Ethereum’s Liquid Staking Protocols Attract 400,000 Ether After Shapella Upgrade
Just over two weeks have passed since Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade on April 12, 2023, which occurred at block height 6,209,536,...
Year: 2023
Satoshi’s Last Emails: ‘Make It About the Open-Source Project,’ Economist Predicts ‘Catastrophic’ Fall in US Living Standard, FRC Shares Plummet, and More — Week in Review
Another week has passed in the world of crypto and finance, with the anniversary of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s last...
Zimbabwe’s De-Dollarization: Central Bank to Issue Gold-Backed Digital Currency in Early May
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said it will start issuing gold-backed digital tokens on May 8. The first...
Mineflation: Cost to mine one Bitcoin in the US rises from $5K to $17K in 2023
New Mexico is the cheapest US state to mine Bitcoin in terms of average electricity cost, while Hawaii is the...
‘Good luck bears’ — Bitcoin traders closely watch April close with BTC price at $29K
Bitcoin approaches the end of April barely moving as BTC price offers little short-term clues on trajectory. Bitcoin (BTC) narrowed...
Bitcoin Price Prediction for Today, April 29: BTC Price Swings within a Narrow Range Below $30K
Bitcoin Is in a Rising Trend as It Swings Within a Narrow Range below $30K – April 29, 2023 Bitcoin...
US Senator Ted Cruz: ‘I Like BTC for the Same Reason the Chinese Communist Govt Doesn’t Like BTC’
United States Senator Ted Cruz has said he remains “incredibly bullish on bitcoin” which he described as the “alpha in...
Paypal Upgrades Crypto Services to 60 Million Venmo Users, Allowing Transfers to External Wallets and Exchanges
After the American financial technology giant Paypal rolled out crypto payments last year, the company is now introducing cryptocurrency transfer...
First Republic’s crisis is not an isolated incident: JPMorgan exec
The chief investment officer of J.P. Morgan Asset Management said it would be “naive to say that this is just...
YouTube helps recover hacked channel that attempted XRP crypto scams
YouTube’s swift intervention ensured damage control by preventing XRP hackers from interacting with the channel’s subscribers. Prominent YouTuber DidYouKnowGaming was...
First Republic’s crisis is not an isolated incident – suggests JPMorgan exec
The CIO of JPMorgan Asset Management said it’d be “naive to say that this is just limited to First Republic.”...
Bitcoin Network Hits 75% Progress Towards Next Reward Halving
At 11:06 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on April 29, 2023, at block height 787,500, the number of blocks left to...
US Senator Rand Paul Warns of US Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status — Says ‘It’s Not an Unfounded Prediction’
U.S. Senator Rand Paul has warned that the U.S. dollar could lose its status as a global reserve currency. “For...
Billionaire Ray Dalio Warns US and China on Brink of War, Beyond Ability to Talk — US-China Trade Could Collapse
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has warned that the U.S. and China are “on the brink of war” and “are...
Economist Predicts Shift to Tripolar Reserve Currency World — Yuan, Euro to Disrupt US Dollar’s Dominance
Economist Stephen Jen, a former Morgan Stanley managing director, expects a shift “from a unipolar reserve currency world to a...
