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Meta Reportedly Preparing for a New Round of Layoffs
14.2.2023
Meta, the company that owns Whatsapp, Instagram, and Facebook, is reportedly preparing to announce a new round of layoffs in the coming days. According to reports, the company is delaying the finalization of the budget for each one of its teams, causing operational delays and affecting the output...
CBDC Launch ‘May Cost Russian Banks $684m a Year’
13.2.2023
Russian commercial banks will lose $684 million a year if the nation’s Central Bank launches a central bank digital currency (CBDC), experts have claimed.
The Central Bank vehemently opposes the adoption of what it calls “private cryptocurrencies” such as bitcoin (BTC). But the bank wants...
US Crypto Lawsuits Reach All-Time High With 42% Increase in 2022; SEC Cases Dominate Legal Battles
13.2.2023
A new study on digital currency-related lawsuits since 2018 shows a 42% increase in crypto lawsuits in 2022. The highest number of claims in a single year was recorded last year, with 41 total claims in the United States. The research also shows that the majority of lawsuits came from the U.S....
2023 is a make-or-break year for blockchain gaming: Play-to-own
11.2.2023
While the thesis is compelling for crypto gaming, the way forward is unclear. Interoperability is one thorny issue and playability is still yet to catch up to traditional games
While NEO Price Explodes, These 3 Altcoins May 10x This Year
10.2.2023
NEO, the cryptocurrency that powers the smart-contract-enabled Neo blockchain, hs been surging in 2023, and the rally isn’t showing any signs of stopping just yet. NEO/USD was last changing hands slightly to the north of $9.0 per token, up around 47% year-to-date, though the cryptocurrency has...
Nintendo Says New Games Are Still ‘Under Development’ For 7-Year-Old Switch
10.2.2023
Never count Nintendo out. Or for it to do the most obvious and sensible thing. With the Switch entering its seventh year after becoming the third best selling console ever, you’d think it would be the perfect time for a successor. But there’s still no Switch 2 or Switch Pro in sight, and Nintendo...
PayPal Held $604M of Customers' Crypto as of Year-End 2022
10.2.2023
The payments company held $291 million of bitcoin and $250 million of ether, with the rest comprising litecoin and bitcoin cash
Russian Charged With Laundering Ransomware Proceeds in Crypto Pleads Guilty in US
10.2.2023
A Russian national accused of processing cryptocurrency payments from ransomware attacks has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the United States. The man who was extradited from the Netherlands in mid-August, last year, will be sentenced in April. Russian Crypto Launderer Pleads Guilty in...
Central Bank of Brazil to Test Security and Transaction Privacy Levels of the Digital Real
10.2.2023
The Central Bank of Brazil will focus its first digital real tests on determining the levels of privacy and security that can be achieved with the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure. The tests will be conducted later this year and will set up a simplified operation...
Moonpay and Looksrare Partner to Bring Convenient NFT Purchasing to the Masses
10.2.2023
On Thursday, the fiat-to-crypto onramp business Moonpay announced a multi-year partnership with the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Looksrare. According to the deal, Looksrare will allow marketplace users to buy and sell crypto assets through Moonpay’s services. Moonpay and Looksrare...
While SingularityNET AGIX Price Explodes, These 3 Altcoins May 10x This Year
10.2.2023
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Ordinal NFTs Push Bitcoin Network Activity to Near 2-year High – What This Means for the BTC Price?
9.2.2023
The 14-Day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of the number of transactions taking place on the Bitcoin network hit its highest level since April 2021 earlier this month, according to data from crypto analytics firm Glassnode. The 14-Day EMA of transactions recently surpassed 300,000, with analysts...
Litecoin Price Prediction as LTC Spikes Above $100 – Can LTC Reach $1,000 This Year?
9.2.2023
The litecoin price has dropped by 5% in the past 24 hours, falling to $96.29 after it rose above $100 yesterday. This current level means that it has gained by 7% in a fortnight and by 17.5% in the last 30 days, pushed up by the Litecoin Foundation's announcement that its Mastercard-powered...
CryptoQuant: Bitcoin Network Activity Spikes to Two-Year High Thanks to NFTs
9.2.2023
Transactions are coming from the popularity of the recently-deployed protocol Ordinals, which allows for NFT-like tokens to be stored on-chain
Musk’s Twitter Payment Vision in Tune With Fiat-Crypto Gateway Alchemy Pay
8.2.2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter has fallen into revenue difficulties, hoping to find new sources of revenue outside the original $5 billion a year advertising business model. According to a recent Financial Times report, Musk is betting this ambition for revenue growth on the payments business. He...
There Will Be No Crypto Advertisements During the Super Bowl This Year – Here's Why
8.2.2023
America's biggest sports event of the year, Super Bowl, will not feature any crypto ads - and FTX is (partly) to blame.
Fox declared this Monday that in-game ads for Super Bowl have been sold. Per Associated Press, Mark Evans, executive vice president of ad sales for Fox Sports, said that some...
Cardano Price Forecast as DeFi TVL on Cardano Doubles Since Start of Year – $1 ADA Incoming?
8.2.2023
The cardano price has gained by 2.5% in the past 24 hours, reaching $0.398260 following a 1.5% rise for the market as a whole. This level makes for an 11% rise in a fortnight and a 35% increase in the last 30 days, with ADA's price being helped on by the launch of Cardano-based stablecoin Djed last...
North Korea Stole Record Amount of Crypto Assets in 2022, UN Report Unveils
8.2.2023
The regime in North Korea has managed to steal more cryptocurrency last year than in previous years, according to a draft U.N. report. Despite the difference between quoted estimates, the authors conclude that 2022 was a record-breaking year for crypto theft, to be blamed on the hermit state....
Investment Manager Predicts Gold Could Hit $3,000 This Year
8.2.2023
Investment management and advisory firm Goehring & Rozencwajg expects gold to hit record highs this year. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see a $3,000 price this year,” said an executive of the firm. “It’s time for people to want to be bullish on gold.” Gold...
Bitcoin Favored Over Ether by CME Traders So Far This Year, Arcane Research Report Shows
7.2.2023
Open interest in bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has risen, while ether’s has declined, according to an Arcane Research report