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<ul class="summary-list"><li> The final "sharding" stage in the upgrade to <keyword id="11892696" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ethereum" source="Orion">ethereum</keyword> 2.0 is at least a year away, <keyword id="12002884" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jpmorgan" source="Orion">JPMorgan</keyword> analysts said.</li><li>That gives <keyword id="11931714" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="solana" source="Orion">solana</keyword> and terra and other rivals a chance to take more <keyword id="11899100" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="defi" source="Orion">DeFi</keyword> market share, they said Wednesday.</li><li>The final phase of ethereum's transition to a proof-of-stake mechanism "might arrive too late," they said.</li></ul><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/eth-usd">Ethereum</a> is at least a year away from getting its key blockchain upgrade out into the world, and that could give rival networks a chance to eat away at its lead in <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> apps, according to JPMorgan analysts.The ethereum network dominates in usage for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-defi?r=US&amp;IR=T">decentralized finance</a>, or DeFi, which aims to cut traditional intermediaries like banks out of financial services.The blockchain is undergoing a long-awaited change to how transactions are processed, and the upgrade has drawn <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ether-price-record-high-altair-network-upgrade-eth2-bitcoin-crypto-2021-10">investors to ethereum</a> because they believe it could <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ethereum-london-hard-fork-eip-1559-network-upgrade-ether-price-2021-8">reduce congestion and costs</a>.Many crypto watchers believe ethereum's shift from "proof of work" to "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/proof-of-stake?r=US&amp;IR=T?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest">proof of stake</a>" in mid-2022 will encourage more investors to bet on the network and its native token <keyword id="11896271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ether" source="Orion">ether</keyword>, JPMorgan analysts said in a note Wednesday.But another key stage in the etherum 2.0 upgrade, known as "sharding," isn't expected to take place until 2023. That timeframe provides an opening for other crypto app networks, they pointed out."In our mind, this optimistic view about ethereum's dominance is at risk," the analysts, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, said. "This is because the scaling of the ethereum network, which is necessary for the ethereum network to maintain its dominance, might arrive too late."Over the past year, ethereum lost ground in DeFi market share at a rapid clip, the bank's team noted, though the pace has slowed in recent months. It has gone from close to 100% share at the start of 2021 to about 70% currently."The relative valuation of ethereum vs. its competitors has been echoing its declining DeFi share," the note said.A new crop of upstart blockchains — terra, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/avax-avax">avalanche</a>, solana, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/ftm-ftm">fantom</a> and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/trx-usd">tron</a>, as well as ethereum layer 2 chain Polygon — are the ones making headway. More funding and the use of incentives to boost adoption drove growth, JPMorgan said."The risk for ethereum is that by the time Sharding is implemented in 2023, competitors' ecosystems would have grown by so much that activity won't return en masse to the ethereum network.""In other words, ethereum is currently in an intense race to maintain its dominance in the application space with the outcome of that race far from given, in our opinion." Ethereum launched in 2015, giving it a head-start over other De-Fi tokens — solana only arrived in April 2020, for instance. The networks can be used to build crypto applications for financial services and to execute smart contracts, which complete automatically once preset criteria are met.Progress on the transition to the new version of blockchain — also known as ETH2.0 and Serenity — is just "<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/we-are-50-of-the-way-there-says-vitalik-on-ethereum-s-development">50% of the way there,</a>" ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged this week.Phase 1 of the shift was completed in late 2020, and the second — the shift to proof of stake — is due this year. The third and final phase, which will distribute execution to tens of "shard" chains was initially expected in 2022, but is seen as delayed until next year.JP Morgan pointed to the interlude between now and the blockchain update being fully completed as a concern."We are at least a year away from the full scaling of the ethereum network. The risk is that during that period, the ethereum network will lose further market share against competing networks," its team said. Ethereum's market value stands at $405 billion, about half of bitcoin's $813 billion, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Ether was down 12% at $3,364 at last check Thursday, according to <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum">CoinGecko</a>, amid a broader <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-crypto-market-cryptocurrencies-ethereum-binance-cardano-fed-minutes-2022-1">crypto market sell-off</a>.Read More: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-crypto-should-i-buy-altcoins-bitcoin-outperform-technical-analysis-2022-1">A technical analyst breaks down why altcoins look primed to outperform bitcoin in the weeks ahead — and shares the the signal that would tell him bitcoin is ready to test new highs again</a>

Ethereum could lose out to rival blockchains that power crypto apps as its much-vaunted upgrade might come too late, JPMorgan says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>More than $120 million of a crypto firm's assets were "abnormally" moved to an unknown address, Bloomberg reported.</li><li>Multichain, a cross-channel router, said in early May that it couldn't contact its CEO.</li></ul>More than $120 million of a crypto firm's assets have been moved to an unknown address, weeks after the company reported having trouble contacting its CEO, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/mystery-120-million-outflow-hits-crypto-bridge-multichain-whose-ceo-is-missing?srnd=markets-vp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Bloomberg</a>. In a <a href="https://twitter.com/MultichainOrg/status/1677096839731097600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1677140801665765377%7Ctwgr%5Eebfafd856de201990bfabf3b15d6ff6e2c0b89c4%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2023-07-07%2Fmystery-120-million-outflow-hits-crypto-bridge-multichain-whose-ceo-is-missing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> on Friday, Multichain – a crypto app that allows the transfer of assets across different blockchains – disclosed an unusual transfer had occurred, and said it was investigating the matter. It recommended customers suspend their use of its platform."The lockup assets on the Multichain MPC address have been moved to an unknown address abnormally. The team is not sure what happened and is currently investigating," Multichain said.MetaSleuth, a crypto funds visualization and analysis company, <a href="https://twitter.com/MultichainOrg/status/1677096839731097600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1677140801665765377%7Ctwgr%5Eebfafd856de201990bfabf3b15d6ff6e2c0b89c4%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2023-07-07%2Fmystery-120-million-outflow-hits-crypto-bridge-multichain-whose-ceo-is-missing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a> on Twitter, noting that Multichain's tokens had been divided across six different crypto addresses."More than 120M assets were transferred from Multichain: Fantom Bridge and Multichain: Moonriver Bridge and are now distributed across 6 addresses. Additionally, 1.2M ICE (currently worth $1.8M) has been burned from address 0x9d57," it said.After the news broke, several Twitter users said Multichain was likely hacked, according to <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/multichain-mpc-bridge-sees-millions-in-outflows-exploit-feared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CoinTelegraph</a>. Multichain did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.The company's latest headache comes weeks after it had trouble reaching CEO Zhaojun in late May."The team has done everything possible to maintain the protocol running, but we are currently unable to contact CEO Zhaojun and obtain the necessary server access for maintenance," it said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/MultichainOrg/status/1663941611380965376?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a>. In a separate event, Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, experienced a <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/binance-hacked-coin-stolen-crypto-2022-10">$100 million worth crypto hack</a> last October after an exploit on a cross-chain bridge.Crypto investing clearly has its risks and drawbacks, but there are upsides to digital assets including potentially hefty returns. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-crypto-investing-outlook-blackrock-spot-etf-larry-fink-2023-7?_gl=1*1hswebz*_ga*MTY0OTQ1MjIyNS4xNjU2NTA4ODQ3*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY4ODczNjIzOS4xMTU5LjEuMTY4ODczNjQzNC42MC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin has rallied about 80% this year</a> to over $30,000, in part because BlackRock recently filed an application to launch its first <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/crypto-digitizing-gold-bitcoin-can-revolutionize-finance-blackrock-larry-fink-2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund</a>.

More than $120 million of a crypto firm's assets were moved to an unknown address - weeks after its CEO disappeared, report says

<ul><li>Both <keyword id="2462624" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="polygon" source="Orion">Polygon</keyword> and <keyword id="6359140" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="binance" source="Orion">Binance</keyword> want to offer investment support to the projects, while also porting to their chains.</li><li>The BNB Chain has a billion-dollar growth fund, while Polygon invests through Polygon Studios.</li><li>Stader Labs will be the first to port to the BNB Chain.</li></ul>Two of the largest blockchain players in the world are coming to the aid of projects that were built on the beleaguered <keyword id="11973832" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="terra" source="Orion">Terra</keyword> blockchain. Ethereum-based layer-2 scaling platforms, Polygon and Binance, have both welcomed projects built on the Terra network to port over to theirs. The Terra platform, which hosts the UST stablecoin and the <keyword id="216973" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="luna" source="Orion">Luna</keyword> cryptocurrency, was halted earlier this month after a massive sell-off led to a big drop in the tokens’ pricing. Luna’s price fell to nearly zero, while the stablecoin, UST, also suffered significant drops. While Terra founder Do <keyword id="619274" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kwon" source="Orion">Kwon</keyword> has suggested ways to revive the platform, investor interest is unlikely to return to earlier levels. In an interview with <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-offers-another-lifeline-to-terra-ecosystem-projects">Cointelegraph</a>, Gwendolyn Regina, investment director for the BNB Chain, which is the blockchain platform run by Binance, said, “The Terra ecosystem has a lot of talented creators and developers, and our support is aimed at helping those builders and teams, building new projects on the BNB Chain. Hence, we are simply interested in supporting developers and projects so that they do not miss out on future potential.” The report also confirmed that crypto staking platform Stader Labs will be the first from the Terra ecosystem to port over to the BNB Chain. The company provides staking solutions for the Solana, Near, Fantom and Hedera blockchains. It will also offer liquid staking for the BNB Chain going forward. The move seems to be part of Binance’s billion dollar <a href="https://www.bnbchain.world/en/1b-growth-fund">growth fund</a>, which was announced in October last year. The fund consists of a $100 million Liquidity Incentive Program, a $300 million Builder &amp; Incubation Program, a $100 million talent development program, and a $500 million investment program. Other projects, like Mirror Protocol, Synapse and Wormhole will also be moving to the BNB Chain after Terra’s collapse. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Saving Terra projects" comment="subhead" text="Saving Terra projects">Saving Terra projects</cmsannotation> But Binance isn’t the only company that is taking interest in Terra projects either. On May 15, Ryan Wyatt, the chief executive officer of Polygon Studios, announced intentions to help projects migrate over to that platform. “We are working closely with a variety of Terra projects to help them migrate over swiftly to @0xPolygon. We will be putting capital and resources against these migrations to welcome the developers and their respective communities to our platform. We will be sharing more soon,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/Fwiz/status/1525887462093910016?s=20&amp;t=1RuBJn5UM70QUhnghBLolA">wrote</a> on Twitter. Polygon Studios was <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/04/2397024/0/en/Polygon-Studios-Announces-Official-Strategic-Partnership-with-Poriverse.html#:~:text=Polygon%20Studios%20is%20the%20Gaming,%2C%20marketing%2C%20and%20developer%20support.">announced</a> in March this year, and focuses on gaming and non-fungible token (<keyword id="4668945" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="nft" source="Orion">NFT</keyword>) projects, which aim to bridge the gap between web2 and web3. The company provides developers with investment, marketing and developer support.

Polygon and Binance swoop in to rescue projects running on Terra

<ul><li>While bitcoin and ethereum dominate the headlines, there are nearly 18,000 <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> coins.</li><li>With less liquidity and more volatility, these alternative <keyword id="11895317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptocurrencies" source="Orion">cryptocurrencies</keyword> can deliver investors massive losses or gains in a short period of time.</li><li>These were the five worst performing cryptocurrencies over the past week, according to data from CoinMarketCap.</li></ul>Bitcoin's<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-outlook-3month-low-fed-policy-kazakhstan-hash-rate-2022-1"> bear market</a> has sucked the life out of many popular cryptocurrencies, with the total crypto market capitalization <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-bear-market-crypto-value-2-trillion-peak-cryptocurrency-btc-2022-1">falling from $3 trillion to less than $2 trillion today.</a> But less liquid <keyword id="11961769" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="altcoins" source="Orion">altcoins</keyword> have seen an even steeper decline.With more than 18,000 cryptocurrencies in existence and counting, there are more than triple the number of crypto coins than there are US exchange-listed stocks. That massive amount of supply makes it nearly impossible to keep track of all the big movers in the crypto sector outside of well known coins like <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">bitcoin</a>, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/eth-usd">ether</a>, and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/doge-usd">dogecoin</a>.The surge in new crypto coins came amid a massive bull market for the sector in 2021, but <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-outlook-downside-key-support-fails-technicals-katie-stockton-2022-1">a more than 40% decline in bitcoin</a> from its November high is challenging the space, especially in smaller coins that saw extraordinary gains last year like solana, cardano, and polkadot. With less liquidity and more volatility, these alternative cryptocurrencies can deliver investors massive losses or gains in a short period of time. Shiba inu is down 65% from its recent high, but is still <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/crypto-investor-turned-8000-into-5-billion-buying-shiba-inu-2021-10">up big</a> over the past year. Meanwhile, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/the-squid-game-token-scam-website-socials-offline-coingecko-crypto-2021-11">squid game token fell 99%</a> in a single day after delivering swift gains of 75,000%.Keeping an eye on the weekly winners and losers can help investors identify which coins are beginning to gain and lose traction in the crypto community.These were the five worst performing cryptocurrencies with a market value of more than $1 billion over the past week, according to <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/">data from CoinMarketCap.</a>5. SolanaSymbol: SOL Market Value: $26.6 billion 7-Day Performance: -9.4%<div type="image" title="Sol price" height="498" width="942" msid="90156692" hostid="261"></div>4. AlgorandSymbol: ALGO Market Value: $4.7 billion 7-Day Performance: -9.6%<div type="image" title="Algo price" height="496" width="941" msid="90156694" hostid="261"></div>3. Internet ComputerSymbol: ICP Market Value: $3.5 billion 7-Day Performance: -10.7%<div type="image" title="ICP price" height="499" width="940" msid="90156696" hostid="261"></div>2. CosmosSymbol: ATOM Market Value: $7.9 billion 7-Day Performance: -16.7%<div type="image" title="Cosmos price" height="494" width="944" msid="90156698" hostid="261"></div>1. FantomSymbol: FTM Market Value: $3.1 billion 7-Day Performance: -29.6%<div type="image" title="FTM Price" height="499" width="942" msid="90156700" hostid="261"></div>

These were the 5 worst performing cryptos over the past week amid the bitcoin bear market

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trading app <keyword id="11991847" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="public" source="Orion">Public</keyword> added four more digital assets to its <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> trading platform, the company said.</li><li><keyword id="11121339" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="metaverse" source="Orion">Metaverse</keyword> token <keyword id="12453303" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="decentraland" source="Orion">decentraland</keyword>, which has rallied about 150% this year, was one of them.</li></ul>Trading app Public just added four more tokens to its crypto exchange, including metaverse favorite Decentraland.Public, the social stock trading app that launched in 2019, added <keyword id="11895317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptocurrencies" source="Orion">cryptocurrencies</keyword> Decentraland, Cosmos, Fantom, and The Graph to its platform — bringing the total number of tokens users can buy and sell to 25, the company said in an email to Insider.In reference to how it determines which crypto tokens to add to its platform, Public said: "When offering new crypto assets, we work in close collaboration with our partner Apex Crypto, and we also have a variety of attributes we consider, including market cap, trading volume, ensuring a diverse set of offerings, and providing a balance between offering well-known, popular assets and meeting the market moment"The Decentraland token has surged about 150% in the past year, with much of those gains coming in the past month since the company formerly known as Facebook rebranded to Meta.The metaverse is considered the next phase of the internet, a digital world where people can live, work, interact, and play. Decentraland is a version of the metaverse where people can buy and sell virtual items like land using the platform's native MANA token. One plot of land recently sold for about $2.5 million, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/metaverse-property-decentraland-sale-price-mana-coin-cryptocurrency-2021-11">Insider reported at the time</a>. Public started offering crypto trading in October amid a broad rally in digital assets. At first, the platform allowed trading of just <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/shiba-inu-coin-public-retail-trading-bitcoin-dogecoin-ethereum-2021-10">10 cryptocurrencies</a>, including bitcoin and ether. Amid the epic rise in dogecoin spinoff shiba inu, the platform began offering the dog-inspired meme coin. In November, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/public-has-added-10-more-cryptocurrencies-as-trading-app-users-clamor-for-altcoins-shiba-inu-and-avalanche-made-the-cut/articleshow/87635563.cms">Public added</a> 10 more coins, including Solana, Terra, Uniswap, Avalanche, Chainlink, Polygon. The platform has bolstered its crypto offerings, in contrast to competitor <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/robinhood-shiba-inu-price-crypto-coinbase-short-term-gain-coo-2021-11">Robinhood, which has held off</a> on adding more digital assets to its roster until further clarity is provided around regulation of the space.

Trading app Public adds 4 more cryptocurrencies including metaverse token Decentraland

<ul><li>While <keyword id="11893902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin" source="Orion">bitcoin</keyword> and <keyword id="11892696" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ethereum" source="Orion">ethereum</keyword> dominate the headlines, there are more than 16,000 other <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> coins.</li><li>With less liquidity and more volatility, these alternative <keyword id="11895317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptocurrencies" source="Orion">cryptocurrencies</keyword> can deliver investors massive losses or gains in a short period of time.</li><li>These are the five best performing cryptocurrencies over the past week, according to data from CoinMarketCap.</li></ul>Bitcoin's<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-outlook-3month-low-fed-policy-kazakhstan-hash-rate-2022-1"> bear market</a> has sucked the life out of many popular cryptocurrencies, with the total crypto market capitalization <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-bear-market-crypto-value-2-trillion-peak-cryptocurrency-btc-2022-1">falling from $3 trillion to just under $2 trillion as of Friday.</a> But other cryptocurrencies are performing just fine despite the shift to a mostly risk-off environment.With 16,515 cryptocurrencies in existence and counting, there are more than triple the number of crypto coins than there are US exchange-listed stocks. That massive amount of supply makes it nearly impossible to keep track of all the big movers in the crypto sector outside of well known coins like <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">bitcoin</a>, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/eth-usd">ether</a>, and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/doge-usd">dogecoin</a>.The surge in new crypto coins has come amid a massive bull market for the sector in 2021, but a 40% decline in bitcoin from its November high is challenging the space, especially in smaller coins that saw extraordinary gains last year like solana, cardano, and polkadot. With less liquidity and more volatility, these alternative cryptocurrencies can deliver investors massive losses or gains in a short period of time. Shiba inu is down 65% from its recent high, but is still <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/crypto-investor-turned-8000-into-5-billion-buying-shiba-inu-2021-10">up big</a> over the past year. Meanwhile, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/the-squid-game-token-scam-website-socials-offline-coingecko-crypto-2021-11">squid game token fell 99%</a> in a single day after delivering swift gains of 75,000%.Keeping an eye on the weekly winners can help investors identify which coins are beginning to see increased traction in the crypto community.These are the five best performing cryptocurrencies with a market value of more than $1 billion over the past week, according to <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/">data from CoinMarketCap.</a>5. Internet ComputerSymbol: ICP Market Value: $5.7 billion 7-Day Performance: 16.0%<div type="image" title="ICP price" height="495" width="941" msid="88763121" hostid="261"></div>4. FantomSymbol: FTM Market Value: $6.9 billion 7-Day Performance: 17.6%<div type="image" title="Fantom Chart" height="500" width="945" msid="88763123" hostid="261"></div>3. ChainlinkSymbol: LINK Market Value: $11.6 billion 7-Day Performance: 23.3%<div type="image" title="Chainlink price" height="492" width="941" msid="88763124" hostid="261"></div>2. HarmonySymbol: ONE Market Value: $3.6 billion 7-Day Performance: 30.2%<div type="image" title="Harmony price" height="495" width="943" msid="88763126" hostid="261"></div>1. CosmosSymbol: ATOM Market Value: $9.7 billion 7-Day Performance: 34.9%<div type="image" title="Cosmos price" height="498" width="941" msid="88763127" hostid="261"></div>

These are the 5 best performing cryptocurrencies over the past week amid bitcoin bear market

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> fundraiser for Canadian truckers' <keyword id="13123564" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="freedom-convoy" source="Orion">Freedom Convoy</keyword> has pulled in over $900,000 in <keyword id="11893902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin" source="Orion">bitcoin</keyword>, its organizers said.</li><li><keyword id="11918258" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gofundme" source="Orion">GoFundMe</keyword> has blocked $10 million in <keyword id="11922955" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donations" source="Orion">donations</keyword> meant for the Canadian truckers protesting <keyword id="12024971" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vaccine-mandates" source="Orion">vaccine mandates</keyword>.</li></ul>Crypto fans of the Canadian truckers' anti-vax protest have raised more than $900,000 in bitcoin after donations via GoFundMe were blocked.Trucks in the "Freedom Convoy" have clogged roads in Canada's capital Ottawa since late January to protest against the country's COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Supporters donated $10 million to the truckers on GoFundMe. But the crowdfunding platform <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gofundme-blocks-donations-freedom-convoy-trump-elon-musk-canada-vaccine-2022-2">blocked distribution of the funds</a> to its organizers last weekend, saying the protest was not peaceful and that authorities had raised concerns.In response, a Canadian bitcoiner group known as "HonkHonkHodl" started a campaign on crypto crowdfunding platform Tallycoin. "Every transaction that's done will be fully documented and transparent," Nick, the liaison between the group and the convoy known as NobodyCaribou on Twitter, said in an online video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d53npcbSlCU">press statement</a> Wednesday. More than 5,000 people have pledged about 21 bitcoin in satoshis via Tallycoin as of Friday, worth more than $900,000 at bitcoin's current price of $43,700.Among them was Jesse Powell, CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, who <a href="https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1490536227954515969">donated</a> 1 bitcoin to the HonkHonkHodl effort. Powell <a href="https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1490536227954515969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1490536227954515969%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2Ffreedom-truckers-canada-bitcoin-lifeline-after-gofundme-freezes-donations%2F">expressed</a> support for the Freedom Convoy, saying: "Fix the money, fix the world. Mandates are immoral. End the madness. Honk Honk! #FreedomConvoy2022."The Tallycoin funds are sent to a<a href="https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qlc2gpmzrr9gded07d9a40lt2lq7pp2v7h4c5jx"> multi-signature wallet</a> controlled by members of HonkHonkHodl, who have been vocal on Twitter on the merits of bitcoin. They include BTC Sessions, bitcoin proponent Greg Foss, author Jeff Booth, and an Ottawa resident known as Nobody Caribou on Twitter."Legacy financial infrastructure can sometimes be politicized and clamped down upon," the group<a href="https://tallyco.in/s/lzxccm/"> wrote</a> on Tallycoin. "Bitcoin is truly censorship-resistant. Don't allow your voices to be silenced."<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1486772334635536395">Tesla CEO Elon Musk</a> and former US President Donald Trump are among those who have praised the truckers' protest.Canada's vaccine mandates require all truckers crossing the US-Canada border to be fully vaccinated or to quarantine for two weeks at home.Thousands of drivers have joined the protests, which have led Ottawa's mayor to declare a state of emergency and blocked key border crossings with the US. Automaker Ford is reportedly looking at using planes to deliver car parts to a factory closed by the action.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-outlook-codebase-fantom-near-bullish-vc-altcoins-investing-strategy-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A VC lays out how a crypto project's codebase can help uncover diamonds in the rough — and shares why investors are betting on hot tokens NEAR and Fantom as their developer communities boom</a> This article has been updated to correctly identify the group representative speaking in the video press statement.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="222475" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Belize">Belize</keyword> men's national <keyword id="3071" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soccer">soccer</keyword> team bus was held up by an armed gang in Haiti.</li><li>The gang, believed to consist of police members, pulled the bus over but left after negotiations.</li><li>The team made it to its hotel safely.</li></ul>The Belize men's national soccer team bus was stopped by an armed gang in Haiti on Monday ahead of a World Cup qualifier.<a href="https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/03/23/belize-mens-national-team-walks-into-haitis-red-hot-cauldron/">According to a report from Breaking Belize News</a>, the bus was believed to have been stopped by a gang called Fantom 509 consisting of rebel police members. Haiti is in the midst of a political and economic crisis and has been in a state of emergency since March 18, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/23/belize-national-team-held-by-gunmen-in-haiti">according to Al Jazeera</a>.The bus was being escorted by four police officers when members of the armed gang rode up on motorcycles, carrying assault rifles and wearing masks. The bus pulled over, and the police escort reportedly negotiated with the gang. No one was hurt in the incident."Despite the four-man police escort, the team bus was stopped by an uproar of insurgents with assault rifles on motorcycles and police escorts were forced to negotiate with them for the team bus to continue its journey to the hotel," the Football Federation of Belize said in a statement. "We are pleased to report that our 'Jaguars,' although shaken by the terrible experience, are safely at their hotel."Haitian journalist Onz Cherry tweeted a photo of the gang, shared by the FFB.Video of the incident can also be seen on <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/23/belize-soccer-team-haiti-gunmen-armed-insurgents-video-guns/">TMZ</a>.The FFB said in its statement that the organization was in contact with FIFA and CONCACAF to get the team to "safer grounds.""It was a moment of intense fear," Belize's co-captain Deon McCauley said in the statement released by the FFB. He added that he commended the team for being "brave."The team is scheduled to play Haiti on Thursday in part of the first round of CONCACAF games for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11893902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin" source="Orion">Bitcoin</keyword> broke through the $50,000 level late Sunday, as the biggest <keyword id="11892695" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptocurrency" source="Orion">cryptocurrency</keyword> continued its comeback.</li><li><keyword id="5294933" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cardano" source="Orion">Cardano</keyword>'s <keyword id="11927960" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ada" source="Orion">ada</keyword> hit an all-time high as hopes for the Alonzo smart-contract upgrade buoyed the ether rival.</li><li>Altcoin prices also rose, helping the market cap of the entire cryptocurrency market to climb above $2.2 trillion.</li></ul><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">Bitcoin</a> moved above $50,000 for the first time since mid-May on Sunday, while cardano's native currency hit a fresh all-time high after rising to become the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/cardano-price-crypto-ethereum-binance-alonzo-protocol-upgrade-market-cap-2021-08">third-largest cryptocurrency</a> last week.Other digital tokens, including <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/eth-usd">ether</a> and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/bnb-usd">binance coin</a>, were moving higher too. The gains sent the value of the overall cryptocurrency market above $2.2 trillion on Monday, according to data from <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/">Coinmarketcap</a>.The biggest currency by market cap, bitcoin traded 2% higher at around $50,197 as of 4:35 a.m. ET on Monday. Meanwhile, cardano's <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/ada-usd">ada</a> continued its surge higher with a gain of 9% to reach $2.83, according to data from CoinDesk.Over the last five days, bitcoin has gained almost 9% and is up more than 33% for the month as it stages a comeback from a collapse in June. It was down around 21% from April's record high of <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-price-record-high-coinbase-direct-listing-btc-crypto-2021-4-1030302632?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestgest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">close to $65,000</a>, but is still roughly 73% higher so far this year.It last traded above $50,000 in mid-May, when its advance was driven by strong institutional demand and massive amounts of US monetary and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-biden-signs-trillion-covid-relief-package-checks-direct-payments-2021-3?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestgest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fiscal stimulus</a>, while bullish views from <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> advocates such as Tesla billionaire Elon Musk also played a part.The digital asset lost ground after China's crackdown on the crypto sector hurt trading sentiment, while an about-turn from Musk stirred debate on bitcoin's environmental use.While bitcoin has led the overall market's recovery, smaller digital coins such as solana, terra, avalanche, and fantom have also shot higher as they become more established and garner interest, Coinbase said in its weekly market commentary.Cardano's ada has <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/cardano-price-crypto-ethereum-binance-alonzo-protocol-upgrade-market-cap-2021-08">surged in recent days</a> to edge out binance coin as the third biggest cryptocurrency by market cap. Ada has seen year-to-date returns of over 1,475%, as its use cases grow for decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens, and gaming. The rival to ether is getting a boost from hopes for its upcoming alonzo upgrade, which promises to add smart-contract capabilities to its blockchain when it arrives in October. "The demand for alternative smart-contract platforms apart from ethereum becomes more apparent," Coinbase's institutional team wrote in a report.Coinbase's team said ada's impressive gains suggest that investors are diversifying their crypto interests beyond ethereum and bitcoin.A string of other positive developments has helped the crypto market make gains. Last week, Coinbase said it would add <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/coinbase-500-million-cryptocurrencies-balance-sheet-quarterly-profits-digital-assets-2021-8">cryptocurrencies worth $500 million</a> to its balance sheet and invest 10% of future profits into digital assets. On Monday, PayPal said it would allow <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/paypal-to-let-uk-users-buy-hold-and-sell-cryptocurrencies-12388151">people in the UK</a> to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies."August is looking good for altcoins," crypto exchange Luno said in a recent report.Read More: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/defi-beating-the-market-genesis-trading-solana-outlook-michael-moro-2021-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The CEO of a crypto-trading firm that's seen a 456% surge in trade volume explains how institutions find market-beating performance in DeFi - and what could become the third most dominant coin</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>An explosion of interest in <keyword id="11895317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptocurrencies" source="Orion">cryptocurrencies</keyword> made <keyword id="11908717" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="2021" source="Orion">2021</keyword> a pivotal year for the industry.</li><li>NFTs, a bitcoin ETF, growing use cases in the metaverse, and regulatory developments bought Wall Street asset managers to the forefront of <keyword id="11893898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto" source="Orion">crypto</keyword> investing this year.</li></ul>This has been the year in which cryptocurrencies made it into mainstream finance, when everyone from celebrities to athletes and art auctioneers dived into blockchain-based digital collectors' items and play-to-earn platforms transformed the dynamics of the gaming economy. Institutional and retail investors alike have piled into <keyword id="11893901" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crypto-assets" source="Orion">crypto assets</keyword>, blockchain-based products, and services like non-fungible tokens, turning a $1 trillion market into a <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ether-price-bitcoin-record-crypto-market-cap-cameron-tyler-winklevoss-2021-11">$3 trillion</a> one in under 12 months. Most recently, the rise of the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/what-is-the-metaverse-10319391">metaverse</a> has created a new wave of investment opportunities for everything from digital land to digital designer goods. Investors have certainly welcomed the growing sophistication of the cryptosphere.In 2022, as more use cases emerge, decentralized finance is evolving. And the metaverse and NFTs — a digital representation of a real-world piece of artwork, music or video, for example — grow in popularity, crypto assets are expected to spiral even higher in value.The rise in the cryptocurrency market has not just been driven by <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">bitcoin.</a> Other smaller coins have risen exponentially year-to-date and gained mainstream fame. Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that was created a few years ago as a joke, has been one of the star performers, and gave rise to a series of spin-offs that achieved even more dizzying heights.So-called altcoins that are native to blockchains that many believe will power much of the financial world of the future, as well as the digital realm, have soared, making crypto-superstars out of the likes of solana, cardano and avalanche. Billionaire crypto bull Mike Novogratz has called <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ethereum-versus-bitcoin-mike-novogratz-inflation-hedge-technology-eth-crypto-2021-12">ether a more attractive investment</a> than bitcoin because people view it as a technology bet. But these are small <keyword id="11893875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets" source="Orion">markets</keyword> that are highly volatile. This means traders can expect massive losses or gains in the blink of an eye. A cryptocurrency can soar 100% in a week, only to reverse course and surrender all those gains in days, or even hours in some cases. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency in market value, is up about 70% so far this year. Meanwhile, many metaverse-native crypto tokens, which are based on the ethereum blockchain, have expanded from one week to the next, as anyone wanting to enter these digital worlds must first own the corresponding digital currency.For instance, users of the virtual world Sandbox can build, own, and monetize their gaming experiences on the ethereum blockchain using SAND, the platform's utility token. The same goes for Decentraland users, or Axie Infinity gamers, who can breed, own and train their own little digital critters. Each platform has its own native currency.Insider took a look at the top 10 best performing cryptocurrencies of the past year with a market value of over $1 billion, according to <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data from CoinMarketCap.</a>10. Decentraland Symbol: MANA Market Cap: $6.8 billion YTD Performance: 4,397%<div type="image" title="MANA" height="562" width="951" msid="88191402" hostid="261"></div>9. Harmony Symbol: ONE Market Cap: $2.2 billion YTD Performance: 4,464%<div type="image" title="ONE" height="557" width="941" msid="88191403" hostid="261"></div>8. Kadena Symbol: KDA Market Cap: $1.9 billion YTD Performance: 8,131%<div type="image" title="KDA" height="559" width="942" msid="88191404" hostid="261"></div>7. Fantom Symbol: FTM Market Cap: $3.9 billion YTD Performance: 8,966%<div type="image" title="FTM" height="559" width="943" msid="88191405" hostid="261"></div>6. Solana Symbol: SOL Market Cap: $58.2 billion YTD Performance: 10,180%<div type="image" title="SOL" height="558" width="936" msid="88191406" hostid="261"></div>5. Terra Symbol: LUNA Market Cap: $28.7 billion YTD Performance: 11,558%<div type="image" title="LUNA" height="561" width="937" msid="88191407" hostid="261"></div>4. Polygon Symbol: MATIC Market Cap: $16.3 billion YTD Performance: 12,817%<div type="image" title="MATIC" height="556" width="934" msid="88191408" hostid="261"></div>3. The Sandbox Symbol: SAND Market Cap: $4.9 billion YTD Performance: 14,629%<div type="image" title="SAND" height="556" width="942" msid="88191410" hostid="261"></div>2. Axie Infinity Symbol: AXS Market Cap: $6.8 billion YTD Performance: 18,996%<div type="image" title="AXS" height="561" width="945" msid="88191411" hostid="261"></div>1. Gala Symbol: GALA Market Cap: $3.6 billion YTD Performance: 50,829%<div type="image" title="GALA" height="559" width="938" msid="88191413" hostid="261"></div>Read More: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/altcoins-layer-one-protocol-tokens-crypto-hedge-fund-cio-trader-2021-12">The chief investment officer of a $150 million crypto hedge fund shares 3 altcoins of layer-one protocols that could 'attract a lot of capital' — and 2 emerging trends to watch in the year ahead</a>

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