Online virtual social networking site IMVU and Pussy Riot band member Nadya Tolokonnikova announced the launching of a Web3 metaverse community space called Utopia on Wednesday. Maura Welch, vice pres...
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When levees break, liquidity flows — Analyzing Ethereum Shapella and liquidity staking derivatives
The Ethereum network’s planned Shanghai hard fork is nearly here. Planned for April 12, this is the first major upgrade since The Merge in September 2022. The “Shapella” upgrade (a combination of the ...
A Key to Mass Adoption
Cryptocurrencies, striving to conquer financial markets, face a serious challenge if they want to expand their appeal: simplifying the user experience. In this pursuit, decoding the Byzantine fee stru...
XRP Price Analysis for April 12
Bulls could not hold the initiative for long, and most of the coins have returned to the red zone. XRP/USD XRP has followed the decline of other coins, falling by 2.39%. On the hourly chart, the price...
UNI Price Prediction: Uniswap Funds DAO Project;Fueled Price Rise
Uniswap announced partnership with Gauntel Network and Group. Uniswap displays bullish patterns with price action. UNI Price fell by more than 5% in over a week. Uniswap granted funds to Gauntlet, a ...
Crypto Trading Volume on Futures Exchanges Jumps by Almost 50% in March, See Leading CEXes
Vladislav Sopov Chinese journalist and crypto researcher Colin Wu shares statistics of whopping surge in crypto trading volume Contents Crypto futures trading volume exceeded $3 trillion per month, De...
Justin Pearson Reinstated To Tennessee State House
Topline A Tennessee county voted Wednesday to reinstate Justin Pearson as its representative to the state House, after both he and Rep. Justin Jones—who was also reappointed—were expelled from the bod...
Swedish Riksbank report looks at collaboration with potential e-krona in retail payments
Sweden’s central bank Riksbank has released a report detailing the third phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. A collaborative model for retail payments and conditional pay...
Trump Sues Ex-Attorney Michael Cohen For $500 Million As N.Y. Criminal Charges Loom
Topline Former President Donald Trump sued his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen for $500 million on Wednesday, claiming the Trump loyalist-turned-critic breached their attorney-client relationship, as Trump fa...
OpenSea collector pays 100 ETH for a free NFT: Nifty Newsletter, April 5–11
In this week’s newsletter, find out why a nonfungible token (NFT) collector paid $192,000 for a free NFT. Check out how community members responded as Reddit deployed its contract for its Gen 3 NFT av...
Rare New Jersey Wildfire Burns Nearly 4,000 Acres—And East Coast Fires May Become More Common
Topline A devastating wildfire that started Tuesday night in a heavily forested section of southern New Jersey has spread to nearly 4,000 acres, state officials said Wednesday, marking an unusually la...
American Views Of China Worsen; Distrust Of Its Social Media Platforms Is Widespread — Pew Research
Nearly nine-in-ten Americans surveyed in a new Pew Research Center poll said they have little or no … [+] confidence in China’s social media companies to follow what their privacy policies...
Ethereum price metrics hint that ETH might not sell-off after the Shapella hardfork
Ether (ETH) price has increased by 58% year to date, but it has far underperformed the market leader Bitcoin (BTC). In fact, the ETH/BTC price ratio has dropped to 0.063, its lowest level in 9 months....
‘Foul Play’ Interactive Series Mixes Murder, Broadway Stars
(Image courtesy of Foul Play) The new interactive online series Foul Play came, as often has happened the past couple of years, from a bored creative mind whiling away the hours of the pandemic lockdo...
Wall Street firms embrace Avalanche blockchain for efficient financial transactions
T. Rowe Price Associates, together with several prominent Wall Street companies, is set to explore the potential of the Avalanche blockchain to revolutionize financial trade execution and settlement u...
Fed Expects ‘Mild Recession’ This Year After Banking Crisis Rattles Markets
Topline The Federal Reserve now projects the nation’s economy to fall into a “mild recession” by year’s end, according to minutes from the Fed’s Open Markets Committee meeting March 21-22 as the centr...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren Hunt Down Crypto Companies To Interrogate About SVB Deposits
US senators are demanding answers from crypto companies about their affiliation with the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In an open letter to 14 of SVB’s biggest clients, Massachusetts senator El...
Want Good IT Projects? Tackle That Elephant In The Room
Learn to recognize the elephant, find the courage to confront the elephant, and eventually you will win. getty Show me a corporate IT project that’s having difficulties and I will bet I can show you t...
Keiji Inafune and Seiichi Ishii Partner With Minnapad for New Web 3.0 Projects
April 12, 2023 – Singapore, Singapore Famed developers of iconic game franchises Mega Man and Tekken to serve as inaugural legends DAO partners with their original IPs – ‘Beastroid’ and ‘Brain Fighter...
FTX has recovered $7.3B in assets, will consider rebooting exchange
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX may be considering restarting in the future, according to the legal team behind the debtors. In an April 12 hearing in United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of De...
Sam Bankman-Fried played FTX like a video game; exchange might have one life left
FTX teased a possible reopening on Wednesday with its lawyers telling a court that it will file a reorganization plan in July that could be confirmed by the second quarter of next year. “...
New ‘Max’ Streaming Service Combines HBO And Discovery+ Shows—Here’s What You Need To Know
Topline HBO Max and Discovery+ unveiled a merged mega-streaming service called Max on Wednesday, marking a crucial move for Warner Bros. Discovery as the conglomerate vies for more subscribers followi...
Argentina Approves Bitcoin Futures Index For Trading, What’s Ahead?
A soon-to-debut Bitcoin futures index has received approval from the securities regulator of Argentina. According to reports, the Bitcoin futures index will launch in May on the Matba Rofex exchange. ...
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Buildrs to launch Web3 CRM and Data Platform at Istanbul Fintech Week
ZUG, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Buildrs – a Swiss-based company driving the adoption of Web3 – is set to unveil the Buildrs Platform – a CRM and data platform at Istanbul Fintech Week. The launch of ...
Ethereum Shanghai Update Is Here, Price Is Ready to React
Arman Shirinyan Ethereum is on verge of one of biggest events in project’s history Contents Cardano disappoints Solana surprises Ethereum, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, is bra...
These 3 REITs Trade Below Book Value And Pay Dividends
Although the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has been suffering a steady downward trend for the last 12 to 18 months, it may be possible to identify bargains. By taking a value stock approa...
DOT’s price corrects downward to $6.40 after a bearish movement – Cryptopolitan
The recent Polkadot price analysis shows a decline in the DOT/USD pair to $6.40 after a bearish movement. The bears have been in control of the market and pushed the prices down from $6.49 to the curr...
Euler Finance opens redemptions after hacker returns funds
On April 12, Ethereum-based noncustodial lending protocol Euler Finance announced that it would open redemptions after hackers returned the vast majority of assets stolen in a $197 million flash loan ...
Retail Cannabis Often Less Potent Than Advertised, Study Suggests
Topline The potency of some cannabis products sold by legal retailers may be lower than what is reported on the label, according to a study released Wednesday, as researchers say a discrepancy in labe...
ADA Whale Predicts Cardano Bull Run, Here’s Timing and Likely Trigger
ADA Whale, a Cardano community-focused Twitter account, believes in the potential of a bull run for Cardano. On Twitter, they mentioned that every bull run begins with a narrative, citing that the las...
Nevada senate committee proposes crypto recovery fund to combat scams
In a recent legislative meeting held by the Nevada Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, members discussed a cryptocurrency bill aiming to establish a recovery fund to protect vulnerable populations...
Tencent Suffers Heavy Losses On News Of Largest Shareholder’s Stock Sale
Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC: TCEHY) shares saw the most significant declines over two months amid speculation that its largest shareholder Prosus NV (OTC: PROSY) (OTC: PROSF) speeding up the selling of ...