Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
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Bitcoin Breakout Hopes, Telegram Trial, Binance Donation: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 6–12
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekBitcoin on the verge of breaking seven-month downtrendIt’s been another tumultuous week…

Crypto.com Launches Plugin for One Million Ecommerce Merchants on Ecwid
Crypto.com is integrating with ecommerce platform Ecwid, which now features a plugin supported by Crypto.com that lets customers pay with crypto on the platform. Crypto.com launched a payment plugin for Ecwid, an ecommerce platform similar to Shopify or WooCommerce. The plugin allows merchants to accept crypto for their products.Crypto.com announced the partnership on May 11.…

Bitcoin Life Lesson: User Claims Forgetting ‘Brain Wallet’ Worth $13M
A Bitcoin (BTC) investor has allegedly lost access to funds worth over $12.9 million after failing to record the passphrase for their wallet. In what may become the latest timely lesson for the wider Bitcoin user base, Reddit account u/lumanubrecon claimed that as of Nov. 26, their balance of 1,800 BTC was out of reach.Brain wallet…

Venezuela blocks Binance, X amid presidential election dispute
Binance has assured its users that their funds are safe after Venezuela cut off access to the exchange and social media platform X.

Bloomberg suggests that Bitcoin should be $15,000 according to this adoption metric
Their belief seems to be that Bitcoin is destined to appreciate unless these key indicators reverse themselves. According to the Bloomberg crypto newsletter, a key on-chain indicator suggests that Bitcoin (BTC) is currently greatly undervalued. Bitcoin active addresses, the 30-day average. Source: Glassnode.Bloomberg’s crypto analyst Mike McGlone believes that the recent all-time highs in Bitcoin’s hashrate…

Congress passes digital asset innovation act to clarify crypto regulations
U.S. financial regulators will now work together to create modalities for clear-cut crypto regulations in America. 5330 Total views 58 Total shares The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed H.R. 1602 — the Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act — introduced by Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC).H.R. 1602 was among six bipartisan financial services-related bills passed…

XRP tumbles despite former Amazon exec joining Ripple as engineering lead
“Ripple’s all-star engineering team continues to grow,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said of the firm’s new senior VP. 286 Total views 2 Total shares Amid legal action from the SEC, Ripple has brought in fresh blood from Amazon to lead its engineering team.In a statement released today, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that former Amazon…

Bitcoin miners still bullish despite toughest bear market yet – Hut8, Foundry, Braiins
Bitcoin (BTC) miners have been up against the ropes over the past year, with record amounts of BTC sent to centralized exchanges to cover costs in 2023.As Cointelegraph previously reported, the Bitcoin mining ecosystem has had an eventful year. The industry scored a staggering $184 million from transaction fees in the second quarter of 2023, eclipsing…