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5 common interview questions for Web3 jobs
When interviewing for Web3 jobs, it’s important to be prepared for a range of questions that may vary depending on the specific role and...
What is the risk/reward ratio in cryptocurrency trading, and how to use it
The risk/reward ratio or risk/return ratio is a commonly used metric in trading that compares the potential profit of a trade with the...
Study Reveals Top Countries Fueling Meme Coin Interest in 2023
In 2023, meme coins have maintained their popularity, and the recent surge of PEPE demonstrates that investors remain enthusiastic about...
Crypto remains hopeful as market moves sideways: Report
After a turbulent month for the crypto industry in March, Bitcoin’s (BTC) price went sideways in April despite some volatility. The...
Biggest Movers: XRP, SOL Move 5% Lower to Start the Week
Xrp plunged to a six-week low on Monday, as cryptocurrency markets moved further into the red. The global crypto market cap fell by over...
Average Bitcoin Transaction Fees Skyrocket to $19.20 per Transfer as Over 440,000 Transactions Remain Unconfirmed
Bitcoin transaction fees have surged significantly in the past 24 hours, with the average fee reaching $19.20 per transfer. The increase...
‘Ethical’ SBF game axed, Web3 games sign-up process sucks, Tomb Chaser: Web3 Gamer
Our biweekly roundup for the Web3 gaming community, featuring news, reviews and the latest on new releases. Storybook Brawl shuts down...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Extends Declines, as Markets Continue to React to Nonfarm Payrolls
Bitcoin fell below $28,000 to start the week, as markets continued to react to last Friday’s United States nonfarm payrolls (NFP)...
‘No other options’: Hong Kong moving forward with crypto licensing, FinTech chair says
Crypto-friendly Hong Kong is still gung-ho about giving its citizens access to crypto trading despite other jurisdictions “taking a step...
Binance ‘FUD’ meets CPI — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week at the center of new crypto industry drama as the highest fees in two years pressure price action....
Bitcoin options: How to play it when BTC price moves up or down 10%
Here’s how Bitcoin (BTC) traders can profit whether its price move up or down 10% within 55 days. Bitcoin options: Bracing for...
Syrian Crypto Dealer Freed From Kidnappers Who Demanded Ransom of Over $1.1 Million
Spanish law enforcement recently nabbed three individuals who befriended and eventually kidnapped a Syrian cryptocurrency dealer....
Latam Insights: Bolivia Sells Gold for Dollars, Argentina Bans Fintech Crypto, Fitch Upgrades El Salvador’s Credit Rating
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week....
You can now create a shitcoin in less than 23 seconds
With memecoins having captured the attention of the wider crypto industry in recent weeks, a viral video has emerged detailing just how...
PEPE price dives after Whale transfers trillions of tokens to Binance
At press time, PEPE was trading at $0.000002328. The token price has declined by 10.93% in the last 24 hours. PEPE hit an all-time high of...
Pepe’s sudden drop leaves whale 500k in the red
The price of new memecoin Pepe (PEPE) has plunged more than 42% only days after reaching its all-time high on May 6, leaving at least one...
Central Bank’s Gold Purchases Make ‘Record Breaking Start’ in Q1 2023; 228.4 Tonnes Added to World Reserves
Central banks have continued to consistently purchase gold during the first quarter of 2023, according to the latest report of the World...
The Ethereum Foundation just sold $30M in Ether — But will ETH price fall this time?
On May 6, Ethereum Foundation transferred nearly $30 million in Ether (ETH) to the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange, causing jitters in the...
Binance halts Bitcoin withdrawals for the second time in 12 hours
Crypto exchange Binance halted Bitcoin (BTC) withdrawals for the second time on May 8, citing a large backlog of pending withdrawals....
‘Bitcoin is not under attack:’ BTC maxis allay fears of a DoS offensive
A sudden spike in Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees and unconfirmed transactions sparked concern on Crypto Twitter over the weekend of a...
Russia May Take Up 18% of Bitcoin Hashrate in Next Big Migration of Crypto Miners, Experts Say
Increasing regulatory pressures, tax burden and energy costs in countries like the U.S. and Kazakhstan are likely to result in a new great...
‘Landmark’ Crypto Law Proposed in New York to Establish ‘Strongest and Most Comprehensive’ Crypto Regulations in US
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has proposed “landmark” crypto legislation that claims to be “the strongest and most...
Nigerian Payments Provider Nomba Secures $30 Million in Pre-Series B Funding Round
The Nigerian payments startup, Nomba, is reported to have raised $30 million via a pre-Series B that was led by Base10 Partners. The new...
Louisiana Senator Compares Modern Banks to ‘Sophisticated Ponzi Schemes’
Louisiana Republican senator John Kennedy recently stated in an interview published on Wednesday that the U.S. Federal Reserve may need to...
Binance closes BTC withdrawals amid congestion on the Bitcoin network
Crypto exchange Binance closed Bitcoin (BTC) withdrawals on May 7 due to an alleged overflow of transactions on the Bitcoin network....
5 cryptocurrencies with the best upside potential in the week ahead
Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility has shrunk further this week and it is on track to form an inside-bar pattern on the weekly chart. Although the...
Bitcoin Network Overwhelmed by 390,000 Unconfirmed Transactions and Surging Fees
In just under two weeks, the number of unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin network has skyrocketed from 134,000 to over 390,000,...
Bitcoin’s BRC20 Token Economy Skyrockets 192% to $279 Million in Just Four Days
Four days ago, the market capitalization of all the BRC20 tokens built on top of the Bitcoin network was a modest $95 million. However,...
Upgrade to Bring Bitcoin Cash Smart Contracts, Ted Cruz on BTC, Global De-Dollarization Efforts — Week in Review
Software developer Jason Dreyzehner says smart contracts “comparable to Ethereum,” but remarkably more efficient will be...
Swedbank Strategist Says US Banking Crisis Is Spreading — Warns of More Banks Failing in ‘Vicious Spiral’
A strategist at Swedbank, a Swedish bank, has warned that the regional banking crisis in the U.S. is spreading. After several bank...
Digital Assets for 1 Billion Rubles Issued in Russia in a Month
Platforms authorized by the Russian government issued digital assets worth around a billion rubles in April, the local press reported. The...
Binance Reportedly Investigated in US for Russia Sanctions Violations
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is facing a U.S. probe over suspected violations of sanctions against Russia, according to a media report....
Bitcoin Provides Insurance Against Fiat Currency Failure, Says Validus Power Corp.’s Greg Foss
On May 4, in a recent Youtube video, Validus Power Corp.’s executive director, Greg Foss, discussed the potential for the banking...
Lawyer Expects SEC to Lose if It Sues Coinbase Due to ‘Fatal Flaw’ of Gary Gensler’s Own Making
A lawyer has explained why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will likely lose if the regulator takes crypto exchange...
Billionaire Bill Ackman on US Banking Crisis: We Are Running Out of Time to Fix This Problem
Billionaire Bill Ackman has warned that “We are running out of time” to fix the problem that led to the collapses of regional banks. “How...
Fed Reveals 722 Banks Reported Unrealized Losses Over 50% of Capital as Concerns Over US Banking Crisis Grow
The U.S. Federal Reserve has revealed that 722 banks reported unrealized losses exceeding 50% of their capital at the end of the third...
Memecoin sends BTC fees to the moon, miner profits top $50B and more: Hodler’s Digest, April 30-May 6
Top Stories This Week Memecoin hype drives Bitcoin transaction fees to multi-year highs The ongoing trading frenzy of memecoins like Pepe...
UK High Court Rules to Set Aside Interim Proprietary Injunction Against Binance
A high court in the United Kingdom recently set aside a proprietary injunction that was issued against the crypto exchange Binance. In its...
SEC Probes First Republic Bank Executives for Insider Trading; Lawmakers Dump Bank’s Shares Before Collapse
After the second largest bank failure in history, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating First...
Bitcoin trader eyes $63K BTC price for new Bollinger Bands ‘breakout’
Bitcoin (BTC) could be set for historic gains thanks to a simple trend line breakout, a popular trader hopes. In a Twitter discussion on...
Watch these Bitcoin price levels next as BTC dips 3% in choppy weekend
Bitcoin (BTC) saw fresh volatility on May 6 as low-liquidity weekend trading tested the mettle of its trading range. BTC/USD 1-hour candle...
Defi Market Holds Steady at $49.31 Billion TVL, Lido Finance Leads the Pack With 24.82% Share
Since April 18, 2023, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has been fluctuating just below the $50 billion...
NFT Sales See Modest Increase of 1.46% to Reach $149M in Past Week
In the past week, sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have increased by 1.46%, raking in a total of $149,312,180. However, while the...
Push to Use National Currencies in SCO Cannot Be Stopped, Russia’s Lavrov Says
Efforts to transition to trade in national currencies in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can no longer be stopped, according...
Voyager Digital Provides Update on Reimbursement Plan for Creditors
Following Binance’s withdrawal from the Voyager Digital deal on April 25, the now-defunct crypto lender has recently informed...
How to check an Ethereum transaction
A transaction on the Ethereum blockchain is technically initiated by an external account owner (not a contract). For example, if User A...
US-Based Bitcoin Focused Startup Fedi Raises $17 Million in Series A Funding Round
Fedi, the U.S.-based fintech which is led by the Nigerian bitcoin advocate Obi Nwosu, said on May 3 that it recently raised $17 million in...
Texas House Advances Gold-Backed Digital Currency Bill
Texas has taken its first steps in order to approve a bill that would issue a 100% gold-backed digital currency. If enacted as law, the...
Saudi Arabia Joining BRICS Would Accelerate Chinese Yuan’s Use as Trading Currency, Says Professor
Professor Ashok Swain of Uppsala University’s Department of Peace and Conflict Research says Saudi Arabia joining the BRICS economic bloc...
Fed Chair Warns of ‘Uncertain and Adverse’ Consequences of US Debt Default — ‘We’d Be in Uncharted Territory’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has warned of “highly uncertain and adverse” economic consequences if the U.S. defaults...
RFK Jr. elaborates position on CBDC, crypto: ‘It isn’t just criminals who want privacy’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is challenging United States President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential...
Argentina’s central bank halts cryptocurrencies from payment apps
On May 4, Argentina’s central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, alleging it intends to reduce the...
SUI price drops 70% from market debut top amid excessive supply concerns
The price of Sui (SUI) has dropped sharply after its market debut across leading cryptocurrency exchanges. On May 5, the SUI price was...
Emerging tech to create “new ethics” for humankind: MEWS 2023
In recent years, emerging technologies have been pervasive in many major industries around the world, whether it’s blockchain technology...
Liquid staking solutions now have more TVL than DEXs: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the...
Crypto Biz: Hyperinflation and Bitcoin wagers, AI replacing first jobs and more
United States inflation and how it might affect the price of Bitcoin (BTC) are two of the top concerns on investors’ minds around the...
Crypto Miners Pay Kazakhstan $7 Million in Taxes Amid Uncertain Future for Sector
The government of Kazakhstan has collected over $7 million in taxes this and last year from enterprises mining cryptocurrency in the...
US Banking Crisis Looms as ‘Credit Tightening’ Mentions Reach Record Highs on Company Calls
Recent data reveals that while the banking industry in the U.S. is facing significant challenges, executives are mentioning “credit...
Former SEC Enforcement Chief: Coinbase’s Arguments ‘a Surefire Loser’ and Possibly Criminal
According to John Reed Stark, crypto exchange Coinbase’s assertions that its business activities were endorsed by the U.S....
Price analysis 5/5: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
Confidence in the United States financial system seems to be eroding fast with investors trying to find the next weakest link that is...
Cryptoys Unveils Star Wars Digital Toys in New Line of Collectibles
The crypto platform Cryptoys, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, has announced the launch of Star Wars collectible digital toys featuring...
Meme Coin PEPE’s Market Cap Surpasses $1B with 896% Surge Over the Past Week
As per the latest statistics recorded before the weekend, the meme token PEPE has witnessed a massive surge in value, following its recent...
Crypto price predictions: Tron, Optimism, Stacks (STX)
Cryptocurrency prices were mixed, with key coins like Bitcoin moving sideways. Meme coins like Pepe and Floki Inu surged after their...
VC Darling Crypto Sui Makes Waves With Market Debut, Price Sinks 37% From All-Time High
A buzz has been generated around a new layer one (L1) proof-of-stake blockchain initiative named Sui, following the network’s...
Stronghold Digital Partners With Canaan Subsidiary to Boost Bitcoin Mining Capacity by 400 PH/s
Stronghold Digital, a leading Bitcoin mining firm, announced the company has entered into a two-year hosting agreement with Cantaloupe...
Exploring the Crypto World: Join the CoinEx Pizza Month for Multiple Giveaway Events
PRESS RELEASE. As Bitcoin becomes an increasingly popular payment option, we can now use BTC for quick ordering and online shopping in...
What is profit and loss (PnL) and how to calculate it
Anyone who has dealt with trading in traditional finance is likely to be aware of profit and loss (PnL). But is PnL in the cryptocurrency...
Nigeria Passes ‘National Blockchain Policy,’ Industry Player Says Central Bank Unlikely to Lift Crypto Ban
The Nigerian Federal government said on May 3 it had passed what it called the “national blockchain policy.” The Nigerian...
Argentine Foreign Minister Says a Latin American Common Currency Would Relieve Argentina’s Stress on the Dollar Issue
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero referred to the advantages the issuance of a Latin American common currency would give...
Brazilian President Lula to Act as BRICS Liaison to Help Argentina, Discusses Credit Line in Brazilian Reals
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated Brazil will serve as a facilitator to try and arrange BRICS bloc assistance for...
3 reasons to invest in Metacade after the 275% rally
Metacade price has jumped by 275% from its all-time low. The token will benefit from a Fed pivot as US banks collapse. Technicals are...
Justin Sun’s SUI-farming sins, PEPE’s wild run, 3AC’s oyster philosophy: Asia Express
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. SUI rises to glory as Sun sets sights on it...
ECB Raises Interest Rates by 25bps Amid ‘Too High’ Inflation, ‘No Pause,’ Lagarde Says
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points, slowing the pace from previous increases. However, as...
Iran Seeks BRICS Membership to Counter Western Hegemony, Promote Multipolar World, Says President Raisi
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has condemned the current unipolar world order, emphasizing that Iran plans to join the BRICS group to...
El Salvador Eliminates All Taxes on Technology Innovations, AI, App Programming
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has enacted a law that eliminates all taxes on technology innovations, software and app...
Chatgpt ‘Is the New Crypto,’ Meta Says Malware Actors Exploit AI Craze
A growing number of malware creators are now taking advantage of the significant interest in Chatgpt to lure victims, Facebook owner Meta...
Biden Aides Explore Minting $1 Trillion Platinum Coin as Solution to Impending Debt Default
As the United States stares down the barrel of a potential debt default come June, a curious and intriguing solution has emerged: crafting...
Will Stacks price go back up? Here’s the short-term outlook for STX
Stacks price has declined 4% in the past 24 hours and is -15% this past 30 days. STX currently trades near $0.78, and has a key supply...
Bitcoin crowdfunding is Lightning: El Salvador school program hits 1 BTC in donations
There’s a beacon of light in the bear market tunnel. The Salvadoran nonprofit program Mi Primer Bitcoin, or My First Bitcoin, has raised...
Bitcoin drops with stocks as analyst warns of banking crisis ‘endgame’
Bitcoin (BTC) slid below $29,000 around the May 4 Wall Street open as United States equities showed jitters over the resurgent banking...
Examining global successes and challenges in regulating crypto: Report
The use and popularity of cryptocurrencies have significantly increased in recent years, but their decentralized nature makes them...
Bitcoin Miners Breathe a Sigh of Relief as Difficulty Drops 1.45% After Five Consecutive Increases
Bitcoin’s network has been putting miners through the wringer lately, with five straight difficulty increases that had them on edge....
Consensus 2023: Businesses show interest in Web3, despite US regulatory challenges
Consensus, the annual crypto and blockchain conference, attracted over 15,000 attendees, 220 sponsors and 410 speakers to its 2023 edition...
Mainstream media renew push for non-US FTX user identities
Four media outlets in the United States have continued efforts to get the identities of non-U.S. FTX customers revealed, filing new...
Joe Lubin: The truth about ETH founders split and ‘Crypto Google’
There’s a narrative that’s grown up around Ethereum’s two most important co-founders, Joe Lubin and Vitalik Buterin, to explain how they...
How are Bitcoin options traders positioning for the US banking crisis?
For the past 14 days, cryptocurrency markets have been trading within an unusually tight 7.1% range. In other words, investors are...
Florida Takes a Stand Against CBDCs: Anti-CBDC Bill Receives Overwhelming Support in House and Senate
In the wake of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ remarks in Jacksonville on Tuesday, both the Florida House of Representatives and...
US Banking Industry in Turmoil: A Comprehensive Look at the ‘Great Consolidation’ and Largest Bank Failures of 2023
2023 has been a rollercoaster ride for the U.S. banking industry. The collapse of three major banks has sent shockwaves through the...
Russia Projected to Start Purchasing Chinese Yuan for Its Foreign Reserves as Soon as May
Russia will start to purchase Chinese yuan for its international reserves as soon as this month, according to reports from Russian...
Nigerian national blockchain policy gets government approval
The government of Nigeria — one of the world’s most curious nations about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) — has approved a national...