ends with sputter, can Dogecoin (DOGE) save it?

While non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have been all the rage, a few projects have been developing the concept of fractionalized NFTs so investors without deep pockets can purchase shares of an expensive collectible. On Thursday, the firm Otis revealed that people can invest in an NFT created by the world-famous Canadian musician and record producer… Continue reading Breaking NFTs to Pieces: These 4 Projects Are Fractionalizing Grimes, Banksy, Cryptopunk NFTs

Last February the crypto community was obsessed with a specific dogecoin address that happens to be the largest dogecoin holder today with over 36 billion DOGE. One armchair sleuth studied a number of onchain transactions and suspected the company Robinhood owned the wallet. Now the individual has researched the topic again and claims the latest… Continue reading Report Suggests Robinhood Owns Largest Dogecoin Address and Third-Largest BTC Wallet

American retirement savings represent a new beachhead for bitcoin — we just need to make sure people hold their own keys. “Many adults are struggling to save for retirement and feel that they are not on track with their savings. While preparedness for retirement increases with age, concerns about inadequate savings are still common for… Continue reading Why The $35 Trillion In United States Retirement Accounts Should Be Spent On Bitcoin

According to a Ripple  market report , the average daily trading volume (ADV) of XRP has soared, almost doubling to $4.49 billion in the second quarter of the year, compared to the $2.26 billion recorded in the first three months of 2021, while the token witnessed four of the highest volume days ever recorded.  XRP is… Continue reading XRP volumes nearly doubled in Q2 2021, Ripple report shows