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QI Research’s DiMartino Booth Foresees ‘Full Damage’ Yet to Unfold in US Banking Sector
31.7.2023
Danielle DiMartino Booth, holding the dual roles of CEO and chief strategist at QI Research, foresees that the 22-year peak in interest rates set by the Fed is merely a precursor to what’s to come. She anticipates further upheaval within the banking industry. The strategist articulated...
Coinbase’s New Base Blockchain Gobbled Up $68M in Ether, and It’s Not Even Officially Live Yet
31.7.2023
Meme coin BALD’s 4,000,000% surge seemed to spark the huge inflows to the nascent crypto bridge
Today in Crypto: Crypto Firms in Hong Kong Can Open 'Simple' Bank Accounts Only, Elderly Couple in US Held Hostage for $156,000 in Crypto, Binance Can Operate in Dubai But Not in Nigeria
31.7.2023
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Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki: ‘We Need a New Financial Architecture Not Controlled by the Dollar or the Euro’
31.7.2023
Isaias Afwerki, president of Eritrea, reinforced the need for building a new economic system away from the traditional centers of power. At the second Russia-Africa Summit, Afwerki told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the current world order, on top of dollar hegemony, was printing money...
South Korea to pilot CBDC in one of these three cities, not Seoul
31.7.2023
South Korea pushes forward with its CBDC pilot and targets three potential test regions for issuing and distributing the digital currency
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back to $29.4K; Crypto's Correlation With Tech May Return
31.7.2023
An exploit of stablecoin exchange Curve Sunday could jeopardize more than $100 million in cryptocurrency. PLUS: What's behind Russia's mining boom?
As judge rules XRP not a security, Bitcoin & InQubeta rally
29.7.2023
The crypto world is buzzing with excitement as XRP secured a significant legal victory. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) long-standing lawsuit against Ripple was finally settled, with the judge ruling that XRP is not a security. This development has boosted XRP’s...
‘Community-Based IP’ — Yuga Labs CEO Describes Web3 Evolution of Licensing to Japanese Government Official
29.7.2023
In a recent “fireside chat” with the deputy director of the Web3.0 Policy Office of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre noted: “We’re not even in the first inning” of where Web3 “evolution” is going to...
Diablo IV Players Are Using A 27-Year-Old Strategy To Kill The Butcher
28.7.2023
While exploring dungeons in Diablo IV, you might encounter The Butcher, a terrifying and hard-to-kill demon boss who’s been a staple of the series since the original game in 1997. But if you get lucky, you might be able to easily kill this legendary baddie if he gets stuck behind a locked door....
No, Sam Bankman-Fried Is Not Being Bailed Out By Democrats
28.7.2023
Republican candidate Vivek Rameswamy is rightly furious over dropped campaign finance charges. But the charges are likely to return after a procedural adjustment - and claims of corruption do more harm than good
Hello Kitty Life Sim Is This Summer’s Animal Crossing
28.7.2023
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is everything I want in a repetitive, relaxing open-world life sim of its kind. The Animal Crossing heir, made by Hello Kitty’s massive merch company Sanrio and small game studio Sunblink, is a honeycomb-sweet combination of taking care of friends and a surprisingly...
Binance Withdraws Its Crypto License Application in Germany
28.7.2023
The world’s largest exchange for digital assets, Binance, has withdrawn its application for a German crypto custody license. The trading platform made it clear it’s not giving up on plans to eventually obtain authorization from the Federal Republic but wants its submission to better reflect...
Elon's 'not afraid of blowing things up' — ex-Twitter exec on working under Musk
28.7.2023
Esther Crawford claimed Elon Musk’s inability to handle criticism created a “zealous and fanatical” inner circle
ECB Tightens Grip With 12th Consecutive Rate Hike; Lagarde Asserts ‘No Cuts’ Amid Lingering Inflation Concerns
27.7.2023
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised the benchmark bank rates by 25 basis points (bps) citing that inflation was down but still remained “too high for too long.” When ECB president Christine Lagarde was pressed about cutting rates by reporters, Lagard insisted the central bank was “not going...
South Africa’s Foreign Minister Hints at Expansion of BRICS Bloc With 3 New Members
27.7.2023
In a recent interview published on July 26, South Africa’s foreign minister Naledi Pandor highlighted the BRICS group of economies’ commitment to peace, asserting that these nations do not aim to “weaponize the oceans.” Moreover, leading up to the much-anticipated 15th BRICS...
White House Says US Policy Allows Partners to Seek BRICS Membership
27.7.2023
The White House has affirmed that U.S. policy does not ask partners to choose between the U.S. and other countries, including the BRICS nations. “The U.S. does not want to limit countries’ partnership with other countries,” said Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. More than 40 countries have...
Deeper Ties With BRICS Should Not Jeopardize Relations With the West — South African Business Association Leader
26.7.2023
South Africa’s economic well-being is dependent on trade relations with the West, and therefore attempts to bolster relationships with BRICS must not be at the expense of ties to the West, the leader of a South African business association has said. The leader also singled out the African...
Economist Jim Rickards States BRICS Currency Will Leverage Gold to ‘Destroy the Dollar’
25.7.2023
Jim Rickards, economist and best-selling author, has explained the possible repercussions of issuing a BRICS bloc currency for the dollar. For Rickards, the “bric” (the name he gives to the BRICS currency) will be anchored (but not redeemable or backed) to a weight of gold and will...
Decoding Ripple’s Ruling: A Potential Tsunami for the SEC
25.7.2023
In a groundbreaking decision earlier this month, the Southern District Court of New York determined that institutional sales of XRP conducted directly by Ripple constitute securities sales. However, intriguingly, XRP sales on secondary markets, specifically crypto exchanges, do not. A verdict that...
Hodler’s digest: XRP not a security, Celsius CEO arrested, InQubeta presale breaks $1.7M mark
24.7.2023
Hodler’s Digest has recently had lots of interesting topics to cover as the InQubeta (QUBE) presale breaks the $1.7 million mark, the former CEO of Celsius gets arrested, and a US court rules that XRP isn’t a security. InQubeta is a crowd-funding project that aims to open up investment...