Solana price rallies to $272, but what will it take for SOL to hit new highs?

The market for decentralized finance continues to expand rapidly. With over $155 billion in total value locked, DeFi is becoming more attractive for institutional investors. Financial service platform Evrynet has concluded a $7 million fundraiser for its forthcoming decentralized finance app targeting institutional investors, offering further evidence that DeFi has an institutional-grade audience.The private investment…

Billions and billions. That’s what venture capitalists are spending to get ahead of the curve in crypto. Their latest fixation is Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions and Web3, an umbrella term that describes the next stage of the internet’s evolution. So, while the cryptocurrency market is in a state of extreme fear, smart money investors —…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has failed to break above the psychological $50,000 resistance going into the weekend and has dropped below the $48,000 level on March 6. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingviewTone Vays: BTC must close above $50K to resume bull runNow traders are watching whether BTC/USD can break above the $50,000 level…

There has been much commotion about stablecoins amongst central bankers, regulators and lawmakers in recent years, most notably in the furor surrounding Facebook's repeated attempts to launch variously designed stablecoins that would be native to its multiple social media platforms.Not everyone in the financial world is that perturbed though. A new speech for the Westminster…

Powers On... is a new monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University School of Law, where he teaches a course on 'Blockchain, Crypto…

Privacy and anonymity are the primary benefits of cryptocurrency, yet due to the transparent nature of blockchain technology, crypto transactions are not as anonymous as some may think. Rather, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies are pseudonymous, as each transaction on a blockchain network is transparent, making it possible to trace wallet addresses back to their…

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has expressed concern over the lack of regulation for dealing with fraud in the crypto space, local news agency The Standard reports May 30.SFC enforcement chief Thomas Atkinson has recently pointed out problems associated with the existing regulatory uncertainty over initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency…