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Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards? FTX Co-Founder Gary Wang Spills the Beans on Alleged Misuse of Client Funds
7.10.2023
On Friday, FTX’s co-founder, Gary Wang, delivered a riveting testimony to federal prosecutors, alleging that CEO Sam Bankman-Fried covertly diverted billions from customer accounts to fuel trades for his hedge fund, Alameda Research. Wang detailed how Bankman-Fried allegedly instructed him...
Vaneck Pledges 10% of Ethereum ETF Profits to Fuel ETH Core Development
2.10.2023
On September 29, 2023, the asset management firm Vaneck unveiled an initiative to earmark 10% of its profits from its ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) towards protocol development for at least ten years. This financial infusion will be given to the Protocol Guild, a consortium of over...
Burning Tires to Fuel Bitcoin Mining: Can it Go Green?
10.9.2023
It came as a shock for Carol Etheridge when she heard about the recent news of burning tires to fuel cryptocurrency mining in her neighborhood. Etheridge lives in the state of Pennsylvania, a few miles from the Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning, which now operates cryptocurrency mining...
1 in 4 investment firms assign senior execs to digital assets: Report
10.9.2023
One-quarter of asset managers and hedge funds in the US and Europe have recruited senior executives to oversee digital asset strategies, according to a recent report
Saudi Arabia Extends Oil Production Cuts, Further Irking US Officials
3.8.2023
Saudi Arabia announced it will continue limiting oil production through September, extending output reductions that have drawn criticism from Washington. Riyadh Holds Firm on Oil Output Limits Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will keep oil production nearly one million barrels per day below its quota...
Futureverse Raises $54 Million to Fuel Expansion of Diversified Metaverse Platform
24.7.2023
Futureverse, a crypto tech and gaming startup, has secured $54 million in Series A funding to support its expansion in the metaverse space.
The funding round was led by venture capital firm 10T Holdings, with participation from Ripple Labs, the creator of XRP Ledger, the company said in a recent...
Nigeria Declares Food Emergency After Sixth Consecutive Increase in Inflation Rate
19.7.2023
The Nigerian government declared a food price emergency after the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the country’s inflation rate had gone up by 0.38% to 22.79%. The NBS said the June inflation figure does not “fully capture the impact of the fuel...
Egypt Struggles With Skyrocketing Inflation and Depreciating Currency, While Bitcoin Nears Record High in the Country
11.7.2023
According to the Egyptian Statistics Bureau, Egypt’s annual inflation rate hit 36.8% in June, a staggering 33.7% increase from May’s inflation rate, breaking records. Egypt, the world’s 14th most populous country, grapples with soaring prices for goods and services across...
Crypto developer commits $2M rug pull fraud to fuel gambling addiction
5.7.2023
A Redditor described the developer’s gambling addiction excuse as a “weird way to rug” as projects usually just run away and delete all the evidence
Wyoming: Regulatory Clarity and Crypto-Friendly Banks Fuel Blockchain Revolution
27.6.2023
America’s least populous state has passed three dozen laws regulating crypto. That has helped attract crypto, blockchain and Web3 employers and made the No. 7 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 the most crypto-friendly state in an otherwise uncertain U.S. regulatory environment
Twitch Mega Streamer xQc Signed By Gambling Company For $100 Million
17.6.2023
Twitch’s biggest streamer, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, is signing with the company’s newest rival, Kick, a streaming platform that offers better revenue splits and also appears to be centered around online gambling. The non-exclusive deal is valued at up to $100 million over two years, and is the latest...
SEC Lawsuits Fuel Bitcoin and Ethereum Exodus From Exchanges: Nearly $1 Billion Withdrawn in 7 Days
11.6.2023
It has been six days since Binance faced a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and five days since Coinbase encountered a similar legal challenge. In the wake of these events, a substantial amount of bitcoin and ethereum has been withdrawn from exchanges, with data...
Revolutionizing AI: GAIMIN Unleashes the Power of High-Powered, Distributed Gaming PCs to Fuel AI Models
9.6.2023
PRESS RELEASE. GAIMIN (www.gaimin.io), the world’s leader in delivering decentralised data processing power through gaimin.cloud (www.gaimin.cloud), is delighted to announce GAIMIN is the world’s first company to power AI modelling computations through high powered distributed gaming PCs....
New Nigerian President Slates Central Bank’s Interest Rate and Currency Demonetization Policy
31.5.2023
The new Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu has deplored the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s aggressive interest policy which he has reportedly labeled “anti-people” and “anti-business.” Tinubu also announced the scrapping of a fuel subsidy which has been in existence...
NFT and Token Airdrop Fuel Enthusiasm for New Trending Meme Coin $COPIUM
24.5.2023
There's a new player shaking up the meme coin vertical, $COPIUM, poised to disrupt the market, packing the punch with an exciting NFT and token airdrop event on the horizon.
This captivating event is drawing the gaze of crypto enthusiasts, particularly with the unique utility and lucrative...
Latam Insights — Venezuela’s Maduro States De-Dollarization Is ‘Inevitable,’ Argentina Raises Interest Rates to Close to 100%
23.5.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue, Venezuela makes a push for de-dollarization, the Central Bank of Argentina raises interest rates to close to 100%, and Brazil breaks the U.S....
Brazilian President Lula Ends Fuel Price Peg to the US Dollar, Announces Wholesale Discounts
18.5.2023
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva has announced that state oil company Petrobras will not be using US dollar-based international prices to set its internal fuel pricing structure. The “Brazilianization” of the industry determines discounts for distributors...
Stablecoin Issuer Tether Reveals Plan to Allocate Profits Into Bitcoin
17.5.2023
Tether, the stablecoin enterprise, has revealed its intention to devote 15% of its profits to bitcoin. The firm’s announcement comes on the heels of Tether’s recent attestation report, which emphasized the company’s possession of bitcoin reserves worth $1.5 billion....
This ‘90s Pokémon Ad Was Nightmare Fuel
15.5.2023
Over the years I’ve caught many a Pokémon memory. From my first glimpse of the poster for Pokémon: The First Movie in a movie theater as a young child, to facing the final boss of last year’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, my nearly lifelong experience with Game Freak’s multimedia franchise forms...
Bitcoin double top 'invalidated' amid fear CPI may fuel macro comedown
11.4.2023
Feelings over BTC price action diverge across short and long timeframes as the upcoming CPI and PPI prints unsettle the mood