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Copy Trading Has ‘Disrupted the Crypto Industry’ Says Bitget’s Gracy Chen
23.7.2023
Copy trading has disrupted the crypto industry and is increasingly the trading strategy preferred by less experienced traders says Gracy Chen, managing director of the crypto trading platform Bitget. While copy trading is gaining popularity globally, traders and prospective users from Africa appear...
Europe Expects Its First Bitcoin ETF This Month, Report
16.7.2023
Europe’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is set to launch in July after a 12-month delay caused by the crypto winter. The fund has been authorized in Guernsey, a more flexible jurisdiction, which will ostensibly help to avoid some of the regulatory challenges associated with the European...
Web3 VC Shima Capital Didn’t Slow Strategy for Crypto Winter
13.7.2023
The investor in early-stage crypto companies has remained one of the most active investors in the space despite a bear market and the collapses of FTX and three banks
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set to Surge: Record-Breaking Increase Looms, Erasing Recent Reduction
10.7.2023
According to data recorded on July 9, 2023, Bitcoin’s next difficulty adjustment is estimated to rise between 4.74% and 7.7%, erasing the 3.26% reduction that occurred on June 28. Moreover, the total network hashrate achieved a 24-hour all-time high on July 8, reaching 538 exahash per second...
Voyager Digital’s Bankruptcy Battle Racks Up Millions in Legal Expenses
4.7.2023
A recent court filing from the now-insolvent Voyager Digital Holdings and its creditor committee revealed that legal expenses amounting to $16.5 million have accumulated from July 22, 2022, through May 18, 2023. The records indicate that between March and May 2023, roughly $5.17 million in legal...
Cleanspark Expands Bitcoin Operations With Acquisition of Georgia Facilities in All-Cash Deal
22.6.2023
Cleanspark, a publicly listed bitcoin miner, has announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire two turnkey bitcoin facilities in Dalton, Georgia. The deal will be an all-cash payment of $9.3 million and is expected to increase Cleanspark’s current operations by just...
Report: Pan-African Crypto Exchange Mara Lays Off Majority of Employees
9.6.2023
African crypto exchange Mara has not only parted ways with a reported 85% of its staff but has cut the salaries of workers that have remained. Although Mara has cast the layoffs as an exercise which aims to remove redundant roles, former employees have said the startup’s ballooning marketing...
Blockchain Analytics Firm Nansen Cuts 30% of Staff Amid Market Slump
31.5.2023
Blockchain analytics firm Nansen is cutting 30% of its staff, the company’s CEO Alex Svanevik announced via Twitter on Tuesday.
Svanevik said that the decision to reduce the company’s cost base, which is “too high relative to where the company is today”, was based on the fact that Nansen...
Digital Currency Group to Sunset Tradeblock, Cites ‘Regulatory Challenges’ and ‘Prolonged Crypto Winter’
26.5.2023
Digital Currency Group has revealed its decision to sunset its institutional trading platform, Tradeblock, on May 31, 2023. The company attributes the move to the “challenging regulatory environment” and the enduring effects of the “prolonged crypto winter,” signaling...
Tradeblock, DCG Subsidiary, to Be Shuttered Due to Crypto Winter
26.5.2023
Amid an ongoing crypto market downturn, digital asset-focused venture capital firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has announced it is closing its subsidiary TradeBlock which offers its trading services to institutional investors.
The trading platform is scheduled to be shut down on May 31, Bloomberg...
Crypto's Open Source Ethos Yields Results
23.5.2023
It’s crypto winter and a time for building, as innovative new open-source projects on Polkadot and Cosmos can attest
Undeads Metaverse Completes Mint and Generates $1 Million in Sales
23.5.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Undeads Metaverse, AAA survival Web3 game, proudly announces the completion of its first mint amidst the prevailing crypto winter market. This achievement underscores the resilience of high-quality projects backed by experienced teams, demonstrating their ability to thrive even...
Miami Bitcoin Conference Flags Attendance Down by Half as ‘Crypto Winter’ Drags On
18.5.2023
Roughly 15,000 attendees are expected at the Bitcoin 2023 event, versus 35,000 last year – likely a result of the downturn known as “crypto winter.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. presidential candidate, is among scheduled speakers
NY investment bank says 'crypto winter is over,' bullish outlook for Coinbase
27.4.2023
Analysts from NY investment bank H.C. Wainwright say that Coinbase is uniquely positioned to benefit from the upcoming crypto bull run
Please Enjoy the Final Crypto Winter
26.4.2023
With U.S. regulations and policy coming soon, the frauds, scams and irresponsible investment management practices that led to the current market downturn will be things of the past, reasons Paul Brody of EY
Bitcoin Price Prediction as Standard Chartered Says 'Crypto Winter is Over' and Says BTC Could Reach $100,000 by End of 2024 – Time to Buy?
25.4.2023
As the "crypto winter" comes to an end, according to Standard Chartered, Bitcoin's future looks increasingly promising. The bank's optimistic outlook suggests that BTC could reach $100,000 by the end of 2024, stirring interest among potential investors.
With such a bullish forecast, many are...
Standard Chartered Bank: Crypto Winter Is Over — Bitcoin Could Reach $100K Next Year
25.4.2023
Standard Chartered says crypto winter has ended and the price of bitcoin could reach $100K per coin by the end of next year. The global bank’s analyst has identified several factors contributing to the surge in the price of the cryptocurrency, including the recent turmoil in the banking...
Developers Stay Resilient Through Harsh Crypto Winter, Report Says
18.4.2023
According to Alchemy’s Q1 2023 Developer Report, Ethereum SDK installations reached an average of 1.9 million installs per week – a 47% year-over-year increase
Nigerian Crypto and Web3 Startup Lazerpay Shuts Down After Failing to ‘Close a Successful Funding Round’
15.4.2023
The Nigerian crypto and Web3 startup Lazerpay announced on April 13 that it will cease operations. Co-founder and CEO Njoku Emmanuel said the decision to cease operations was made after Lazerpay failed to successfully close a funding round. The CEO also said he is ready to listen to offers from...
Enterprises should seek partners and solutions during the crypto winter: Paxos report
14.4.2023
“We need more transparency over the reserves of these stablecoins, which I think we’re going to see,” Clara Medalie said