Here’s what happened in crypto today

The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, brings together global leaders and thinkers across various industries to hone in on global issues each year. As the world of crypto and blockchain continues to push into the mainstream view, it, too, has become a topic of discussion at the legacy event. Cointelegraph editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr…

Paradigms new $2.5 billion New Venture Fund has dethroned A16z as the largest venture fund in crypto. 619 Total views 25 Total shares Crypto investment firm Paradigm has revealed a new $2.5 billion”New Venture Fund” to expand its investment into cryptocurrency companies and protocols.According to a Nov. 15 announcement, Paradigm co-founders Fred Ahrsam and Matt Huang stated…

The company cited the SEC’s actions against Coinbase and Binance as reasons for the delisting, saying the lawsuits “introduced a cloud of uncertainty” around the tokens. Cryptocurrency and stock trading app Robinhood announced it will be ending support for Cardano, Polygon and Solana — all tokens labeled as unregistered securities by the United States Securities and…

As the price of Bitcoin continues to reach new all-time highs, major corporations with existing crypto offerings in place are beginning to discuss grand plans for the future. Most recently, Dan Schulman, CEO of PayPal, hinted at future developments for PayPal’s crypto offering during Forbes’ “2021 Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate,” an online event that…

Despite the pilot, the central bank's deputy governor said he was apprehensive about launching a full-scale CBDC in Israel, and referred to Bitcoin as a "pyramid scam." 447 Total views 5 Total shares The Bank of Israel has reportedly already issued a central bank digital currency through a pilot test of a digital shekel.According to…

August 10: Crypto markets are tentatively holding gains today, as they stake their recovery from the week’s earlier plummet. On August 8, total market capitalization had shrunk to $219 billion –– its lowest level since mid-November 2017 –– but today has seen that figure peak as high as $233 billion. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin…

Golem’s latest report explains the transfer of 135,000 ETH to CEXs as part of a staking test to ensure operational security.

The former Binance CEO speculated that X’s bot detection algorithm “needs some work” after the platform implied he “potentially violated the X Rules” by changing his profile name. 368 Total views 6 Total shares Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) restricted the account of former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao without explanation other than suggesting

A Swiss startup company is attempting to make using cryptocurrencies for online transactions as simple and safe as using PayPal.The main accusation of the mainstream media against crypto is that it is “a currency that is hard to spend.” Even though, according to CNBC, the total worth of Bitcoin spent on merchant services has increased…