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Nigerian Crypto and Web3 Startup Lazerpay Shuts Down After Failing to ‘Close a Successful Funding Round’
The Nigerian crypto and Web3 startup Lazerpay announced on April 13 that it will cease operations. Co-founder and CEO Njoku Emmanuel said...
Hong Kong’s Largest Virtual Bank Offers Crypto Conversion Services
ZA Bank, Hong Kong’s biggest virtual-only lender, intends to expand its business into the region’s growing digital assets sector. The...
Flatcoiners should take a cue from TerraUSD’s fate
The post-COVID-19 era has brought the issue of inflation to the forefront, leading to increasing interest within the Web3 space for...
Price analysis 4/14: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are trading above the psychologically important levels of $30,000 and $2,000 respectively. This suggests...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Taiwan: ‘Being an Ally Does Not Mean Being a Vassal’
French president Emmanuel Macron has decided to double down on his strategic autonomy policy thesis, declaring that Europe should not be...
MetaMask third-party provider was hacked, exposing email addresses
The email addresses of some MetaMask users may have been exposed to a malicious party due to a recently discovered cyber-security...
Less than 1% of staked ETH estimated to be sold after Shapella: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Solana’s Crypto and Web3 Smartphone ‘Saga’ Available to the General Public on May 8
Solana’s cryptocurrency and Web3 smartphone, Saga, will be available for purchase on Monday, May 8, 2023. Crafted by OSOM, the...
SEC targets DeFi in vote to revisit proposal concerning the definition of ‘exchange’
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has announced it will be revisiting the proposed redefinition of an “exchange” under...
Bitcoin Price Outlook for April: BTC Hits $31,000, What Next?
At the halfway point of April, bitcoin has risen beyond the $31,000 point for the first time in ten months. This rise in bullish sentiment...
C6 Bank’s Climate Tool to Track CO2 Emissions From Customer Transactions Prompts Debate on Future of Banking
On April 13, a C6 Bank customer in Brazil shared screenshots of his online bank account, revealing that the financial institution was...
Enterprises should seek partners and solutions during crypto winter: Paxos report
Blockchain infrastructure provider Paxos has recently published a report, that aims at helping the community look beyond the crypto winter...
Bias in AI: What can blockchains do to ensure fairness?
Projects rooted in artificial intelligence (AI) are fast becoming an integral part of the modern technological paradigm, aiding in...
Tron Founder Justin Sun, Soulja Boy, and Austin Mahone Summoned by SEC in Crypto Asset Case
Court documents reveal that Justin Sun, Tron’s founder, has been sent a summons from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Ethereum on-chain data forecasts the withdrawal of 1.4M ETH over the next few days
Ethereum’s long-anticipated Shanghai and Capella upgrade was activated on April 12 and the total withdrawals in the first 40 hours after...
Crypto Exchange Bitrue Suffers $23 Million Hack
Singapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has lost millions of U.S. dollars’ worth of ether and other coins in a hack. The trading...
Biggest Movers: ADA Surges to 7-Month High, as XRP Extends Recent Gains
Cardano rose to its highest level in seven-months on April 14, as cryptocurrency markets remained bullish. The global crypto market cap...
Crypto exchange Bitrue suffers $23M hack due to hot wallet exploit
Bitrue cryptocurrency exchange has suffered a hot wallet exploit, allowing attackers to withdraw various crypto assets worth nearly $23...
Tesla selling Bitcoin last year turned out to be a $500M mistake
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has grown by more than 50% since Tesla unveiled its approximately $1 billion BTC sales in July 2022. In other...
BTC price targets see $33K next as Bitcoin eyes key resistance flip
Bitcoin (BTC) preserved new ten-month highs at the April 14 Wall Street open as analysts kept hoping for further gains. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Stablecoins Cannot Function as Money Because They Have No ‘Assured Value’ — Bank of England Governor
Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, has asserted that stablecoins “will need to have the characteristics of, and be...
Bitcoin’s dominance knocked by ETH’s post-Shapella rally
Ether (ETH) prices have topped the psychological $2,000 level following the Shapella upgrade this week and the result is a decline in...
Bitcoin price spikes above $31K as Ethereum gains spark ‘altseason’ calls
Bitcoin (BTC) broke through $31,000 on April 14 as bulls hoped altcoins would soon follow. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source:...
Crypto price prediction: Arbitrum (ARB), EOS, VeChain
Cryptocurrency prices had a strong performance this week as Bitcoin jumped above $30,000 and Ethereum soared to over $2,000. This rally...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Nears $31,000, as ETH Hits 11-Month High
Bitcoin moved towards the $31,000 mark on Friday, ahead of upcoming retail sales data from the United States. Sales are expected to remain...
Asia’s current gaming domination ‘crucial’ for Web3 games: DappRadar
Asia is “crucial” to the Web3 gaming industry, as it already boasts the majority share of gamers and gaming revenue, and has a high...
HashKey launches wealth management service, citing ‘significant’ demand
Hong Kong-based digital asset firm HashKey Group has launched a new wealth management platform geared toward professional and...
Casino Not on Gamstop at Mystake․com
PRESS RELEASE. Mystake.com is a popular non gamstop online casino platform that offers a thrilling gaming experience for players looking...
Twitter Users to Trade Crypto Through Etoro
Social trading company Etoro has partnered with Twitter to will allow users of the microblogging platform to invest in cryptocurrencies...
Analysts Weigh In on BRICS Currency as Tool to Face US Dollar-Based Sanctions
Analysts have begun considering using a future BRICS currency to sidestep U.S. sanctions and the dollar’s influence in international...
Winner of Canadian Lottery Jackpot Says Impostors Using His Name to Steal Bitcoins
The winner of the Canadian lottery, Scott Gurney, has confirmed that scammers impersonating him on Facebook have conned unsuspecting...
Uniswap proposal to launch on Polygon zkEVM is set to pass
Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap is seemingly set to launch on the new zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) roll-up...
Bank of Russia Analysts Note Ditching US Dollar Is ‘Hardly Possible’ Without Structural Changes to Foreign Trade
A report from the research department of the Bank of Russia shows that, due to the structure of foreign trade contracts, it will be...
Europeans to See More Interest Rate Hikes, Central Bank Governors Indicate
Further rate hikes are warranted by persisting inflation in the eurozone, according to members of its monetary authority’s decision-making...
Former Deutsche Bank Investment Banker Charged With Crypto Fraud in US
An investment banker formerly employed by Deutsche Bank has been charged with perpetrating a crypto-related fraud. The man from Brooklyn...
Uniswap launches iOS mobile wallet in select countries
Decentralized exchange Uniswap has launched a mobile wallet that features built-in support for the exchange, according to an April 13...
San Francisco authorities make arrest in stabbing of Cash App creator Bob Lee
The San Francisco Police Department has arrested a tech executive named Nima Momeni in connection with the April 4 stabbing of Cash App...
Peter Schiff Says Banking Crisis Not Over, Much Worse Financial Crisis Incoming — Warns of ‘Massive’ Recession
Economist Peter Schiff has cautioned that the present banking crisis is the cusp of a much worse financial crisis. “It’s going to...
De-Dollarization Escalates Amid US ‘Economic Warfare’ and ‘Error-Fraught’ Policies, Economist Says
Economist Peter C. Earle says de-dollarization has begun, emphasizing that “It’s not just the conscription of the dollar in economic...
Bitcoin glory on Chinese TikTok, 30M mainland users, Justin Sun saga: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Bitcoin’s day of glory on Chinese TikTok On...
Mastercard Launches NFTs to Support Emerging Musicians Through Web3 Technologies
According to Mastercard, the payments giant has launched non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that grant access to the Mastercard Artist Accelerator...
3 signs Arbitrum price is poised for a new record high in Q2
Arbitrum’s ARB token has emerged as one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies following Ethereum’s long-awaited Shanghai upgrade....
London Stock Exchange’s LCH SA to Clear Bitcoin Futures and Options on GFO-X Through New Service
On April 13, 2023, the London Stock Exchange’s LCH division, a clearing house group serving major international exchanges and a...
Bitcoin-friendly PPI data boosts bulls as Ether price fights for $2K
Bitcoin (BTC) preserved $30,000 support at the April 12 Wall Street open as more United States macroeconomic data boosted bulls. BTC/USD...
UK forms Bitcoin Policy org to boost BTC education and adoption
God save our gracious coin, and long live the coin. A team of entrepreneurs, environmentalists and Bitcoin (BTC) advocates have assembled...
Bitcoin derivatives data shows bulls positioning for further BTC price upside
Bitcoin (BTC) price maintained the $30,000 support as lower-than-expected U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released on April 12. The...
ETHGlobal Hackathon Kicks Off in Tokyo With First Ever Pragma Summit
As previously announced by ETHGlobal, the first-ever Pragma summit kicked off the wider ETHGlobal Tokyo hackathon on Thursday as a...
Unsiwap launches iOS mobile wallet in select countries
Decentralized exchange Uniswap has launched a mobile wallet that features built-in support for the exchange, according to an April 13...
First of many? How Italy’s ChatGPT ban could trigger a wave of AI regulation
Italy has recently made headlines by becoming the first Western country to ban the popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot...
‘Nothing is a coincidence with the government,’ claims US lawmaker on Operation Choke Point 2.0
United States Congressperson Byron Donalds criticized the country’s regulatory agencies on April 12 at NFT.NYC 2023 conference in New...
Brazil’s President Lula Urges Developing Countries to Abandon Dollar as Global Reserve Currency
According to Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, developing countries should abandon the U.S. dollar and strengthen their own...
Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade Unlocks Staked Ether, Over 860K ETH Poised for Withdrawal, Price Surges 6%
On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade was successfully implemented, enabling...
Biggest Movers: DOGE Snaps Losing Streak as SOL Hits Fresh 6-Week High
Dogecoin snapped a two-day losing streak on Thursday, as sentiment in crypto markets remained bullish. The meme coin moved to a one-week...
FTX Finds $7.3 Billion in Liquid Assets; Lawyers Consider Rebooting Shuttered Crypto Exchange
FTX debtors revealed during a hearing on April 12th that the restructuring team has collected $7.3 billion in liquid assets. The exchange...
Ether staking withdrawals: Crypto exchanges set calendar for unstaking
Ethereum mainnet successfully completed the Shapella upgrade on April 12. The successful execution of the Shapella upgrade means Ethereum...
Why join a blockchain gaming guild? Fun, profit and create better games
Blockchain gaming guilds are the continuation of an ancient tradition. Guilds have existed since the beginning of capitalism in the...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Hits $2,000 Following Shapella Upgrade
Ethereum moved above $2,000 on Thursday, as markets continue to react to the successful Shanghai update. The upgrade, which is also known...
Balaji Srinivasan: ‘Giant Robot’ of Crypto-Friendly States Needed to Battle ‘Giant Monster’ of US Gov., Explains Why He Made Bitcoin Bet
Tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of The Network State, Balaji Srinivasan, says a proverbial “giant robot” of...
Here’s why Ethereum Classic (ETC) price could jump by at least 12%
Ethereum Classic price has made a bullish break-out as cryptocurrencies rally. It jumped after the latest American inflation data...
Despite Using Euro, Montenegro to Develop Own Digital Currency With Ripple
Montenegro intends to create and issue its own digital currency with help from U.S.-based crypto company Ripple. The Southeast European...
Ether price closes in on $2k following the Shanghai upgrade
Key takeaways The Ethereum network completed the Shanghai upgrade on Wednesday, allowing users to unstake their ETH coins. ETH is up by...
SEC argues recent court case weakens Ripple Labs’ ‘fair notice’ defense
A recent court judgment further weakens a key defense made by technology firm Ripple Labs in its ongoing legal battle with the United...
What Bitcoin bear market? BTC price closely copying old halving cycles
Bitcoin (BTC) price action is right on track when it comes to sealing new all-time highs, new data suggests. A suite of price metrics from...
IMF Blog: Interest Rates to Fall to Pre-Pandemic Levels Once Inflation Is Tamed
When inflation in advanced economies is tamed, real interest rates are likely to drop to pre-pandemic levels, the latest International...
Nifty News: BTC miners cash $5M on Ordinals, Reddit NFTs get botting backlash and more
Bitcoin (BTC) miners have pocketed over $5 million from creating nonfungible tokens (NFT) inscriptions using the Ordinals protocol....
Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Technologies to List on Nasdaq via SPAC Deal
According to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bitdeer Technologies Holdings, a digital mining firm...
China Fines Bitmain $3.6 Million for Tax Violations, Report
Chinese authorities have fined leading crypto mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain for tax-related violations, local media reported. The...
Ethereum’s Shapella hard fork executed on mainnet
The Shapella hard fork has officially been executed on the Ethereum mainnet — meaning that Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their...
G7 to Discuss More Crypto Regulation and How to Help Developing Nations Introduce Central Bank Digital Currencies
The G7 countries are discussing more crypto regulation and ways to help developing nations introduce central bank digital currencies...
BRICS Nations Push to Expand Global Influence to Counter the West’s ‘Destructive Actions’
The BRICS nations are focusing on increasing their international roles and “enhancing coordination on key multilateral platforms,”...
Ethereum price metrics hint that ETH might not sell-off after the Shapella hard fork
Ether (ETH) price has increased by 58% year to date, but it has far underperformed the market leader Bitcoin (BTC). In fact, the ETH/BTC...
Brian Armstrong promised me $100 in Bitcoin — so where is it?
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong owes me $100. That’s because he might not know how to use the Lightning Network, the instant payment solution...
IMF Economist Warns of Side Effects From Sharp Monetary Policy Tightening — Says Financial Risks Have Increased
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) economic counselor has warned of the side effects of sharp monetary tightening. Noting that...
Price analysis 4/12: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
The March consumer price index climbed marginally by 0.1%, below economists’ expectation of a 0.2% increase and February’s advance...
Binance US to Delist Tron and Spell Tokens Amid Heightened Regulatory Pressure
According to a recent announcement from Binance US, the American-based subsidiary of the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, the...
Bill limiting incentives for crypto miners passes Texas Senate, moves to House
Texas lawmakers in the state’s Senate have approved a bill aimed at largely removing incentives for crypto miners operating under the...
OpenSea collector pays 100 ETH for a free NFT: Nifty Newsletter, April 5–11
In this week’s newsletter, find out why a nonfungible token (NFT) collector paid $192,000 for a free NFT. Check out how community members...
When levees break, liquidity flows — Analyzing Ethereum Shapella and liquidity staking derivatives
The Ethereum network’s planned Shanghai hard fork is nearly here. Planned for April 12, this is the first major upgrade since The Merge in...
Ethereum price metrics hint that ETH might not sell-off after the Shapella hardfork
Ether (ETH) price has increased by 58% year to date, but it has far underperformed the market leader Bitcoin (BTC). In fact, the ETH/BTC...
Warren Buffett Likens Bitcoin to Gambling and Chain Letters in Recent Interview
Finance mogul Warren Buffett, one of the most successful investors in history, discussed bitcoin during an interview on CNBC’s...
Why is Dogecoin (DOGE) price down today?
The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped 4.6% to $0.0808 under the influence of a broader crypto market correction on April 12. This downside...
ApeCoin surges 1,950% on South Korean crypto exchange Upbit
On April 12, Yuga Labs’ ERC-20 token ApeCoin (APE) briefly surged to $90.00 from around $4.20 apiece on the South Korean...
Ethereum traders show uncertainty ahead of Apr 12’s Shapella hard fork: Report
The Ethereum network’s Shapella upgrade, scheduled for around 6:30 pm EST on April 12, has induced significant uncertainty among traders,...
Russian Central Bank Attributes Recent Ruble Depreciation to Lower Forex Sales by Exporters
The Russian central bank has attributed the ruble’s latest plunge against the U.S. dollar to the temporary reduction “in sales...
LayerZero’s multi-chain ecosystem grows as airdrop hunters ramp up their efforts
LayerZero is a communication method that facilitates cross-chain applications. Its low-level messaging capabilities enable the development...
RenQ Finance Raises Nearly $1 Million in 24 Hours as Stage 4 Completes
PRESS RELEASE. After RenQ Finance achieved remarkable success by completing stage 4, they generated immense excitement among investors...
Who watches the watchers? CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell explains why surveillance is the enemy
Technology can be one’s best friend or, in some cases, their worst enemy. For example, Meta and TikTok seamlessly connect millions of...
Ethereum traders show uncertainty ahead of today’s Shapella hardfork: Report
The Ethereum network’s Shapella upgrade, scheduled for around 6:30 pm EST on April 12, has induced significant uncertainty among traders,...
Biggest Movers: SOL Hits 6-Week High, Following US Inflation Data
Solana moved to a six-week high on Wednesday, as markets reacted to the latest inflation figures from the United States. The consumer...
US Consumer Price Index Rises 0.1% in March, Annual Inflation up 5% From Last Year
On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which noted that inflation rose 0.1%...