Popular retail trading app, Robinhood, has revealed crypto trading surged in popularity on the platform and now represents 41% of its revenue. According to its second-quarter financial results published Aug. 18, the firm generated $233 million from crypto trading services for the quarter, up from $5 million for the entirety of 2020. More than 60% of funded Robinhood accounts traded digital assets during Q2 2021. With early 2021 witnessing the speculative dog-token trading frenzy, a whopping 62% of Robinhood’s crypto revenue was derived from Dogecoin trades. The earnings report is the first released by Robinhood since it became a public …

After several years of nearly total media silence, the Dogecoin Foundation is coming back to support core developers and projects benefiting the meme-based cryptocurrency. In a Tuesday announcement, the Dogecoin Foundation said it would be reestablishing itself in an effort to support the Dogecoin (DOGE) community as well as promote the future of the blockchain. The foundation said it would be announcing new projects in the coming weeks encouraging the adoption and utility of DOGE “that increase Dogecoin uptake at a grassroots level.” “The Foundation holds the Dogecoin mark and the Dogecoin Logo and will maintain them for the community,” …

The cryptocurrency market has had a wild ride thus far in 2021 as multiple sub-sectors including decentralized finance (DeFi), nonfungible tokens (NFTs), memecoins and layer-two solutions have seen their total value locked and token prices skyrocket to new highs. One of the biggest success stories of the year was Dogecoin (DOGE), a simple "joke" cryptocurrency that has morphed into a darling of the cryptocurrency sector. Interestingly, over the past month, the project is again gaining momentum, and several data points suggest sentiment for the DOGE is becoming increasingly bullish. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since hitting …

A KPMG report titled “Pulse of Fintech H1 2021,” shows that the total investment in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector in the first half of this year has risen to $8.7 billion, which is more than double the $4.3 billion worth of deals done in 2020. KPMG global fintech co-leader Anton Ruddenklau said: “Cryptocurrency and blockchain are exploding globally. I think for the rest of this year at least, crypto will be a very hot ticket for investors.” Separate research by blockchain market intelligence Blockdata also shows that 55 out of the top 100 banks by assets under management have …

Popular social media platform Reddit has gained $4 billion in value since its last funding round earlier this year in February. Six months ago, the firm raised $250 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $6 billion. In the latest move, Reddit announced a Series F funding round on Thursday — which is being led by Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC and is expected to close at around $700 million with a post-money valuation of $10 billion. According to the New York Times, investment in the funding round has reached $410 million so far, with Reddit stating …

Bitcoin’s (BTC) strong recovery and march toward the psychological level at $50,000 has improved the overall sentiment in the crypto sector. That has boosted the total crypto market capitalization to over $1.9 trillion. Data from Glassnode shows a sharp increase in the dominance of Bitcoin transactions exceeding $1 million during the past few months. The on-chain analytics firm noted in a report that the transactions by the $1 million–$10 million group surged when Bitcoin corrected to $29,000 in July. This suggests that institutional investors may have been buying, which is “fairly constructive for price.” Further evidence of possible institutional buying …

Momentum in the wider cryptocurrency market appears to be on the upswing this week after bulls pushed Bitcoin (BTC) price to $46,700 and Ether (ETH) price to $3,150 on Aug. 9. The growing optimism has also translated into a bounce in dog-themed memecoins like Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB), which have both seen their prices rise by more than 55% over the past three weeks. Dog-themed meme coins caught fire earlier in the year after Dogecoin became the altcoin of choice for influencers like Elon Musk and Mark Cuban. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin further rocked the boat on May …

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery from $29,482.61 on July 21 has continued to surpass one resistance after another. On Aug. 9, Bitcoin rose above the 200-day simple moving average, an indicator watched by institutional investors to determine whether the asset is bullish or bearish. A positive sign about the Aug. 9 rally is that Bitcoin was not affected by the flash crash in gold, which momentarily dipped to a four-month low. This suggests that traders are focusing on the fundamentals of the sector and are not affected by the performance of other asset classes. Glassnode noted that investors holding Bitcoin for more …

A wallet recovery service says it has achieved the impossible — opening up a six-year-old wallet that contained 10 million DOGE. KeychainX said it was contacted by a retired truck driver who had purchased a massive Dogecoin stash in 2015 for about $1,500. Fast forward to now and its value had increased by more than 2,000x — and would now be worth more than $3 million. Here’s the problem: the PIN to his Android wallet was 12 digits long, something that the company thought would be impossible to crack in a lifetime. The KeychainX team got to work by asking …

Bitcoin (BTC) has staged a smart recovery in the past few days and the interest in the crypto sector seems to be picking up. JPMorgan Chase has added access to a new Bitcoin fund created by New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) for its private banking clients. The increasing number of traditional financial institutions opening up crypto trading opportunities for their clients shows there is strong demand for the sector. On-chain analyst Willy Woo said recently that strong holders had been scoping up Bitcoin and locking “them away for long-term investment”, resulting in a supply squeeze. Woo added that he …

The cost to purchase one Robinhood share (HOOD) dropped massively in the pre-market session on Thursday, beating even so-called volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in terms of intraday losses. In detail, HOOD was down 10.2% to $63.25 as of 8:00 am EDT compared to its $85 high in the previous session. On the other hand, Bitcoin (BTC) is down almost 6% over the past 24 hours, trading around $37,600. The stock plunged partly because of its excessive valuations that prompted traders to lock their interim profits. Moreover, its sell-off accelerated after Robinhood Markets had announced that it would sell up to …

American manufactured meat company Oscar Mayer is auctioning off a one-of-one pack of “Hot Doge Wieners” on eBay. The limited-edition pack of Dogecoin-themed wieners includes 10 sausages and a picture of the beloved Shiba Inu dog on the packaging, along with the “cash equivalent” of 10,000 Dogecoin (DOGE). The auction is set to close on Saturday, however, the listing has been temporarily taken down, with the firm noting on Twitter today that “you guys really took this to the moon. The link is down but will be up soon!” During the initial hours of bidding, Redditors in the r/dogecoin community …