Crypto entrepreneur who fled FBI now works for Russian state media

Christopher Emms, the British blockchain pioneer who is wanted by the FBI for allegedly breaking US sanctions on North Korea has reportedly been hired to provide crypto commentary by Russian state bro...

Gemini had no customer funds, GUSD at Signature Bank

Crypto exchange Gemini said it held no customer funds or Gemini dollars (GUSD) at Signature in the wake of the bank’s closure by regulators on Sunday. While it used to partner with Signatu...

S&P 500 goes negative YTD; almost entire regional bank stocks halted due to volatility

Quick Take Bitcoin extends its gain up 35% YTD, while S&P has gone into negative territory -0.19%. Both Nasdaq and TLT are up over 7% YTD. Chaos in bank stocks as some are halted for volatility. W...

First Republic stock down 65% amid fears of regional bank contagion

First Republic Bank’s (FRC) shares tanked a record 67% and were halted for volatility, leading regional lenders lower, despite measures by U.S. regulators to shore up confidence in the banking system ...

HSBC Buys Silicon Valley Bank for £1

HSBC has signed off on a deal to acquire the Silicon Valley Bank’s United Kingdom arm for £1 and save the tech sector of the U.K. The British multinational bank HSBC acquired the Silicon Valley Bank’s...

Framework and Bitkraft lead $6 million seed funding into gaming studio Jungle

Bitkraft and Framework Ventures co-led a $6 million seed funding round into Jungle, a Brazil-based web3 gaming studio.  Delphi Digital, Karatage, Fourth Revolution Capital, Monoceros, 32bit Vent...

FED Is Unlikely To Hike Interest Rates In March Amidst Banking Stress And Chaos: Goldman Sachs

The current state of the cryptocurrency market seems to be very unstable. With banks collapsing, stablecoin de-pegging, and the Fed raising interest rates, there is turmoil everywhere. The year began ...

Applied Materials Raises Dividend, Increases Buybacks. Stock Climbs.

Applied Materials the largest chip-equipment maker in the world, announced Monday a 23.1% lift in its quarterly cash dividend, from 26 cents to 32 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 t...

Bitget Ramps Up Shark Fin Product ARP to 5% —…

Bitget, leading crypto derivatives and copy trading platform has announced the update of its Shark Fin products, which have received a major yield boost. The new APR has been raised to 5%, making it t...

Ole Miss To Hire Ex-Texas Coach Chris Beard

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 06: Texas Longhorns head coach Chris Beard looks on during the second … [+] half of the game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at Madison Square Garden on ...

Ethereum, Solana are pulling in more users than other blockchains: Exec

Placeholder VC’s Chris Burniske recently appeared on a podcast with Raoul Paul. The VC executive believes that everything in the crypto space will eventually be benchmarked to Ethereum. Chris Burniske...

‘Big Short’ Michael Burry warns 2023 market is mirroring dot-com and housing crashes

Legendary investor Michael Burry, a hedge fund manager commonly known as “The Big Short,” has built a reputation for making predictions about the financial markets. In a now-deleted March 12 tweet, th...

Crypto Liquidations Hit $238M As Bitcoin Jumps 10%

Data shows the crypto futures liquidations have hit $238 million during the last 24 hours as Bitcoin has observed an uplift of 10%. Bitcoin Liquidations Reach $238 million Whenever an investor opens a...

SGEN Stock, PRVB Stock Rocket After Nabbing Takeover Deals

Pfizer (PFE) will buy cancer specialist Seagen (SGEN) for roughly $43 billion as Sanofi (SNY) takes over Provention Bio (PRVB) for about $2.9 billion, the companies announced Monday. In response, SGEN...

HedgeUp (HDUP) Presale Continues To Grow Portfolios as ETH, BTC Liquidity Thins

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp As the liquidity thinning of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) gets worse, crypto traders are now on the watch for a new sustainable crypto project to...

Living Proof partners with ByondXR to debut in the metaverse

Living Proof has taken a step forward in the metaverse by announcing that it will soon open a storefront in the metaverse. It has partnered with ByondXR for this purpose, allowing it to boost the crea...

How SVB stock price performed in 5 years

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has suffered a major fall from grace following half a decade of being rated as one of the best banks in America. SVB and its parent company SVB Financial Group have been held...

Crypto Prices Rebound As Regulators Step In Over Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

Topline The value of tokens like bitcoin and ether rallied on Monday after hitting weeks-long lows on Friday, part of a broader rally in cryptocurrency prices as markets react to the widening fallout ...

Fan Tokens: A Look at Football Teams and Their Cryptocurrency Performance

With a little more context, the explanation is clear: Arsenal and Barcelona are making comebacks. The other teams mentioned are proven winners – PSG and Man City are reigning league champions in Franc...

First Republic Bank stock down 65% amid fears of regional bank contagion

First Republic Bank’s (FRC) shares tanked a record 67% at the market open on Monday and were halted for volatility, despite measures by U.S. regulators to shore up confidence in the banking system fol...

Major BONE Whales Increase Holdings After Shibarium Beta Release

According to IntoTheBlock, the holdings of the largest investors in BONE, the token of the Shiba Inu ecosystem, have increased a day after the beta release of Shibarium, PuppyNet. This category of inv...

Bella Ramsey Is 100% Confirmed Not Getting Recast In ‘The Last Of Us’ Next Season

The Last of Us HBO While it was strongly, heavily implied, The Last of Us didn’t want to make it official until after the finale, where we know Ellie survives. Bella Ramsey will return as Ellie in sea...

U.S. Regulators Reassure SIVB Depositors Over Safety of Funds

U.S. Regulators have released a joint statement over Silicon Valley Bank dissolution. The regulators assured that the taxpayer will bear no losses over the bank’s failure. The protection does not cove...

Signature Bank collapse means crypto will ‘be forced’ to move to Wall Street: pro

Signature Bank’s sudden collapse over the weekend represents a ‘blow for crypto,’ Truflation CEO Stefan Rust said in a statement obtained by Invezz. According to Rust who runs the independent inflatio...

HSBC acquires SVB UK for £1 amid collapse

In a deal facilitated by the British government and the Bank of England, HSBC has acquired the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) for £1, following the collapse of the US lender.  The acquisition, fi...

WSJ: Carl Icahn says Grail deal cost Illumina shareholders $50 billion

Shares of Illumina Inc. ILMN, +14.70% were up about 8% in premarket trading on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Carl Icahn is planning a proxy fight. The billionaire activist ...

Biden: SVB, Signature Executives Will Be Fired

Banks need more regulatory oversight, President Biden said during an address Monday morning about the recent closure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.  The government has taken control o...

A Paradise For Fans Of Documentary Films

Action at the Box Office, housed at Sager Braudis Gallery, as fest-goers pick up passes and tickets … [+] for the annual True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Stephanie Sidot...

South Korea Launches Metaverse Fund to Boost Industry’s Development

South Korea is planning to become a metaverse hub by 2026. Within the five-year metaverse development roadmap, the country aims to activate the ecosystem for metaverse platforms, nurture professionals...

Goldman Sachs No Longer Expects Fed’s Interest Rate Hikes

15 seconds ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News American multinational investment firm Goldman Sachs predicts no longer interest rate hikes. Silicon Valley Bank collapse gave shockwaves in the crypto indust...

Biden reassures Americans that banking system is safe in wake of collapses

Policy • March 13, 2023, 9:40AM EDT U.S. President Joe Biden assured American citizens that the banking system is safe following the collapses of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank.  “Americ...

Here’s why Pokémon’s web3 and metaverse plans face fan backlash

Ad Pokémon fans are divided over plans to develop a metaverse for the long-running franchise. The debate was sparked following a job posting for the position of Corporate Development Principal at the ...