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Acala Wins Polkadot’s First Parachain Auction With $1.3 Billion Secured

Acala, an Ethereum-compatible DeFi protocol for scaling DApps, has secured the first slot on the much anticipated Polkadot’s parachain auctions.  Acala, a decentralized Layer-1 smart contract platform, recently won the…

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India’s Prime Minister: Crypto Could Land in The Wrong Hands if it’s Not Regulated

Narendra Modi – the Prime Minister of India – urged democratic countries to work together and design a comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Without it, the asset class can be…

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Jordan Peterson Bought More Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Inflation

Concluding, after a conversation with Dr. Saifedean Ammous, that bitcoin is the “most disruptive technology against inflation,” the Canadian professor of psychology – Jordan Peterson – increased his BTC holdings.…

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Bitcoin Struggles to Reclaim $60K: CRO Up 25% Following Staples Center News (Market Watch)

Bitcoin continues to struggle with its recovery attempts as it failed to overcome $60,000. Most altcoins were also unable to produce any significant gains, with a few apparent exceptions. Avalanche…

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Fidelity Receives Regulatory Approval to Launch Canada’s First Bitcoin Institutional Solution

Canada has its first cryptocurrency-focused Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) as the local watchdogs approved Fidelity Clearing Canada (FCC) to launch a new institutional digital asset service. Canada…

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Consensys Raises $200 Million From HSBC and Third Point as Metamask Gets 21M Users

Consensys – a blockchain technology company – announced that it has recently raised hundreds of millions of dollars from businesses, including HSBC and Third Point. HSBC is Europe’s largest bank,…

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Record: Fidelity Charitable Has Received Over $270 Million in Crypto Donations in 2021

The largest grantmaker in the United States – Fidelity Charitable – has reportedly beaten all its previous records in terms of cryptocurrency donations received by the organization. Since the beginning…

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US Deputy Treasury Secretary: Bitcoin Won’t be More Dominant Than The Dollar

According to Wally Adeyemo – US Deputy Treasury Secretary – the American national currency will continue to be the world’s most dominant one despite the surging interest in bitcoin and…

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