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Day: January 28, 2022
Crypto Industry Heavyweights Form Political Action Committee for U.S. Midterms: Report
The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. As part of their compensation, certain CoinDesk employees, including editorial employees, may receive exposure to DCG equity in the form of stock appreciation rights, which vest over a multi-year period. CoinDesk journalists are not allowed to purchase…
AstroSwap Launched Today – Will ASTRO Do Another 200x?
AstroSwap, an interoperable and superbly designed DEX just launched today, January 28, 2022. In a press release on January 20, the highly anticipated activation precedes a period of unprecedented performance of its native currency, ASTRO. ASTRO Roared 210X in Early November 2021 According to trackers, ASTRO has been defying gravity since listing, outperforming BTC and ETH by several folds. After completing its initial decentralized exchange offering (IDO) on ADApad, the token soared 210X within the first few days of trading. ASTRO maintains an upward trajectory, outperforming other digital assets despite…
Total Cryptocurrency Market Capitalization Risk Metric | How I Navigate Crypto
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Using risk metrics like the one for the total cryptocurrency asset class and for Bitcoin are the primary ways that I navigate the cryptocurrency market. While we can discuss cycle theory for years, at the end of the day I just stick to the risk levels. It was the risk levels that told me the crypto asset class was too far extended earlier this year, and I will continue to use it in the future as well. This video at least provides…
Galaxy Digital Takes Next Step to Becoming US-Based Company
The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. As part of their compensation, certain CoinDesk employees, including editorial employees, may receive exposure to DCG equity in the form of stock appreciation rights, which vest over a multi-year period. CoinDesk journalists are not allowed to purchase…
Defying the bear market, this automated strategy is up 15% so far in 2022
Let’s be blunt: Being in a bear market sucks profoundly as a crypto trader. Most strategies that work when everything is green lead to losses. Growing the value of a portfolio takes twice as much work for half as much progress. The uncertainty over how long the market will remain down is exhausting. During these times, making use of every available tool that can enhance traders’ decision-making is key to success. One such tool is the VORTECS™ Score, an algorithmic indicator available to the subscribers of Cointelegraph Markets Pro that…
Is crypto snowballing to 1 billion users this year?
Crypto.com raised a few eyebrows this past week when it announced cryptocurrency users worldwide could reach 1 billion by the end of 2022. The timing was curious, given that Bitcoin (BTC) and many other cryptos are entwined in one of the largest drawdowns in their (albeit short) history and with the prospect of United States Federal Reserve interest-rate tightening edging ever nearer. But the cryptocurrency exchange, which in November gave its name to the arena where the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team plays in a 20-year deal, was obviously taking…
Elvis Impersonators Are Trying to Set a Record in the Metaverse
“Guinness World Record has now approved that avatars are actually human, for the sake of the record, which is pretty interesting,” Adam De Cata, head of partnerships at Decentraland, told CryptoX in an interview. “So yeah, we are going to beat the record, with ours being virtual and the previous being physical. We’re going to smash it.” CryptoX Portal
WisdomTree’s Fourth-Quarter Crypto Assets Managed Rises 5-Fold
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A one-off or a new phase of global regulation?
Over the last week, regulators in three major jurisdictions across two continents introduced new rules governing cryptocurrency-related promotions and advertisements. Citing consumer risks associated with digital asset investments, authorities in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Spain tightened the requirements around crypto firms’ marketing messaging and customer recruitment practices. While some experts view this emerging trend as a sign of a new global phase of cryptocurrency regulation, questions about the efficiency and universal applicability of this approach persist. New measures In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Treasury issued a report summarizing…