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Litecoin is a cryptocurrency that launched shortly after bitcoin. Litecoin is often called the silver to bitcoin's gold. But will litecoin be worth anything in the future?

The shiba inu cryptocurrency was born as a mockery of dogecoin, but what is it worth? Read on for expert shiba inu coin price predictions.

Amid speculation over which federal agency will ultimately take the lead in regulation of the virtual currency industry, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the largest-ever enforcement action of its kind against crypto exchange platform Bittrex

I fear I’m going to upset a few people with this column.That’s because I’m going after both sides in the divisive debate over identity in crypto and finance: blinkered monetary regulators on the one hand and blind crypto idealists on the other. In their own way,

It has been a bad month for bulls**t artists.I won. Welcome to law.

Ether (ETH) has been losing value against Bitcoin (BTC) since June 2017.

Many people believe you can gain privacy by switching in and out of a privacy coin. They do this because they want to anonymize funds received from a friend or transferred in from an exchange.The truth is, this really doesn’t work. When transacting through privacy coins on

Japan’s accredited self-regulatory body for the crypto industry is simplifying a complicated screening process that digital tokens must undergo before being listed on local exchanges.These rules will come into effect in December and have been approved by Japan’s top f

Decentralized finance (DeFi) could require new kinds of voluntary regulation to manage the severe threats it poses, finance professor Tarik Roukny told the European Commission today, as the EU executive ponders how to regulate a sector that doesn’t easily fit under existing

Polygon is different from many other cryptocurrencies on the market. Rather than running on its own blockchain, matic tokens are traded on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. But what will it be worth in the future?

Aptos, the much-anticipated blockchain built by Silicon Valley wunderkinds, has become this week’s punchline in crypto. The project ain’t apt, people said following its rocky (and much criticized) debut Monday.Its token, APT, dropped about 50% in its first 24 hours of

Nike is making waves in Web3 and the metaverse.In November 2021, the athleisure icon unveiled a virtual experience in the online gaming platform Roblox. Since then the space – dubbed Nikeland – has attracted 6.7 million global visitors and over 21.6 million total visi

Amid the current crypto winter, I have called and chatted with participants in the digital assets industry and heard the same narratives scores of times:More investors are interested in crypto than ever before.Institutional interest in crypto continues to increase.The tools and p

DeFi’s Influence Grows: The Nasdaq Crypto Index Europe™ (NCIE™) was created to provide European investors with a reliable and dynamic crypto asset benchmark. A key feature of the NCIE’s methodology is a quarterly rebalance of the index constituents and their weightings.

Algorand is an up-and-coming blockchain project. The platform's performance looks volatile in the short term, but a patient investor could see a strong ROI.

A person by any other nameThe narrativeDistrict Judge William Orrick, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, ruled last week that LeXpunK Army and the DeFi Education Fund could file amicus (friend of the court) briefs in the CFTC v. Ooki DAO case.

One of the recurring challenges of building in the blockchain space is figuring out which blockchain is worth your time and effort. Bitcoin is the “grandfather” but doesn’t support complex smart contracts and programmable ecosystems. For most developers, that me

Ethereum may soon split into two, according to some developers. As the second largest blockchain network vies for mainstream acceptance, it has increasingly fallen under the microscope of governments and regulators eager to tame the platform.The US government’s vision for E

Financial regulators around the world are looking to tighten their control over crypto markets, especially after a turbulent year for digital asset prices and marketplaces. Although regulators can tell crypto companies and even investors how to behave, they don’t actually m