Coming every Saturday, 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 WeekNFT-focused Animoca Brands valued at $5B following $358M raiseNFT and virtual property-focused … [Read more...] about Animoca Brands doubles valuation to $5B, OpenSea tops $3.5B in Jan volume, Microsoft eyes metaverse gaming: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 16-22
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DeFi Value on Terra Surges to Record $21B as LUNA Tops $100
LUNA, the native token of decentralized payments network Terra, bumped to over $100 in European hours on Friday to lead a ‘Santa rally’ in crypto markets.Traders took advance of Thursday’s 10% decline to $85 to bring LUNA back to its previous high of $96 in early Asian hours. Then an announcement by crypto exchange Binance that it will list UST, a stablecoin issued on the Terra … [Read more...] about DeFi Value on Terra Surges to Record $21B as LUNA Tops $100
Bullish Expands Worldwide as Daily Trading Volume Tops $150M
Crypto exchange Bullish said it is expanding to over 40 jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa and Latin America, giving institutional and retail investors access to its liquidity pools totaling more than $2 billion.Since it opened in November, the exchange has achieved 24-hour total trading volume of over $150 million, Bullish announced Tuesday.It has also “hydrated its … [Read more...] about Bullish Expands Worldwide as Daily Trading Volume Tops $150M
Bitcoin Tops $50K, Ether, Other Altcoins Rise
According to Singapore-based crypto trading firm QCP Capital, bitcoin’s average funding rate, or the cost of holding long positions in the perpetual futures listed on exchanges popular among Chinese traders, including Huobi, OKEx and Bybit, recovered from negative territory much more slowly than the funding rate on other major exchanges such as Deribit. (Exchanges calculate … [Read more...] about Bitcoin Tops $50K, Ether, Other Altcoins Rise
Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus On Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech
“Bitcoin is largely being grouped with other risk assets at the moment,” Matthew Dibb, COO and co-founder of Stack Funds, said. “After Friday’s collapse in equities, we have seen some buying in major coins, but it’s too early to say whether it will continue.” Source link … [Read more...] about Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus On Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech