Month: January 2022
Finance Redefined: Vitalik bearish on cross-chain, dYdX decentralizing, Jan. 7–14
Vitalik Buterin outlined his views on a cross-chain blockchain world, dYdX announced plans for full decentralization in 2022, and Near Protocol raised $150 for Web3 […]
An Indonesian 22-year-old makes $1M by selling NFT selfies on OpenSea
Ghozali spent five years clicking selfies in front of his computer, which was later converted into NFTs and uploaded to OpenSea in December 2021.
AI-generative art predicted to be next trend for NFT sector
NFT art created by AI algorithms brings new meaning to nonfungible tokens, but can artificial intelligence be trusted to produce a new genre of art?
70% of Jamaica population to adopt CBDC in 5 years, prime minister says
The Caribbean country expects a nationwide CBDC rollout by the end of the first quarter of 2022.
Crypto job posts on LinkedIn rocketed 395% in 2021
Job postings with terms like “Bitcoin,” “Ethereum,” “blockchain” and “cryptocurrency” grew 395% in the United States last year.
Crypto DAO spends €2.66M on Jodorowsky’s Dune thinking they would own its copyright, receives mass ridicule on Twitter
It’s the latest addition to a series of crypto-crowdfunding campaigns to receive increased spectator scrutiny.
Bitcoin payments decline as other cryptocurrencies grow
In 2021, Bitcoin’s usage by merchants that use BitPay fell to about 65%, down from 92% in 2020.
Crypto.com pauses withdrawals due to ‘suspicious activity’
Dogecoin founder Billy Markus noticed a suspicious transaction pattern on Etherscan that prompted the company to halt all transactions for the time being.
Price analysis 1/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOT, AVAX, DOGE
Bitcoin and most major altcoins took a turn for the worse after BTC price dipped below $42,000.