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P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Suspends Marketplace With Uncertainty of Return
4.4.2023
According to a message from Paxful Founder and CEO, Ray Youssef, the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform is suspending its marketplace, and the company is uncertain if it will return. Youssef cited challenges such as regulations and some key staff departures, but he also noted that he could...
US-Saudi Tensions Escalate as Report Says Crown Prince Is No Longer Interested in Pleasing the United States
4.4.2023
After Saudi Arabia and members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the world by announcing cuts to oil production, a spokesperson for U.S. president Biden’s National Security Council stated that reducing production is not advisable. According to a recent...
Fed liquidity injections drive down US Treasury yields, but not Bitcoin price
4.4.2023
Regulatory uncertainty and the recent enforcement actions taken against major crypto exchanges reduces the odds of Bitcoin breaking above $30,000 in the short-term, but investors are still bullish
The 4Chan Creepypasta That's Taking Over The World (And You May Not Even Realize It)
4.4.2023
The Backrooms began as an image. Posted on April 21, 2018, a small thumbnail picture appeared on 4chan’s /x/ board showing a yellow room, its walls all in the wrong places, with gold-yellow carpets and fading yellow flock wallpaper. It was at once entirely innocuous, and somewhat unsettling. And...
Naughty Dog Say The Last Of Us' PC Port Not 'The Quality Level You Expect And Deserve'
4.4.2023
The Last Of Us was re-released for the 117th time last week, this time on the PC (which was admittedly a first!), and like the huge launches for games like Horizon and God of War should have been cause for celebration. Instead the week, and fans’ expectations, were sunk by a ton of performance...
Arbitrum Foundation Sold ARB Tokens Ahead of 'Ratification' Vote on Governance, Budget
2.4.2023
Arbitrum Foundation would be “severely damaged” without blank check grantmaking powers, according to a blog post
‘AI Tools Will Provide Very Interesting Enhancements for the Metaverse’ — Upland Co-Founder
1.4.2023
According to Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the Upland Metaverse, the colonization of the metaverse by tech giants and the building of so-called “walled garden systems” is not sustainable. Lueth argues that instead of “locking users in,” the metaverse should usher in “a...
Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to New Fraud and Bribery Charges in Federal Court – Here's What You Need to Know
31.3.2023
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to five additional charges brought against him in federal court in the US.
The new charges against Bankman-Fried are focused on alleged bribery of foreign officials from China. According to the charges, Bankman-Fried paid $40 million...
Web3 Should Be Built on Bitcoin, Not Its Imitators
31.3.2023
To neglect building on the Bitcoin protocol would be to forsake key applications for the network that have the potential to make the internet, and the world at large, a better place, Lolli co-founder Alex Adelman, writes
Polls suggest Elizabeth Warren's anti-crypto army strategy may not pay off
31.3.2023
Elizabeth Warren has long been a crypto-critic, and appears to be making it a focus as her re-election bid kicks off
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to bribery, charges from superseding indictment
30.3.2023
The former FTX CEO's legal team argued that though SBF had entered a not guilty plea, he did not acknowledge the new charges, which including bribed a Chinese government official
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Bribery Charge
30.3.2023
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted bribery and campaign finance violations unveiled in two recent superseding indictments
Sam Bankman-Fried to Plead Not Guilty to Bribery, Campaign Finance Charges: Reuters
30.3.2023
Revolut not happy with how fintech deals with audit red flags: Report
30.3.2023
Revolut reportedly issued a public statement and hired lawyers in March in order to prove “misreporting” of the audit opinion by BDO
Chatgpt More Useful Than Crypto, Nvidia Tech Chief Says
30.3.2023
Unlike AI applications such as Chatgpt, cryptocurrencies do not bring “anything useful,” a top executive of U.S. chip maker Nvidia is convinced. The comment comes despite his company making significant sales in the space where its powerful processors are widely used to mint digital...
DeFi KYC: Not an issue as ‘99% have nothing to hide,’ industry execs say
30.3.2023
Traditional finance observes “money laundering happening every day” despite rigorous KYC measures, according to DeFi industry execs
UK Government Drops Plan to Launch NFT With Royal Mint
30.3.2023
The U.K. government has confirmed that it is not proceeding with a plan to launch a non-fungible token (NFT). British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asked the Royal Mint to create an “NFT for Britain” while he was serving as the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year as part of his efforts...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Predicts No Fed Rate Cuts This Year
30.3.2023
The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, does not see the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year. “That’s the old playbook when central banks would rush to rescue the economy as recession hit. Now they’re causing the recession to fight sticky inflation – and that makes...
'Definitely not bullish' — 7% Bitcoin price gains fail to convince traders
29.3.2023
Bitcoin simply hasn't dealt with the worst of resistance in a key trading range for everyone to flip bullish
Report: Do Kwon Successfully Formed a Company in Serbia Weeks After Interpol Issued Red Notice
29.3.2023
According to a report, the recently arrested Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon was able to register a company in Serbia just a few weeks after Interpol issued a Red Notice for him. Lawyers that helped Kwon form a company in Serbia reportedly said they were not aware of Interpol’s Red Notice...