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US-Saudi Tensions Escalate as Report Says Crown Prince Is No Longer Interested in Pleasing the United States
After Saudi Arabia and members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the world by announcing cuts to...
Arbitrum FUD spooks the market, but on-chain data shows whales accumulating ARB
Arbitrum suffered a big blow during the April 1–2 weekend due to a conflict between ARB tokenholders and the Arbitrum Foundation on the...
Fed liquidity injections drive down US Treasury yields, but not Bitcoin price
Bitcoin (BTC) might have shown strength after successfully defending the $28,000 support amid unfounded rumors regarding Binance, but an...
‘Totally Irresponsible’ — Bitcoin Proponents Express Discontent Over Twitter’s Doge Logo Change
After the Twitter logo was changed from the original blue bird to a cartoon image of the famous Shiba Inu Doge, the cryptocurrency...
Retail holders are aggressively accumulating Bitcoin: Glassnode
Bitcoin shrimps have been aggressive as market participants ride positive sentiment to buy more BTC. Glassnode data shows BTC...
Why is Dogecoin price up today?
Dogecoin (DOGE) pared a portion of its massive daily gains on April 4 as investors speculated on the meaning behind Elon Musk’s latest...
Midjourney AI users find workaround amid ban on Chinese President’s images
Midjourney, an artificial intelligence (AI) service that generates images from natural language descriptions, recently banned the making...
Will Shiba Inu tail Dogecoin’s price rally?
The price of Shiba Inu (SHIB) increased over 10% in a day amid broader upside moves across meme cryptocurrencies in the past 24 hours. But...
Biggest Movers: DOGE up 30%, Following Twitter Logo Change
Dogecoin continued to trade close to a four-month high on Tuesday, following a 30% price surge to start the week. The rally came after...
ROVI Network Integration Boosts Boba Network’s Transaction Volume at a Pace of Over One Million Transactions per Month on Boba BNB Layer 2
California, USA, April 4th, 2023, Chainwire Network, the only multichain layer-2 blockchain scaling solution and the only smart contract...
Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses
On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million....
Bitcoin in Senegal: Why is this African country using BTC?
Dakar, the capital of the West African nation of Senegal, now boasts an annual Pan-African Bitcoin conference, over 10 merchants accepting...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Hits 8-Month High, as BTC Nears Key Resistance Level
Ethereum surged to an eight-month high on Tuesday, as bulls began to gradually return to cryptocurrency markets. As the session matured,...
Bitcoin price bounces after CZ arrest rumors as traders eye $30K next
Bitcoin (BTC) hit new month-to-date lows overnight into April 4 as fresh rumors over the biggest exchange, Binance, spooked fragile...
Shiba Inu price prediction as Dogecoin goes vertical
Shiba Inu is hovering near the highest level since March 14. It rose after the strong performance of Dogecoin after Twitter’s logo...
Report: Zambian Currency Poised for First Quarterly Decline Since 2020
The Zambian kwacha, one of the best-performing currencies in 2022, is now expected to see its first quarterly decline in nearly two years....
How the Federal Reserve Is Now Competing With Banks for Deposits: Enter the Reverse Repo Facility
The U.S. Federal Reserve could be competing with commercial banks due to a facility called the “overnight reverse repurchase...
Binance’s market share drops on CFTC suit and no-fee trading halt: Report
The dominance of cryptocurrency exchange Binance in trading volume market share has slipped over the past two weeks following a lawsuit...
Alleged Kenyan Bill Proposes Widening Definition of Securities to Include Crypto Assets
A bill seeking to put blockchain and crypto assets under the purview of the Kenyan Capital Markets Authority is supposedly set to be...
KuCoin Wallet spins off from KuCoin exchange, rebrands as Halo Wallet
Decentralized wallet KuCoin Wallet announced on Apr. 3 that it has rebranded as Halo Wallet and launched a new SocialFi ecosystem....
KuCoin Wallet spins off from KuCoin exchange, renames as Halo Wallet
Decentralized wallet KuCoin Wallet announced on Apr. 3 that it has rebranded as Halo Wallet and launched a new SocialFi ecosystem....
Crypto market momentum stalls as traders await the results of recent regulatory actions
Cryptocurrency markets have been trading within an unusually tight 5% range since March 17 as conflicting forces continue to pressure the...
Ethereum ERC-4337 ‘bundlers’ — How hard is joining the network?
A new decentralized layer has been added on top of Ethereum to make smart accounts possible with the introduction of ERC-4337 and account...
Regulators Should Heed Crypto Risks When Innovating Regulation, Says Chinese Central Bank Official
A senior People’s Bank of China (PBOC) official has urged regulators to consider cryptocurrency risks and fraud that could lead to...
ASEAN Countries Take Steps to Reduce Reliance on US Dollar for Trade Settlements
The finance ministers and central bank governors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are exploring ways to decrease...
INX security token platform gets its first token from a public company, Greenbriar
INX has launched its first securities token issued by a public company, according to an Apr. 3 announcement from the tokenization...
Ron Paul on the Fall of the US Dollar as Reserve Currency: ‘It’s Always Longer Than Some Predictions’
Ron Paul, a former U.S. representative and member of the Libertarian Party, has addressed recent events directed to undermine the...
Price analysis 4/3: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, MATIC, DOGE, SOL
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price initially dipped, but then recovered on April 3. The volatility happened after several OPEC+ members announced plans...
Twitter Changes Bird Logo to Picture of Doge, Dogecoin Price Surges 23% After the Change
On Monday, Twitter users noticed that the traditional blue bird logo had been replaced by a cartoon picture of Doge. Meanwhile, the...
Bitcoin liquidity drops to 10-month low amid US bank run
Bitcoin (BTC) market liquidity has dropped to a 10-month low, despite a bullish quarter in terms of price gain. The liquidity dry-up is...
BTC price double top forming? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in volatile territory, with news of an oil supply cut delivering a choppy start. Still caught at major...
Bitcoin breakout ‘matter of time’ says analysis with BTC price at $28K
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed tightly rangebound at the April 3 Wall Street open as analysts counted down to volatility. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Potential Fed pivot has crypto and macro analysts ultra-bullish on Bitcoin’s price prospects
The United States Federal Reserve began its most aggressive quantitative tightening efforts in March 2022, raising benchmark interest...
Dfinity Foundation Launches Chain-Key Bitcoin, a Native Internet Computer BTC Derivative Token
On April 3, 2023, the Dfinity Foundation, a development team behind the Internet Computer (ICP) network, announced the launch of a native...
Bitquery’s New Streaming API is Changing Web3 Infrastructure Space
Bitquery launched its Streaming API in early March, giving users to access blockchain data in real time. With Bitquery’s APIs, Web3...
Pancakeswap Launches Version 3 of Protocol on BNB and Ethereum Blockchains
On Monday, April 3, the decentralized exchange (dex) platform Pancakeswap launched version 3 of its protocol (v3) on the Binance Coin...
Biggest Movers: ADA Snaps Losing Streak as BCH Moves to 10-Day High
Cardano ended a two-day losing streak on Monday, as the token moved closer to a two-month high to start the week. Cryptocurrency markets...
Astar Network to launch smart contracts that support two virtual machines
Multichain decentralized application (DApp) protocol Astar Network will launch the second iteration of its smart contracts that support...
Elizabeth Warren Explains Her ‘Anti-Crypto Army’ Stance; Waves of Democrats Oppose Her Bitcoin Criticism
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, has recently launched a political campaign against cryptocurrencies as she...
Ethereum price prediction as the Shanghai update draws near
Ethereum will go through its biggest update since the Merge. The Shanghai update will take place on April 12. It will likely attract the...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Consolidates Above $28,000 on Monday
Bitcoin started the week consolidating above the $28,000 level, as markets prepare for a big week of U.S. economic data. The headline will...
Worldcoin Launches World ID, an AI Resistant, Iris Dependant ID Protocol
Worldcoin, a project co-founded by Sam Altman, who is also a co-founder of artificial intelligence (AI) startup Openai, announced the...
Bitcoin Ordinals daily inscriptions surge due to ‘BRC-20 tokens’
A new daily all-time high has been recorded for the number of Ordinals inscribed on the Bitcoin (BTC) network due to a recently launched...
The view from Paris Blockchain Week 2023: Web3 builds while the city burns
Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) celebrated its fourth edition in spring 2023 against a backdrop of riots, protests and general civil unrest....
India to Facilitate International Settlements in Rupees to Reduce Dependence on the US Dollar
The government of India has announced that it will facilitate the settlement of international transactions using its national currency,...
Arbitrum’s first governance proposal sparks controversy with $1B at stake
A proposal to fund the Arbitrum Foundation with 750 million ARB tokens — nearly $1 billion — raised controversy in the ARB community over...
3 reasons why Ethereum price can reach $3K in Q2
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), eyes a run-up toward $3,000 in Q2 2023 after wrapping the previous quarter with 55% gains. ETH price...
Household Crypto Holdings Included in Bank of Russia’s Consumer Finance Survey
The Central Bank of Russia has added crypto asset holdings of households to its survey of consumer finances. The statistics reveal that...
‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini Warns of Looming Banking Crisis and Trilemma for Central Banks
Economist Nouriel Roubini has shared his opinion about bank problems in the United States in a recently published opinion editorial. In...
BLUR Token Plummets Over 28% in March, Despite Blur’s Dominance in NFT Sales Market
While the non-fungible token marketplace Blur has captured a significant amount of the market share in terms of NFT sales, the...
Saudi Arabia and OPEC Reveal Surprise Oil Production Cut; White House Insists Cuts Aren’t Advisable Right Now
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia and several major oil producers announced their plan to cut oil production by 1.15 million barrels per day,...
Uniswap v3 code free to fork as BSL expires
Developers are now allowed to fork Uniswap v3 protocol as its Business Source License (BSL) expired on April 1, shows protocol...
BTC price targets fix on $35K as Bitcoin eyes ‘massive’ liquidity squeeze
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed on course for its highest weekly close in ten months on April 2 as $28,000 held. BTC/USD 1-week candle chart...
Bitcoin copying ‘familiar’ price trend in 2023, two more metrics show
Bitcoin (BTC) is on the road to a new bull market and should deliver serious returns in the process, fresh analysis reveals In a tweet on...
Bitcoin price turns $28K to support, opening the door for ETH, MATIC, HBAR and EOS to breakout
The market witnessed a major banking crisis in March as Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed and Silvergate Bank entered...
Trump Cards Jump Amid Indictment, Strong Quarter for NFT Market
Sales of Donald Trump’s digital collectibles surged following the news of his indictment in New York on Thursday. Meanwhile, a...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says He Was Wrong to Advise Selling; Congratulates ‘BTFD Generation’
Famed “Big Short” investor Michael Burry tweeted Thursday, telling his 1.4 million followers, “I was wrong to say...
Value Locked in Defi Holds the Line at $50B, After Temporarily Shedding $8B in Mid-March
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) during the first week of April is about $50 billion, roughly the same as on...
Former Treasury Official Issues Dire Warning, Bill Ackman Fears Economic ‘Train Wreck,’ US Gov. Remains Top BTC Holder, and More — Week in Review
Warnings continue to pervade market and financial news this week, with Monica Crowley, former assistant secretary for public affairs for...
German Stock Exchange Boerse Stuttgart to Provide Crypto Custody Through Licensed Subsidiary
Blocknox, a subsidiary of one of Europe’s largest stock exchanges, Boerse Stuttgart, has been licensed to operate as a crypto custodian in...
Crypto ATM Numbers Drop by 13.91% Since December 2022, Over 3,600 Went Offline in March
According to data from the cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) aggregation website Coin ATM Radar, over 3,600 crypto ATMs went...
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Shuts Down US Operations Due to Regulatory Uncertainty
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is shutting down its U.S. operations due to “continued regulatory uncertainty” as U.S....
Jim Cramer Advises Against Using Binance — Says Crypto Exchange Is ‘Way Too Sketchy’
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, has warned investors about using cryptocurrency exchange Binance, stating that the crypto trading...
BRICS Nations Working on Creating New Currency to Be Discussed at Next Leaders Summit: Report
The BRICS nations are reportedly working on developing a new form of currency, which is expected to be discussed at the next BRICS...
Elon Musk Asks Judge to Dismiss $258B Dogecoin Lawsuit — Insists Tweeting Support for DOGE Isn’t Unlawful
Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a $258 billion lawsuit filed against him by dogecoin investors. They...
FTX EU opens withdrawal, Elon Musk calls for AI halt, and Binance news: Hodler’s Digest, March 26–April 1
Top Stories This Week FTX EU launches withdrawal website to pay back European users The European arm of FTX has launched a website to...
Bitcoin Profits Deemed Taxable by Denmark’s Supreme Court
Profits from the sale of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are taxable, according to two rulings by the Supreme Court of Denmark. The verdicts...
FTX EU Launches New Website for Withdrawals as Subsidiary Starts Returning Funds to Customers
FTX’s European subsidiary, FTX Europe, has launched a new website, ftxeurope.eu, for users to withdraw funds from the now-defunct...
The Rapid Rise of IXFI Exchange – Now the World’s Biggest Buy Crypto Platform
PRESS RELEASE. Zurich, Switzerland, April 1st, 2023 – Since its launch at the end of 2021 by founders Cristian Andrei, Shailesh...
US Government Plans to Sell Over 41,000 Bitcoins Confiscated from Silk Road Hacker
According to a court document filed on March 31, 2023, regarding the sentencing of James Zhong, who stole over 50,000 bitcoin from the...
El Salvador removes all taxes related to tech innovation for economic growth
El Salvador, the first country to establish Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender, has decided to eliminate all taxes on technology innovations....
More than 3,600 Bitcoin ATMs went offline to record largest monthly decline
Contradicting the growing global Bitcoin (BTC) adoption rate, physical ATMs dedicated to fiat-crypto conversions are on the decline. In...
Binance vs. CFTC: Latest court battle could alter crypto landscape in US
Regulatory trouble is nothing new for Binance, and on many occasions, in the past, it has managed to overcome or bypass such roadblocks...
March Bitcoin Mining Stats Show Climbing Revenue and Hashrate Highs
According to statistics, 4,498 blocks have been mined in the last 30 days, creating 28,112 new bitcoins over the past month....
Biggest Movers: DOGE Hits 9-Day High, as LTC Climbs 6% on Saturday
Dogecoin rose to its highest point in over a week, as Elon Musk requested that a lawsuit filed against him by investors in the meme coin...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Nears $29,000 to Start April, as ETH Also Rebounds
Bitcoin was back in the green on Saturday, as prices moved close to the $29,000 level to start the weekend. Following a volatile session...
Tax Benefits for Bitcoin Businesses in Belarus Extended Until 2025
Tax exemptions for companies and individuals legally working with cryptocurrencies in Belarus will remain in place until Jan. 1, 2025. A...
‘AI Tools Will Provide Very Interesting Enhancements for the Metaverse’ — Upland Co-Founder
According to Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the Upland Metaverse, the colonization of the metaverse by tech giants and the building of...
Why did 12K Bitcoin margin longs close at Bitfinex, and why didn’t it impact BTC price?
Since May 2022, the Bitcoin (BTC) margin markets on the Bitfinex exchange have been plagued by an unusually high open interest of over...
Price analysis 3/31: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
Data from the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index showed an uptick of 0.3% in February, which lower than the 0.5% increase seen...
South Korean Court Denies Arrest Warrant for Terraform Co-Founder Daniel Shin
A court in South Korea has again denied the arrest warrant for Daniel Shin, a co-founder of Terraform Labs who is being investigated for...
Disney Reportedly Axing Metaverse Division Amidst Company Restructuring
The metaverse division of Disney has apparently fallen victim to the latest round of layoffs announced by the company. Per reports from...
Matt Damon Shares Story Behind His Crypto Commercial
Famous Hollywood actor Matt Damon has revealed the story of how he became involved in creating a cryptocurrency commercial called...
Ripple CEO Slams SEC Chair Gensler for Dictating Which Crypto Tokens Are Securities
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has slammed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for claiming that he has the...
Net losses from crypto theft down sharply in Q1 2023 at $322M: Report
Crypto hackers and scammers made off with $452 million in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report released by antivirus and app...
National Futures Association adds rules for members handling digital assets
The National Futures Association (NFA), the United States self-regulatory organization for derivatives markets, has issued a new...
Central African Republic’s Sango Project announces delay of token listing
The organization following the launch of the Central African Republic’s Sango Coin has announced a delay of its listing “just for a few...
Tech Industry Leaders Call for AI Labs to Pause Development for Safety, Coinbase CEO Disagrees
This week, 2,600 tech industry moguls and entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, Gary Marcus, and Steve Wozniak, signed an open letter...
Solana overcomes FTX fiasco — SOL price gains 100% in Q1
The price of Solana (SOL) fell nearly 95% in 2022, partly due to its association with tainted crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried and...
European DeFi startups saw a 120% increase in VC funding in 2022: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...