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The Kusama council has passed Motion 310 confirming the start of the first slot auction on the Kusama network. According to details shared on the Polkadot governance platform Polkassembly, 13 out of the 19 “seats” on the Kusama council voted in favor of commencing the slot auction process. Source: Polkassembly As previously reported by Cointelegraph,

Bitcoin (BTC) has risen above the psychological resistance at $40,000 following a series of positive news flow over the past week. The first bit of bullish news that impacted the price of Bitcoin was a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk who said the carmaker wil accept Bitcoin payments if more than 50% clean energy is

Consistency is not generally a hallmark of crypto asset price movements. In a market characterized by volatility, outliers often become the norm — while even macro analysis of large cap assets such as Bitcoin and Ether is often wide of the mark. For cryptocurrencies with smaller market capitalizations, finding trading patterns can be even harder.

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 Week Bill to make Bitcoin legal tender passes in El Salvador

Welcome to Cointelegraph Market’s weekly newsletter. This week we will identify emerging-sector trends across the cryptocurrency landscape in order to broaden your understanding of market cycles and better equip readers to take advantage of the microcycles that are a regular occurrence in the larger market structure. The cryptocurrency sector has an established reputation for being

A 21st-century space race appears to be brewing between Elon Musk and BitMEX, with both parties pledging to launch their respective crypto of choice to the literal moon first. On June 4, the popular crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX announced it would be supporting space robotics firm, Astrobotic Technology, in the company’s mission to send its

United States foreign exchange company Interactive Brokers will offer direct cryptocurrency trading to clients within months, a report says. Speaking at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange & FinTech Conference on June 9, founder Thomas Peterffy revealed that the firm had opted to enter the crypto market. Demand fuels latest crypto uptake Quoted by CNBC, Peterffy hinted

Bitcoin (BTC) is heading for “absolute carnage” which will result in a trip to around $25,000, a popular trader has warned as bullish signals disappear for BTC/USD. In characteristically direct tweets this week, Twitter account Cobra Crypto warned that 20% is about to be shaved off the entire cryptocurrency market cap.  Crypto to see “absolute

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended President Joe Biden’s latest massive spending package while speaking to Bloomberg. Yellen said it would be “a plus” for society even if it resulted in a higher interest rate environment. If rates inch higher, traders will explore the best possible options to hedge their portfolios. While gold is

Some of Dogecoin’s (DOGE) observable metrics depict a blockchain in violent flux amid the fallout from the meme coin’s Coinbase Pro listing. The dollar amount sent across the blockchain in a single day exceeded $47 billion on Thursday — a 690% increase on the figure from less than a week before. Dogecoin’s price climbed 40%

An initial public offering is the classic way to take a company public, but many crypto companies bypass the regulatory scrutiny with a backdoor SPAC merger By Connor Sephton If you want to sell stock in an American company to the public, traditionally you hold an initial public offering, better known as an IPO.  An

A trade is profitable only if both the purchase and the sale are done at the right time. Many times, traders sell their positions too early and leave profits on the table or they keep holding on to the trade even after the trend changes. This leads to profits evaporating, and many times the trade

Dogecoin (DOGE) prices jumped by nearly 40% on a 24-hour adjusted timeframe on June 2, shaking out more than $16 million worth of bearish leverage in just one hour while almost reclaiming its pre-crash high.  Dogecoin derivatives market records massive liquidations on hourly timeframes. Source: ByBt.com Leveraged bearish traders caught themselves on the wrong side

Ripple has scored another win in its ongoing legal battle against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as the court has denied the SEC access to Ripple’s legal advice. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn of the District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Sunday to deny the SEC’s motion to compel Ripple

Cardano’s ADA cryptocurrency was back in the spotlight Sunday, leading a tepid market recovery following news that the developer network was inching closer to launching smart contracts.  Market update The combined value of all cryptocurrencies rose 4.4% on Sunday to $1.6 trillion, according to data from Coingecko. Among the majors, it was Cardano’s ADA leading

In just over five years since it launched, Ethereum introduced the world to smart contracts, decentralized finance, yield farming and non-fungible tokens, and has long stood just behind Bitcoin as the second-largest blockchain project by market capitalization. Dogecoin (DOGE) is a meme cryptocurrency which has provided no innovation, has no real raison d’etre, and is only popular