SAND, the native token of the Sandbox — a blockchain-based gaming platform owned by Animoca Brands, inched higher on Tuesday, building on its gains made all across November, to reach another record high. SAND token price rose to $5.64 after swelling 16.25% intraday but retraced some of those gains to trade at $5.54 at the press time. The move took the Sandbox token's month-to-date (MTD) and year-to-date (YTD) gains to nearly 260% and over 14,700%, respectively, with its market capitalization crossing above $5 billion, making it the 41st-largest coin in the sector. Many catalysts behind the SAND price rally This …

Ontology, a developer of self-sovereign identification systems on the blockchain, announced a partnership with decentralized mobility platform bloXmove on Tuesday morning in a bid to accelerate the development of its decentralized credentials. The decentralized digital identity protocol, or DID, will enable blockchain participants to share their personal information, such as a driver's license, in a private, secured, and encrypted manner. DIDs may one day be required for complex decentralized finance applications, such as urban transport apps, decentralized health insurance, or decentralized car insurance. Simple smart contracts would not suffice in processing, for example, where a decentralized insurance underwriter covers a …

The long-standing feud between distributed ledger technology firm Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is nearing its end, according to Ripple’s CEO. Brad Garlinghouse highlighted the progress made in the case “despite a slow-moving judicial process.” Speaking to CNBC, he predicted that the Ripple case would likely conclude in 2022. “Clearly, we’re seeing good questions asked by the judge,” Garlinghouse said, adding his belief that “The judge realizes this is not just about Ripple, this will have broader implications.” Last year, the SEC charged Ripple with allegations of selling unlicensed securities in the form of XRP …

Ardana, Cardano’s growing stablecoin hub, announced a strategic partnership with Near protocol on Nov. 23. The partnership allows for asset transfer between the two protocols in which Ardana will provide the bridging infrastructure. Ardana is a decentralized stablecoin hub built on the Cardano network. While Ardana (DANA) is its governance token, it will use dUSD as verified on-chain collateral to enable borrowers to take leverage on their Cardano (ADA) or other supported assets. Thanks to its bridge with Near protocol, Cardano users will soon be able to transfer assets from Cardano to Near and vice versa. The NEAR (NEAR) will …

Twitter has become an arena for another cryptocurrency-related battle due to Binance experiencing ongoing issues with Dogecoin (DOGE) withdrawals. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, one of the world’s biggest Dogecoin fans, took to Twitter on Tuesday to bring up issues related to DOGE withdrawals on Binance. Tagging Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Musk wrote: “What’s going on with your Doge customers? Sounds shady.” Binance’s official Twitter account took about 30 minutes to respond, arguing that there’s nothing shady with the issue and citing a fresh Twitter update regarding the problem. “The root cause is a technical issue during the recent upgrade process …

California-based music streaming platform Audius released new functionality that allows artists and fans to embed nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on various blogs and social media platforms such as Twitter and Discord. The “embedded” functionality aims to improve fan engagement for musicians through NFT adoption and Web 3.0 integrations. To enable the feature, artists need to connect their Audius accounts with Phantom wallet, a crypto wallet centered around the Solana ecosystem. Aimed at increasing the discoverability of Solana NFTs, the company stated: “NFT holders can embed their collectibles from the two biggest blockchains on Twitter timelines, personal blogs, and websites. Thanks to …

The Lord of the Rings-themed ‘JRR Token’ has met a “bag end” after being forced to shut shop following legal action from the family and estate of the famed series’ author. J.R.R. Tolkien who died in 1973. On Nov. 23, Law360 reported that the Tolkien Estate had reached a settlement with Florida-based developer Matthew Jensen over his JRR Token, which was launched in August this year. According to BSCScan, the BEP-20 token is only held by 510 addresses, with a market supply of 19 trillion. According to the settlement, Jensen promised to shut down the token and delete any content …

Looking at the past 7-days of winners and losers might give one the impression that cryptocurrency markets are net positive. Still, total market capitalization actually fell by 6.7% to $2.72 trillion as Bitcoin's (BTC) price retraced 8.3% to $58,425. The only connection between this week's top gainers seems to be the Metaverse and gaming sector, which has been on a bull run since Facebook rebranded to Meta on Oct. 28, signaling its new focus on that segment. Further bullish news backing the current surge in Metaverse-related tokens is Gemini exchange raising $400 million on Nov. 19 to build a decentralized …

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to be pinned down below $60,000 indicating that higher levels are attracting selling from traders. The S&P 500 made a new all-time high today on reports that U.S. President Joe Biden renominated Jerome Powell to serve a second term as the Federal Reserve chair. This news also boosted the U.S. dollar currency index (DXY) to its highest level since July 2020. Usually, sharp gains in the DXY are inversely correlated with Bitcoin and the same can be seen in November of this year as well. While the DXY is up about 2.3% in November, Bitcoin is down …

Gala Games' in-house currency GALA rallied by nearly 350% in November, ignoring corrections across the top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC). Notably, GALA price surged from $0.088 to $0.42 between Nov. 1 and Nov. 22. GALA's gains primarily came in the wake of a price rally across a majority of gaming and metaverse crypto assets. For instance, MANA, the native token of Decentraland — a blockchain-based virtual world that allows users to create, experience, and monetize content and applications, climbed by more than 30% month-to-date. Similarly, SAND, the native asset of decentralized metaverse project, the Sandbox, more than doubled in prices …

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed true to form on Nov. 22 as the hour before the Wall St. opening bell was met with a sudden surge. Skittish Bitcoin darts around below $60,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it rose almost $3,000 in minutes after hitting multi-day lows of $56,640 Monday. #Bitcoin just pumped $2500 in like 5 minutes — Benjamin Cowen (@intocryptoverse) November 22, 2021 The pair had seen strong rejection after briefly breaking the $60,000 mark, this now clearly acting as resistance and a critical level to break in order to continue the bull run. As …

The team behind meme cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (SHIB) has issued a public warning against ongoing online scams that primarily target altcoin investors interested in SHIB tokens. The proactive scam alert came in the form of a tweet detailing the various methods used to dupe unsuspecting victims from the Shiba Inu community. Stay Alert & Safe #ShibArmy! We've been made aware of a recent scam, traveling social media, and other communication platforms. Here's a quick video to provide more information on the matter. pic.twitter.com/UOh50WsJSQ — Shib (@Shibtoken) November 21, 2021 The warning further stated, “A fake Shiba Telegram group is being …