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BRC20 Token Economy Thrives Amidst Crypto Downturn, Surging 53% in Five Days
12.5.2023
Despite the broader crypto-economy experiencing a downward trajectory, dropping 1.59% in the past 24 hours and hovering around $1.11 trillion, the BRC20 token economy has bucked this trend, expanding from $279 million to over $427 million within five days. Impervious to Market Slump, BRC20 Tokens...
JPMorgan Pursues Tokenization Plans Despite Crypto Downturn and Regulatory Hurdles
28.4.2023
Major Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan is moving forward with its push to tokenize traditional financial assets despite last year’s market downturn.
According to Tyrone Lobban, the head of JPMorgan’s digital asset and tokenization platform Onyx, the bank has already processed close to $700...
Pepe Token Surges 77% in 24 Hours, Leading the Top 10 Meme Coins’ Market Gains
23.4.2023
In the aftermath of a downturn in the wider crypto market, the top crypto assets bitcoin and ethereum have each risen modestly, between 1.2% to 1.6%, over the past 24 hours. However, the meme token pepe (PEPE) has surged 77% against the U.S. dollar, and its market capitalization has swelled to $141...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Falls Below $28,000 as Losses Intensify
21.4.2023
Bitcoin’s downturn continued on Friday, as prices fell for a third consecutive session, leading to a move below $28,000. Market sentiment has shifted in recent days, as traders began taking profits from last week’s high. Ethereum was also lower, and is now trading around the $1,900...
Blackrock CEO Expects Inflation to Persist, but No Major US Recession in 2023
15.4.2023
Blackrock’s CEO, Larry Fink, stated in an interview on Friday that he does not anticipate a “big recession” in the United States. However, he believes that “inflation is going to be stickier for longer.” In contrast to the U.S. central bank’s 2% goal, Fink predicts that...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says He Was Wrong to Advise Selling; Congratulates ‘BTFD Generation’
2.4.2023
Famed “Big Short” investor Michael Burry tweeted Thursday, telling his 1.4 million followers, “I was wrong to say sell.” The tweet follows Burry’s warning for months that the U.S. was headed for an “extended multi-year recession” and his decision to dump...
Huobi flash crashes and recovers 90% with high sales and downturn
10.3.2023
Huobi recently witnessed a massive token collapse during a flash crash. The 17th biggest exchange experienced a 90% loss in market cap, which was recovered minutes later. At 3:45, HT was trading at $4.70. The token was now worth $1.83 after 25 minutes had passed. A couple of hours later,...
Crypto Economy Swelled 80,466% Since 2013, Despite $1.5 Trillion Loss in 2022 Downturn
1.3.2023
Nine years and nine months ago, on May 9, 2013, coinmarketcap.com recorded 14 cryptocurrency assets, and bitcoin’s overall valuation was $1.24 billion, with 11.13 million bitcoins in circulation at the time. Today, the same website indicates that there are 22,709 crypto assets. Additionally...
Artificial Intelligence Crypto Assets Continue to Surge, Accounting for $4 Billion in Market Value
27.2.2023
Following a brief downturn in mid-February 2023, artificial intelligence (AI) crypto assets have continued to see gains over the last 30 days. Currently, out of 74 listed AI-focused cryptocurrencies, the net value of all these tokens has risen to more than $4 billion, which accounts for 0.37%...
Filecoin Creator Protocol Labs Announces Layoffs Amid Crypto Winter and Economic Downturn
5.2.2023
Protocol Labs CEO Juan Benet published a blog post on Friday announcing that 21% of the company’s staff will be laid off. Protocol Labs is the creator of the blockchain network Filecoin. Benet emphasized in the blog post that it has been an “extremely challenging economic downturn...
Russia Expands Its Crypto Mining Capacity, Report Reveals
5.2.2023
The total capacity of crypto mining facilities in Russia has been increasing in the past year, despite the market downturn and sanctions, according to a survey of leading operators. Depressed prices of mining equipment and stronger interest from domestic customers have been identified as major...
Hashkey Capital Raises $500 Million for Its Third Fund, Despite Crypto Market Downturn
18.1.2023
On Tuesday, global asset manager Hashkey, which focuses on crypto and blockchain investments, announced that it has closed its third fund at $500 million. The company’s “HashKey Fintech Investment III” is dedicated to developing crypto solutions, blockchain technology, and Web3...
Wyre Announces Modification of Withdrawal Policy, Pushing Topps to Temporarily Suspend NFT Marketplace Transactions
7.1.2023
Following reports that the crypto payments firm Wyre was shutting down operations, CEO Ioannis Giannaros offered a contradicting story, stating that the firm was merely “scaling back.” Wyre has now announced that it is “modifying” its withdrawal policy, citing the crypto...
Crypto Payments Company Wyre Reportedly Shutting Down Due to Market Downturn, Recently Valued at $1.5 Billion – Bear Market Getting Worse?
4.1.2023
Crypto payments company Wyre reportedly started laying off employees - but also decided on a complete shutdown.
Axios reported that the information was confirmed by two former employees. It cited one of these people as saying that the company's CEO Ioannis Giannaros sent an email to certain...
Bitcoin Price and Ethereum Prediction; Economic Downturn Concerns for 2023
11.12.2022
On Sunday, Bitcoin is trading sideways, maintaining a narrow range of $17,000 to $17,350 level. Similarly, Ethereum has risen above the $1,250 level, a support level that's extended by an ascending triangle pattern.
Major cryptocurrencies were trading in the red early on December 11 as the global...
Game7 Launches $100 Million Grants Program to Push Web3 Gaming Development
30.11.2022
Game7, a blockchain gaming-focused DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) has announced the launch of a $100 million grants program. The objective of this grants program is to support the Web3 gaming community in these times of market downturn and to advance the adoption of blockchain gaming...
Billion-Dollar NFT Platform Backed By Gary Vee Cuts a Third of Workforce Amid Market Downturn – Here’s What You Need to Know
29.11.2022
And the layoffs continue amid the ongoing bear market, with the non-fungible token (NFT) platform Candy Digital becoming one of the latest companies to fire a significant number of its employees.
Candy Digital is an NFT platform founded by entrepreneur and investor Gary Vaynerchuk and Michael...
Report: Nigerian Crypto Exchange Quidax Cuts Its Workforce by 20%
28.11.2022
As it reels from the effects of what it termed a global economic downturn, the Nigerian digital asset exchange platform, Quidax, recently said it had laid off employees who constituted 20% of its workforce. Despite the layoffs, Quidax reportedly told its customers it is ‘not going anywhere...
After More Than 380 Days, Crypto Supporters Celebrate Surviving the Second-Longest Bitcoin Bear Market
27.11.2022
On Saturday, members of the forum r/cryptocurrency discussed how the current bear market is now the second-longest bear market in the history of bitcoin prices. According to the forum post, the current crypto winter has lasted more than 380 days, just below the longest bitcoin downturn that took...
Elon Musk Tells Twitter Staff Economic Picture Ahead Is Dire — ‘Bankruptcy Isn’t Out of the Question’
13.11.2022
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has informed Twitter employees that the company’s “economic picture ahead is dire.” Noting that “bankruptcy isn’t out of the question,” the billionaire stressed that “Without significant subscription revenue, there is...