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Consensus Pause: Majority of Economists Predict No Rate Hikes for 2023, With Cuts Delayed Until March 2024
20.8.2023
A newly published Reuters poll reveals that most economists concur: the U.S. Federal Reserve has likely capped its rate hikes. Yet, rate cuts aren’t anticipated until March 2024. This survey drops just as markets approach the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium scheduled for next week. All eyes...
Bitcoin Price Outlook for August
14.8.2023
Aside from last week’s move above $30,000, bitcoin has mostly consolidated below this level for the majority of August. Market volatility has eased, seemingly as a result of lower trading volumes due to the summer period. Despite this, history shows that bulls tend to return closer to...
Base’s Rapid Ascent: 136,000 Daily Users and $175 Million TVL in Ethereum’s L2 Defi Space
11.8.2023
Base, the Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution supported by Coinbase, has experienced over $175 million funneled into its decentralized finance (defi) protocol since its creation. The majority of value locked comprises 75,244 ether and nearly $26 million worth of the USDC stablecoin....
Binance drops majority of USD Coin reserves — Latest USDC news
9.8.2023
This week’s episode of The Market Report explores the reasons why Binance let go of a majority of its USDC reserves and what it replaced them with
Poll: Majority of Americans See US Economy in Decline
3.8.2023
Despite months of increasingly positive economic indicators, a majority of Americans still believe the economy is worsening, according to a new CNN poll. CNN Poll Reveals Majority See Worsening Economy The survey of 1,279 adults found that 51% think the U.S. economy remains in a downturn that...
End of Fed’s Tightening Cycle: Bernanke, Majority of Polled Economists See Terminal Rate Hike Ahead
23.7.2023
With just a four-day window to go, the U.S. Federal Reserve appears primed to raise the federal funds rate by 25-basis-points (bps) at the forthcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The market presently maintains the conviction that this quarter-point uptick...
XRP’s Rise Causes Ripple of Gains in Crypto Economy
14.7.2023
Since July 12, 2023, the cryptocurrency market has expanded by a staggering $60 billion within a mere 48 hours. The majority of this growth transpired after the decisive Ripple Labs case verdict, resulting in bitcoin’s dominance dipping from 50% to its present level of 48.6%. Ripple Labs...
New Research: Bitmain's S19 Miners Hold Majority of Bitcoin Network Hashrate
12.7.2023
Bitcoin’s energy efficiency has been a concern over the years as mining activities consumed rather massive amounts of electricity.
Part of this resulted from the machines miners use, which have a high energy consumption.
According to a new report by Coinmetrics, three Bitcoin mining rig models...
New Research: Bitmain's S19 Miners Hold Majority of Bitcoin Network Hashrate
12.7.2023
Bitcoin’s energy efficiency has been a concern over the years as mining activities consumed rather massive amounts of electricity.
Part of this resulted from the machines miners use, which have a high energy consumption.
According to a new report by Coinmetrics, three Bitcoin mining rig models...
Former SEC Chair Clayton Says 'Vast Majority' of Crypto Tokens are Securities – Here's What You Need to Know
15.6.2023
Jay Clayton – former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – expressed a view of the crypto market on Wednesday that largely mirrors that of his current successor, Gary Gensler. ...
Read More: Former SEC Chair Clayton Says 'Vast Majority' of Crypto Tokens are Securities...
Majority of Americans Hesitant to Embrace Central Bank Digital Currency, Survey Finds
13.6.2023
A recent poll conducted by the Cato Institute and public opinion firm Yougov reveals that the majority of Americans are hesitant to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The findings indicate that support for a CBDC remains relatively low among survey respondents. U.S. CBDC Support Remains...
Russia’s Largest Bank to Allow Retail Investors to Trade Digital Assets
10.6.2023
Majority state-owned lender Sberbank is preparing to allow Russian citizens to buy and sell digital assets. Private individuals will be provided access to its proprietary blockchain platform as early as this month, a top executive of the bank announced. Sberbank to Open Digital Assets Platform...
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...
Bitcoin Advocate Nic Carter Accuses ‘Laser-Eyed Maxis’ of Turning Bitcoin Into a ‘Secular Cult’
9.6.2023
In a tweet this week, crypto advocate Nic Carter took aim at those who claim to be bitcoin enthusiasts but have been applauding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement actions. Carter accused these individuals of turning Bitcoin into a “secular cult”...
SEC Chair Gensler Rebuts Claims Crypto Exchanges Lacked ‘Fair Notice,’ Affirms ‘Majority’ of Tokens Are Securities
9.6.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler discussed crypto exchanges and digital currencies at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange & Fintech Conference. He insisted that there is “nothing about the crypto securities markets that suggests that investors and issuers...
Research Shows Majority of Pepe Investors Caught in High-Stakes Game of Musical Chairs
7.6.2023
The majority of investors did not stand to gain from Pepecoin's herculean rise, indicating a limited window for potential gains
BitDAO passes BIP-21 token optimization and branding proposal
19.5.2023
A proposal to unify branding between the Mantle network and BitDAO passed with overwhelming support
Bakkt delists majority of tokens from recently acquired Apex Crypto platform
13.5.2023
The delisting included major tokens used in DeFi; the company said it was following “up-to-date regulatory guidance.”
Binance.US seeking to cut Changpeng Zhao's majority stake: Report
12.5.2023
Changpeng Zhao is the crypto exchange's founder, majority owner and chair. He is also the CEO and co-founder of the global crypto exchange, Binance
Nearly 400 Crypto Firms Lose Their Estonian Licenses Under New Rules
11.5.2023
The majority of crypto companies attracted by the once favorable Estonian regulations have either abandoned or lost their licenses. According to the latest numbers released by the Baltic nation’s anti-money laundering bureau, only 100 businesses are currently authorized to provide digital-asset...