WazirX

CoinSwitch Kuber And WazirX Temporarily Block INR Deposits

CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX, the two leading Indian crypto exchanges have currently disabled rupee deposits for the purchase of cryptocurrencies using the United Payments Interface (UPI). Among constant regulatory concerns in India, this particular news has brought fresh worry for Indian crypto investors. Not only through UPI, but CoinSwitch Kuber has blocked deposits through bank transfers via NEFT, RTGS and …

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MoonPay

Crypto Firm MoonPay Receive Investments From Justin Beiber

Crypto payment platform MoonPay recently announced that it raised $87 million from about 60 A-list celebrities. The investors include singers like Justin Beiber and Snoop Dogg, tennis player Maria Sharapova and actors such as Bruce Willis, Ashton Kutcher, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Through raising funds, MoonPay has attempted to expand the role of Non-fungible tokens by increasing fan engagement through content …

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Avalanche is Taking Over GameFi: Bold Point is Going Public on TraderJoe 

Avalanche is Taking Over GameFi: Bold Point is Going Public on TraderJoe 

The GameFi industry, in the last couple of years, has experienced staggering growth, partly due to the proliferation of NFTs and the influx of P2E games. Over the previous fifteen months, the number of active blockchains game players has doubled from 28,000 to 1.3 million gamers.  Designed to increase the adoption of GameFi globally, Bold Point, an NFT-based RPG game …

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Ethereum

Ethereum Launch “Shadow Fork” Ahead Of Merge

The Ethereum Foundation continues to edge closer to the transition to the proof-of-stake (PoS) model. On Monday, Ethereum’s first mainnet Shadow Fork went live. The purpose behind this is to primarily conduct a stress test on the existing assumptions about the testnets, and mainnets to understand how seamless the shift to a PoS consensus will be. Ethereum DevOps Engineer, Parathi …

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Crypto

Ariana Grande’s Fundraiser PledgeCrypto To Faciltate Crypto Donations On The Platform

Fundraising platform Pledge has now launched ‘PledgeCrypto’ which has now enabled non-profits to take crypto donations in over 130 prominent cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether are among the cryptocurrencies through which crypto donations can be accepted and instantly converted into fiat currencies. Ariana Grande, the crusader of Trans rights has used Pledge to raise funds for Trans Visibility Day. Grande …

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Crypto

Ariana Grande’s PledgeCrypto To Facilitate Crypto Donations

Fundraising platform Pledge has now launched ‘PledgeCrypto’ which has now enabled non-profits to take crypto donations in over 130 prominent cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether are among the cryptocurrencies through which crypto donations can be accepted and instantly converted into fiat currencies. Ariana Grande, the crusader of Trans rights has used Pledge to raise funds for Trans Visibility Day. Grande …

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Cointelegraph Magazine

The FBI’s takedown of Virgil Griffith for breaking sanctions, firsthand – Cointelegraph Magazine

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith took a plea deal after breaking sanctions against North Korea and was formally sentenced earlier today— the final chapter in a two-year journey as bizarre as it is shocking. Journalist Ethan Lou, author of Once a Bitcoin Miner, attended the infamous event in North Korea at which Griffith spoke. He was asked to submit a statement …

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Cointelegraph Magazine

Starbucks joins NFT party, UK government seeks stablecoin regulations and Crypto Twitter rallies behind cancer fighter, Hodler’s Digest: Apr. 3-9

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 WeekStarbucks announces NFT initiative as union-busting controversy continuesNonfungible tokens continue making headlines, with coffee giant Starbucks having …

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Bitcoin

What’s Next For Bitcoin As Prices Encounter Difficulty Reclaiming $43,000?

Recently, bitcoin prices have struggled, often dipping below the $43,000 mark and then failing to post substantial gains. Around 9:20 a.m. EDT, the world’s most popular crypto asset retreated to $42,777.20, CoinDesk data show, Saturday. The majority of cryptocurrencies traded lower early Saturday. Global crypto market market capitalization fell nearly 3% to $1.15 trillion in the last 24 hours, while …

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Bitcoin

Ark CEO Cathie Wood Is As Bullish As Ever, Sees Bitcoin Hitting $1 Million By 2030

Cathie Wood repeated her positive view on bitcoin this week at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida. The Ark Invest chief executive forecasts the crypto will reach $1 million by 2030 in a presentation, Thursday. “We believe bitcoin has only just begun,” she told CNBC. “Institutions are only now catching up to individuals in terms of BTC adoption,” she …

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