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Bitcoin And Crypto Benefit From Bullish Sentiment In Equities Market
18.7.2023
Crypto bulls are looking to extend gains recorded in the first half of the year with positive signals trickling in from bonds and the equities markets.
The correlation between the crypto and the stock market led to many observers predicting a decline in prices following macroeconomic factors that...
New Tool Allows Bitcoin Holders to Store Private Keys as Colors
12.7.2023
One of the challenges crypto investors face is the issue of asset loss. Sometimes, scammers steal users’ assets when they access their private keys.
Other times, the government can seize an investor's crypto assets when flagging them for illegal transactions or other cases unrelated to crypto. ...
Pokémon Go Dev Accused Of ‘Boys Club’ Workplace Culture In Lawsuit
10.7.2023
Just under two weeks after the Pokémon Go dev laid off over 200 workers, Niantic is now the subject of a lawsuit alleging the company has a “systemic sexual bias” against women employees.Read more
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Falls Below $30,000 Ahead of US Nonfarm Payrolls
7.7.2023
Bitcoin dropped below the $30,000 level on Friday, ahead of the upcoming nonfarm payrolls (NFP) report in the United States. Today’s report comes as private sector jobs rose by 497,000 in the last report, double the expected number. Friday’s NFP is projected to come in at 225,000....
Web3 Industry Losses Topped $656 Million in H1 of 2023 — Study
5.7.2023
Hackers stole about $471 million in the first six months of 2023 and the theft of $197 million from Euler Finance in March was the single biggest hacking incident in the period, the latest Beosin Web3 report has shown. Contract vulnerability was the most common (60) type of attack during the period...
Swiss Private Bank Julius Baer Targets Dubai for Expansion of Crypto Wealth Services
29.6.2023
Swiss private banking giant Julius Baer Group, that began offering Bitcoin and other crypto services to wealthy clients in May last year, is now expanding its crypto presence in Dubai.
Jonathan Hayes, the bank’s head of crypto development, told Bloomberg that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is...
Is PlayStation Really Worried About Losing Call of Duty To Microsoft? Private Emails Say No
22.6.2023
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has been fighting Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard tooth-and-nail, claiming it jeopardizes Call of Duty on PlayStation 5. But in a private email when the deal was first announced, Ryan apparently wrote that he didn’t think it was an “exclusivity play” to take...
Ledger releases white paper for hardware wallet seed recovery tool
21.6.2023
Despite facing notable criticism over the Ledger seed recovery tool, the hardware crypto wallet firm expects to launch the Ledger Recover tool in Q4 2023
Tether and Bitfinex pledge $100K grant for private operating system
20.6.2023
“If you’re serious about security, @QubesOS is the best OS available today," commented Edward Snowden in a previous tweet
VC Chamath Palihapitiya Warns of Chaos in the Equity Market Due to Debt Issues
20.6.2023
Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of VC company Social Capital, has warned about a looming crisis in equity markets due to the issuance of low-interest debt. According to Palihapitiya, this might be the “biggest business secret hiding in plain sight right now,” as many companies won’t...
U.S. Treasury Examining How Using Digital Dollars Could Be Kept Private
13.6.2023
As the Treasury Department studies a possible central bank digital currency, senior official Graham Steele says the effort is looking at privacy, but is also wary of CBDC run risks
Russia’s Largest Bank to Allow Retail Investors to Trade Digital Assets
10.6.2023
Majority state-owned lender Sberbank is preparing to allow Russian citizens to buy and sell digital assets. Private individuals will be provided access to its proprietary blockchain platform as early as this month, a top executive of the bank announced. Sberbank to Open Digital Assets Platform...
Digital Asset Trust Firm Bitgo Sets Sights on Prime Trust Acquisition
9.6.2023
In a recent development, Bitgo, the digital asset trust firm, disclosed that it has penned a letter of intent to acquire Prime Trust, a crypto custodian based in Nevada. Should the acquisition proceed, Prime Trust would become an integral part of Bitgo’s network of regulated trust companies....
Another Mysterious Signed Message Appears Associated With the 2009 Bitcoin Block 1,018
8.6.2023
This week, the number of Ordinal inscriptions has exceeded 11 million, with one inscription in particular, numbered 11,035,214, standing out. The inscription bears a message that has been signed with the private key associated with block 1,018, and while the key is quite old, having been linked...
Crypto Needs to Be Private by Default, Some Consensus 2023 Guests Say
7.6.2023
Participants at Consensus 2023 describe the tension between the need for privacy, transparency and regulation in crypto and DeFi in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report
More Crypto Holders Now Realize the Importance of Having an Inheritance Plan — Venket Naga, Serenity Shield CEO
6.6.2023
According to Venket Naga, the CEO of Serenity Shield — a privacy-preserving decentralized application — many of today’s crypto holders understand the importance of not just protecting and preserving their assets but the ability “to pass them on in case of unexpected events.”...
Atomic Wallet says hack affected 1% of active users, but investors claim otherwise
5.6.2023
In the aftermath of the attack, Atomic Wallet — along with individual blockchain investigators — have amped up efforts to track and revert stolen funds
Private ID verification wins Binance Web3 reality show
2.6.2023
Startups competed in a metaverse-based Web3 reality show called Build The Block to win an investment from Binance Labs
Wealthy Investors and Family Offices Embrace BTC Following Bank Failures, Says Swan Bitcoin Executive
2.6.2023
According to Steven Lubka, the head of private clients and family offices, as well as the managing director at Swan Bitcoin, wealthy investors and private offices have been gravitating towards bitcoin since the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Lubka stated that his firm has also observed...
StepStone VC Raises $97M for Two Blockchain Funds
31.5.2023
SEC filings show pooled investment figures for the two private equity funds