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LimeWire is coming back as an NFT marketplace, but hasn’t the bubble burst already?
Peer-to-peer file-sharing network LimeWire is making a comeback. But this time, instead of offering free downloads, the firm intends to operate an NFT marketplace focused on music and entertainment. C...
If It Looks Like A Crash And Acts Like A Crash, It’s A Crash
Nasdaq market site, NYC getty The playwright Ibsen coined a phrase that morphed into “a picture paints a thousand words.” So here is a thousand words in one picture: The Nasdaq: up like a rocket, down...
U.S. Inflation Is at Record Highs, But Crypto Doesn’t Care
Key Takeaways Today, the U.S. annual inflation rate hit a 40-year high of 7.9%, according to CPI data. Across the pond, the ECB released its latest monetary policy decisions, revising inflation expect...
Ethereum Launches the Final Proof of Stake Testnet – Trustnodes
The final testnet (pictured) for the ethereum upgrade to full Proof of Stake (PoS), known as the Merger, has been launched earlier today. “We spun up the Kiln testnet to test ethereum’s upcoming move ...
What is Harmony? The Blockchain Using Randomness to Reinforce Proof of Stake
In brief Launched in 2019, Harmony runs four parallel blockchain networks called shards to reduce latency by 1,000%. Harmony controls the influence of stakeholders—called validators—by assigning them ...
U.S. inflation hits a new 40-year high: time to call the peak?
Nasdaq Composite is down 2.0% this morning after the Bureau of Labour Statistics said inflation was up 7.9% YoY in February – the hottest reading since early 1982. U.S. inflation was in line wit...
Justin Sun Rubbishes ‘Financial Crime’ Allegations, but Can Tron Remain Resilient?
Tron founder Justin Sun has been alleged of violating several international laws in a recent report by The Verge. Citing sources and internal documents, the paper alleged that Sun was involved in mark...
Turkey May Adopt Shiba Inu, Can the Price Break Higher?
Shiba Inu (SHIB) may be adopted by Turkey, which is good news for the cryptocurrency. AK Party Group Deputy Chairman, Mustafa Elitaş discussed the possibility of adopting SHIB with Shiba Inu Türkiye, ...
Bitcoin Price Under $ 40k: Biden Push Over
Bitcoin’s price is experiencing a real pump & dump. Yesterday, the queen of cryptocurrencies had pushed past $42,000, gaining 8%. However, yesterday’s gain was totally wiped out today. Biden’s exe...
Pimco Amassed Billions of Exposure to Russia Debt Facing Default
(Bloomberg) — Pacific Investment Management Co. built up billions of exposure to Russian debt, opening up its funds to losses as markets price in a default by the sovereign. Most Read from Bloom...
Professional e sports organisation Misfits Gaming has announced a multi-year blockchain partnership with Tezos.
Misfits has named Tezos as their official blockchain partner, and will take the form of a multi-year partnership that will see the launch of specific blockchain games that will be created on a new Tez...
New Senate bill sounds the alarm on China’s digital yuan
advertisement A new bill in the US Senate takes aim at China’s new central bank digital currency (CBDC). On March 9, Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the ̶...
Crypto Proponent Yoon Suk-Yeol Is South Korea’s New President
Yoon Suk-Yeol – a member of the Conservative party – won the South Korean presidential election. The new political leader of the East Asian country has demonstrated a pro-crypto stance. Not long ago, ...
Ethereum price analysis: ETH retests $2,600 as support, higher low set?
TL;DR Breakdown Ethereum price analysis is bullish today. ETH/USD retraced to $2,600 support. Rejection for further downside seen over the last hours. Ethereum price analysis is bullish today as we ha...
Solana, LUNA, Tron Price Analysis: 10 March
While the last 24 hours proved to be rather menacing for the bulls, the Crypto fear and greed index showed minor improvements in the overall sentiment. The near-term technicals of Solana, LUNA, and Tr...
Cega Closes $4.3M in Funding From Coinbase
Cega raised $4.3 million in a seed round Alameda to Build First Exotic DeFi Derivatives Cega wants to explore the relatively untapped market of DeFi derivatives The Cega decentralized finance conve...
$5 Billion Ethereum Burned Since August 2021, Fees Stabilized?
Since its debut on August 4, 2021, the Ethereum Improvement Protocol (EIP) 1559 has been an integral feature of the London Hard Fork. The major goal of this upgrade is to stabilize the excessive gas f...
Here’s Why Russian-Issued MasterCard and Visa Cards Are Now Unusable on Binance Crypto Exchange
Crypto exchange Binance says that MasterCard and Visa cards issued in Russia cannot be used on its platform after the payments giants decided to suspend their operations in the sanction-hit country. I...
Rising airfares are giving people spring break sticker shock
Elizabeth Smith was stunned after she saw how much a roundtrip ticket from Spokane, Washington, to Orlando, Florida, cost for this year’s spring break — just six years after her family’s f...
XRP Price Prediction: Moves Inside Symmetrical Triangle, A Breakout Toward $0.70 Is Coming?
XRP price extends the sideways movement with significant losses on Thursday. XRP continues to trade below $0.80 since March begins. The price could not sustain the recent ascent of 20% and crawl insid...
Netflix Drops Trailer For ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2
Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, … [+] Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton, Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton, Claudia Jes...
Crypto Prices Fall Lower as Markets Continue to Digest Biden’s Executive Order – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Biden’s executive order, cryptocurrency markets were back in the red, as the global market cap fell by over 5%. Bitcoin was once again trading below $40,000, wi...
Dividend Investing With Integrity In 2022
A highlighter underlines the word ‘ethics’ heavily in a business document or textbook. Morality IS … [+] important. getty “Mom, please make sure you secure your mask first before ass...
The Interoperable Smart Contract Hub
A look at the limitations of blockchain’s irreversible transactions, from technological failures to hackers and ransom demands shows there is a lot to be desired. Reversibility is required to tackle t...
Amazon (AMZN) stock is up 5% today: you can buy it here
Amazon (AMZN) stock has gained over 5% today as it continues with its comeback after a dip between March 2 and March 8, this year. To help stock investors interested in investing in Amazon, Invezz has...
Algorand Blockchain Has Grown 35% In Q1 2022
The Algorand (ALGO) blockchain has added over 6 million new accounts to its network since the beginning of 2022. According to AlgoExplorer data, the total number of accounts on Algorand at the turn of...
StoneX Financial Introduces Farm Advantage App
StoneX Financial, a subsidiary of StoneX Group, today introduced a new free smartphone app called ‘Farm Advantage’. According to the financial services provider, the new app has been designed to suppo...
Crypto lobbyists up 180% since 2018, with Andrew Yang joining the charge
Lobbying by the cryptocurrency industry and crypto proponents is booming in the U.S. Congress. According to a report released Tuesday by Public Citizen, the number of lobbyists for cryptocurrency-rela...
Rivian quarterly results: Here’s what to expect
Rivian (RIVN) is expected to report its fourth quarter and full year 2021 results on Thursday after the closing bell. These are the consensus estimates expected by Wall Street analysts for the electri...
Biden’s Executive Order Calls for ‘Highest Urgency’ on CBDC Research and Development
There are several organizations already researching and piloting CBDCs in the United States, including the Boston Fed (which has partnered with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on CBDC tech...