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⁠New Kind of Network (NKN) gains 340% to become ‘the biggest blockchain in the world’ NKN price rallied to a new all-time high as the number of full consensus nodes on the network surpassed 67,000.

⁠Polkadot futures open interest hits $1B as DOT price reaches a new ATH The open interest of Polkadot futures soared to $1 billion, eclipsing Litecoin and XRP to make DOT the third-largest futures market.

​​‘No more rug pulls’: Project eliminates human involvement from token distributions In a landscape marred by rug pulls, scams and bad actors, a Polkadot project has built an escrow service that makes token distributions…

⁠Rewards system allows decentralized messaging app users to earn crypto The messaging app project was aimed at avoiding third-party data harvesting.

⁠Alameda Research invests $4M in Vietnamese DeFi project The DeFi market continues to heat up, with Alameda Research identifying Southeast Asia as a potential growth hub.

⁠Celer (CELR), Cartesi (CTSI) and Compound (COMP) rally as DeFi heats up Aiming to reduce the cost of transacting within DeFi is attracting developers and investors to Celer Network, Cartesi and Compound.

⁠Real-world data comes to NFTs as street artists geotag their work “Blockchain is not just a buzzword here, it legitimately enables something that used to be impossible.”

⁠Paxos applies for clearing license with SEC following successful pilot tests The stablecoin issuer completed a successful pilot test for same-day trade settlements with Credit Suisse and Instinet.

⁠CoinMarketCap removes South Korea crypto exchanges from Bitcoin price tracker “If the prices on South Korean exchanges stabilize, then we will add the data back in, but that hasn’t happened yet,” said a CoinMarketCap sp…

⁠$2.52B in bearish Bitcoin options signal pro traders are hedging their bets The open interest on bearish put options has risen to $2.52 billion as traders look for protection against a BTC price drop to the $40,000 to $…

⁠Can crypto trading and investing be taught in just one book? "Digital Assets" gives would-be investors and traders the basic tools and knowledge they need to enter the market with at least half an idea of what they are…

⁠Crypto lobby groups are gaining traction in Washington as the threat of regulatory bottleneck looms The blockchain industry is looking to shed the negative association between digital assets and crime as the threat of a…

⁠Russian lobby group launches new campaign against anti-crypto laws According to Russian crypto advocates, the existing laws “do not meet the needs” of the cryptocurrency market.

⁠NFTs are accelerating Topps' digital transition, says chair Michael Eisner said the trading card manufacturer is "25% digital" and growing due in part to blockchain technology.

⁠Prep time with Bitcoin: Students have fun new ways to study crypto Crypto education for K-12 students is underway, but current methods are not good enough at teaching management of personal finances, let alone Bitcoin.

⁠Coinbase and Square lead new crypto lobbying effort The Crypto Council for Innovation is looking to lead the charge for sensible cryptocurrency regulations around the world.

⁠After breaking $100 billion TVL, DeFi is now the equivalent of a top 40 U.S. bank It's a long road to the #1 spot, but some ecosystem players think we'll get there eventually.

⁠Bitcoin falls below $58K as Bloomberg eyes $80K BTC price in Q2 A comparatively modest price prediction comes as Bitcoin ranges, giving altcoins an opportunity to outperform.

⁠Buy more Bitcoin, analyst tells institutions as $257M in BTC leaves Gemini Stock-to-flow creator PlanB suggests that now is the time to continue accumulating with selling pressure fading fast.

⁠Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra to launch stablecoin tool for banks Tech Mahindra wants to provide U.S. banks with a stablecoin solution after the OCC authorized federally chartered banks to use stablecoins for settlement…

⁠Venture capitalists invest over $16B in blockchain equity since 2012 With over 3,000 deals in eight years, blockchain VC still makes up only 1% of the global VC market.

⁠Akon to build second African crypto-city in Uganda Uganda’s government has reportedly allocated land for Akon’s crypto-city development project in the country.

⁠CoinShares launches physically-backed Litecoin ETP Major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares has launched its third physically-backed ETP in 2021.

⁠India’s largest crypto exchange launches NFT marketplace after 2,000% token surge India's WazirX has launched an NFT marketplace for the exchange of digital assets. The launch comes after a strong month for the exchange…

⁠XRP surpasses $1 for the first time since 2018: What's behind the new rally? XRP has surpassed $1 for the first time in 37 months as major cap altcoins are starting to follow Ethereum.

⁠Tether’s stablecoin set to land on Polkadot and Kusama The launch of parachain shards on Polkadot will also mean the release of Tether on the network.

⁠Whale clusters suggest that this key Bitcoin level can trigger an explosive rally Bitcoin whale clusters show $57,046 and $60,045 are the crucial support and resistance levels in the short term.

​​Crypto unicorns debate on DeFi, scalability, and interoperability | CV VC livestream Ethereum, Polkadot, Near, and Cosmos are live now discussing scalability and interoperability in DeFi. Join the discussion and intera…

⁠SEC-registered crypto issuer INX to wrap up IPO in April INX has been accepting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether for its SEC-approved security token IPO since September 2020.

⁠Singapore authority issues crypto warning after PM falls prey to scammers The Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a warning to crypto investors after the state's prime minister was unwittingly caught up in a fake…