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Digital Assets Worth Billions Still Secure Despite Rise in Cyber Attacks — Former Microsoft Security Lead
22.9.2023
A former Microsoft Security Lead has insisted that a great proportion of digital assets worth billions of dollars are secure and are being “safely managed by hundreds of protocols.” The security expert suggested that protocols also need to have a platform that allows users to rate...
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, But More Hikes Still on the Table - Here is How Bitcoin (BTC) Reacted
20.9.2023
As expected, the Federal Reserve (Fed) left benchmark interest rates in the US unchanged at 5.25-5.5% on Wednesday.
Bitcoin (BTC) fell just over 1% and was last trading just under $27,000, though still remains fairly close to monthly highs.
Despite the pause, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said...
Crypto's Biggest ICO Wall Street Memes Ends in 7 Days, Tier 1 Exchange Listings Start in 9 Days – Still Time to Buy
18.9.2023
Monday, September 18th, 2023 – There are only seven days left to buy Wall Street Memes, the most highly anticipated meme coin launch of 2023.
$WSM coin has already raised in excess of $25 million as its one million-strong community, with which Elon Musk interacts, seeks to monetize the GameStop...
Navigating the bear: How Domini.art, Litecoin, and Optimism are still winning?
18.9.2023
Litecoin ($LTC) and Optimism ($OP) are top crypto projects whose recent developments have attracted ongoing attention from traders, developers, and investors alike – even in this bear market cycle. Litecoin recently halved its miner rewards, while Optimism anchors Worldcoin ($WLD), a project...
Fight for Lost BTC in Garbage Dump Continues for British Man, SBF Possibly Abused in Jail, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
17.9.2023
Former IT professional James Howells is still struggling to recover 7,500 lost bitcoins from a hard drive in a South Wales landfill, after years of failed negotiations with a local city council. Howells is now preparing to take legal action in order to sift through the waste to find his misplaced...
Base Network hits almost 2M transactions in a day, still lags Polygon, BSC
17.9.2023
Base surpassed other layer-2 networks like Optimism and Arbitrum in terms of daily transactions but still lagged behind Polygon and BSC
Another 2 Binance US Executives Leave Crypto Exchange, Report
16.9.2023
Two more managers at Binance US are reportedly quitting amid another round of layoffs at the troubled cryptocurrency exchange. The departures come while Binance’s U.S. trading platform for digital assets is still under heightened regulatory pressure that has damaged its business. Binance US Legal...
LBank Announces Second Launchpad Project – MetaExpand (UMM)
14.9.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Recently, market sentiment and expectations for the GameFi sector (also known as ‘X to Earn’) have soared again. LBank’s first Launchpad PINS (Chat to Earn) from last month has seen an increase of 1600% even in a bear market. According to the announcement, LBank...
SEC Chair: Crypto Is a Field Rife With Fraud, Abuse, Misconduct — ‘It’s Daunting’
14.9.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testified before the Senate Banking Committee, stating that crypto is “a field which is rife with fraud, abuse, and misconduct.” He also stated that the securities regulator is still reviewing applications for spot bitcoin...
Lightspark CEO David Marcus Profiles Bitcoin as Global Payment Network
13.9.2023
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark and co-creator of Diem, Meta’s failed cryptocurrency project, explained his intentions of turning Bitcoin into a global payments network. Marcus explained that there was no universal protocol for sending value over the internet and that we were still in...
One Year After Trudeau's Bitcoin Warning, BTC Still Beat Inflation and S&P 500
12.9.2023
Despite bitcoin’s tumultuous year, the world’s largest digital asset proved to be a reliable hedge against inflation. And a number of Liberal MPs own it
Starfield’s Free On Game Pass But Still Topping Sales Charts
11.9.2023
Starfield is “the biggest Bethesda game launch of all time,” the developer announced on Twitter, with over 6 million players as of September 6, and its initial sales numbers appear to match its splashy reception. After releasing in Early Access beginning on August 31 and then launching globally...
Coinbase Exchange Remains Inactive in India, While Other Operations Are Still Active
11.9.2023
Coinbase continues to operate its tech-hub in India and provide wallet services to Indian customers while its exchange operations remain suspended
Fed Official: Digital Dollar Decision Still a Long Way Off
10.9.2023
The Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision has affirmed that the U.S. central bank is “a long way” from making a decision on whether to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Fed official also voiced concerns regarding USD stablecoins, emphasizing that they...
10 years later, still no Bitcoin ETF — but who cares?
8.9.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission will inevitably approve a spot Bitcoin ETF, but we should retain some healthy skepticism about the risks it will create
Worldcoin’s Centralization Dilemma: 100 Wallets Still Dominate 93% of Total Supply
8.9.2023
Since August 11, 2023, the number of unique digital wallets storing the iris-scanning cryptocurrency worldcoin (WLD) stood around 468,466. But in the weeks since, ownership of the fledgling crypto has expanded by over 26% to 591,633 wallets. However, worldcoin’s value has moved in...
U.S. Fed’s Vice Chair Barr Says CBDC Decision Still a ‘Long Way’ Off
8.9.2023
The U.S. is far from making any decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC), said Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Michael Barr, who described the Fed as still being in the “basic research” phase
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo
6.9.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Still Great On PS5, Just A Little Rougher Around The Edges
2.9.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 is an excellent game. The PC version of Larian Studios’ D&D epic will easily be a frontrunner in game of the year discussions come December, and the PlayStation 5 version is a comparable experience, at least if you don’t have a beefy enough PC to run the game well. That said,...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Still Great On PS5, Just A Little Rougher Around The Edges
2.9.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 is an excellent game. The PC version of Larian Studios’ D&D epic will easily be a frontrunner in game of the year discussions come December, and the PlayStation 5 version is a comparable experience, at least if you don’t have a beefy enough PC to run the game well. That said,...