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Polygon Rises 3% In Last 24 Hours As Whales Buy MATIC

Polygon has surged 3% in the last 24 hours as data shows Ethereum whales have been shopping up MATIC this New Year. 500 Biggest Ethereum Whales Have MATIC In Their Top 10 Purchased List 2022 was an abysmal year for Polygon investors as the cryptocurrency finished the year with losses amounting to more than 70%,[Read more…]

Polygon Bearish Signal: Whale Moves $7.8M in MATIC To Binance

Data shows a Polygon whale has just moved around $7.8 million in MATIC to the crypto exchange Binance, something that may be bearish for the crypto’s price. Polygon Whale Has Just Transferred 9 Million MATIC On The Chain As per data from the crypto transaction tracker service Whale Alert, a massive MATIC transfer has been spotted[Read more…]

A Crypto Wallet For JPMorgan? Yes, America’s Biggest Bank Doesn’t Really Hate Crypto

A crypto wallet for JPMorgan can be a little surprising, considering the banking giant has never really been very affectionate about crypto. Topping the list of the largest banks and bank holding companies by market cap, JPMorgan is taking a different stance and now joins the growing number of people and financial institutions adopting crypto[Read more…]

Sayonara, Solana? Magic Eden Announces Polygon Integration

Is Magic Eden shifting away from Solana, or simply hedging their cross-chain bets? Regardless of motive, the NFT marketplace that has served as the top dog in Solana’s NFT ecosystem is adding Polygon to the mix. Previously, Magic Eden has only supported the aforementioned Solana, and NFT leader Ethereum. Now, it adds another growing NFT[Read more…]

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Other Crypto Down After Alleged Russian Missile Hit Poland

Bitcoin and Ether fell together with the majority of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization on Wednesday morning, following reports that Russian missiles killed two people in Poland. According to Reuters, paramedics claimed that two individuals were killed in an eastern Polish village near the Ukrainian border. Other news reports disclose the casualties were caused by what[Read more…]

Nike Launches Latest Web3 Platform, .Swoosh

Nike has announced it’s latest web3-related investment this week, ‘.Swoosh’. The footwear behemoth isn’t new to the space, but the dedicated platform that is geared towards ‘virtual products’ is on the way later this week, according to a new company landing page & campaign. We’ve seen some moves from Nike in the space already, and[Read more…]

Crypto Corner: The Sports Slice

Premier League soccer is the latest sports league to go big with a new blockchain partner, as a deal seems to be on the verge of closing. Meanwhile in European football, one of the sports biggest stars has signed a new partnership deal. There’s more sports and crypto action outside of European football, however, and[Read more…]

NFTs In A Nutshell: A Weekly Review

Are NFTs the next new tool in real estate? A house in South Carolina was sold earlier in the week with the deed tokenized. Meanwhile, there are some questions surrounding Bored Ape’s Otherdeeds collection, there’s a new chain entering the NFT space, and another episodic series is finding it’s way to a blockchain. These are[Read more…]

Crypto Corner: The Sports Slice

A major sports betting platform and NFT collection are pairing up for unique NFL player NFTs, while Sorare launches it’s beta fantasy sports platform for the NBA. These are just a couple of the biggest headlines over the past week across sports and crypto. Let’s dive into these stories and more from the past week.[Read more…]

Crypto Wallet BitKeep Hacked, Loses More Than $1 Million

The crypto wallet, BitKeep, has recently been attacked by hackers. Asia’s most popular cryptocurrency wallet is BitKeep Wallet. According to a tweet from PeckShield, a blockchain security and data analytics company, the amount disclosed exceeded $1 million. BitKeep has, however, quickly informed all its users about the unfortunate hack. It also mentioned that the development team[Read more…]