Crypto on track to hit 1 billion users by end of 2025: Analyst

After failing to get approval from the SEC in 2019, the investment management firm finally gets a Bitcoin ETP to market. 1196 Total views 9 Total shares After spending much of 2019 unsuccessfully lobbying to get its exchange-traded fund, or ETF, approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, investment management fund VanEck has…

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, one of the world’s richest people, likes blockchain but thinks that applying it to money is odd.“Someone needs to control currencies”In a Fortune interview on Sept. 17, Schwarzman expressed his negative stance to Bitcoin, explaining that building money using blockchain technology is “pretty odd” and he does not have much interest…

Mike Novogratz, a former Goldman Sachs partner and founder of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, has argued that Bitcoin (BTC) occupies a unique place in the cryptocurrency landscape. Novogratz made his remarks during an interview with Bloomberg TV on Feb. 13.Reflecting on the proliferation of crypto assets, many of which have attempted to vie with…

Uniswap (UNI) looks ready to post its best monthly performance in more than a year as it rallied approximately 80% in July, but signs of an extended pullback in the near term are emerging. Uniswap price nearly doubles in JulyUNI's price is having one of its best months ever, reaching nearly $9 on July 30 versus…

Gold continues to trade near its nine-year highs as investors hedge their portfolio against a possible devaluation of the U.S. dollar due to the expansive monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin (BTC), which has long been forecast as digital gold, is not finding favor among investors as it remains highly correlated with the U.S.…

Thousands of attendees recently gathered at Denver’s National Western Complex for ETHDenver 2023 to learn about the current and future cryptocurrency ecosystem. John Paller, founder and executive steward of ETHDenver, told Cointelegraph that 15,000 ticketholders attended ETHDenver’s main event.While ETHDenver attracted a diverse crowd, many students from leading universities attended the event, showcasing new solutions to…

“Lightning is great and something we’ll integrate,” Armstrong said in response to an allegation that he was “ignoring” the network. 122 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBitcoin (BTC) layer 2 scaling solution Lightning may feature on the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in some capacity, according to…

The digital asset manager has reduced its holdings of both cryptocurrencies significantly. Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital asset manager, has reportedly dumped a significant portion of its XRP and XLM holdings.Data from Bybt, a cryptocurrency futures trading platform, reveal that Grayscale’s XRP holdings declined by more than 9.18 million on Dec. 29, bringing its…

Algorand, a decentralized blockchain network developed by the eponymous American blockchain firm, is expected to upgrade to version 2.0.2 today.The upcoming network upgrade is poised to increase the amount of time for nodes to upgrade to new consensus versions after voting thresholds have been met, as announced on Dec. 13.Scheduled for 10:00 AM ET on…