Bitcoin dominance hits 58% amid altcoin, stock market bloodbath
5.8.2024
Bitcoin dominance has notched a new yearly high amid a brutal Ethereum-led sell-off
Pan-African Tech Firm Cassava Technologies Launches AI Unit
5.8.2024
Africa-focused technology and data services firm Cassava Technologies has created a separate business unit to oversee its artificial intelligence (AI) operations. The AI unit will offer data center, cloud, cybersecurity, fiber connectivity, and renewable energy services. Helping Clients Adopt...
Ether Slides 20% as Trading Firm Moves $46M in ETH
5.8.2024
A wallet supposedly associated with Jump Trading moved 17,576 ETH to centralized exchanges, according to Spot On Chain
Bill proposes to give Secret Service more power to pursue crypto crime
5.8.2024
Stronger threat assessments are needed to catch “seedy financial enterprises” facilitating money laundering schemes,” US Senator Charles Grassley said
Paraguay’s Power Chief: No Cryptocurrency Mining Company Has Left Yet
5.8.2024
Felix Sosa, president of the National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE), has disregarded reports indicating that a mass exodus of cryptocurrency mining companies could be brewing. Sosa stated that no cryptocurrency company had left the country yet and that there were over 400 MW in projects...
Pro-crypto RFK Jr. once dumped a dead bear in New York’s Central Park
5.8.2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. left the dead bear with an old bicycle, at a time when there was a rise of cyclist-related accidents across New York
6 Indicators of Economic Trouble: Is a US Recession on the Horizon?
5.8.2024
At the end of the week, U.S. equities experienced a sharp decline, which reverberated through the cryptocurrency market, reducing its value from $2.4 trillion to $2.09 trillion since July 29. Recently, discussions have intensified around the likelihood of an impending U.S. recession, with a soft...
Jump Crypto unstakes $315M of ETH, now headed to exchanges
5.8.2024
Jump still holds at least $125 million of staked-Ether, blockchain data from Arkham shows
Bitcoin crashes below $53K wiping out $600M in leveraged longs
5.8.2024
A sudden crypto market nosedive has seen over $600 million in leveraged long positions wiped out, as Bitcoin, Ether and otther cryptocurrencies tumbled sharply
South African Crypto Asset Marketplace Initiates $1.64 Million Capital Raise
5.8.2024
The South African decentralized cross-asset marketplace Mesh.trade has facilitated a $1.64 million (ZAR30 million) capital raise for a reverse mortgage provider. The capital raise allows the provider to offer homeowners the potential for lucrative returns while they remain in their homes. Regulated...
Bitcoin Tumbles to $53K, Ether Turns Negative for 2024 as Panic Grips Markets
5.8.2024
Japan's Nikkei fell more than another 6% early Monday, bringing that index's three-day decline to about 15%
$300B plunge: Largest 3-day wipeout for crypto in a year
5.8.2024
The crypto market saw its largest three-day sell-off in 12 months amid weak jobs data and revived fears of a recession leading to a tumble in the equities market