Like Venture Capital Firms but Better: 3 BDCs for Dividend Investors

Business development companies, or BDCs, are similar to private equity firms, but with a clear advantage for investors. These closed-end investment companies typically make debt or equity investments ...

Bitcoin’s Social Dominance Hits 2-Months High

Interest in Bitcoin (BTC) spiked on social platforms over the weekend, leading to its social dominance surging, according to Santiment. The crypto insight provider explained: “A spike in Bitcoin...

South African Financial Services Giant Nedbank Secures a ‘Village’ in the Metaverse – Metaverse Bitcoin News

The South African financial services giant, Nedbank, is reported to have acquired a village in the metaverse. The village will be used to showcase African creativity and to create experiences that “go...

Bitcoin Hodlers Remain Steadfast, Coins Aged over 3 months Hit ATH of 86.3%

Bitcoin lacked a significant upward momentum, but this has not dampened the spirits of hodlers because coins aged at least 3 months hit an ATH of 86.3%, according to Glassnode. Based on BTC Realized C...

Ethereum Network’s Transaction Prices has Declined: The Block

The Ethereum network’s transaction prices (known as gas fees) have declined significantly since 2021, according to The Block. The report stated that the Ethereum network was at its peak during t...

This Infection-Fighting Biotech Is Recovering Nicely

The stock and fortunes of antibiotic-developer Spero Therapeutics (SPRO)  looked like they were about to get flushed down the toilet … until last week. The company’s primary and only signi...

Pop Culture Collectibles Firm Funko Launches Game of Thrones NFT

A medieval epic fantasy-themed TV series “Game of Thrones”, produced and launched by the American HBO TV network, launched the “Game of Thrones” series NFT on Sunday through th...

Italian Serie ‘A’ Soccer Team AC Milan to Launch NFT Initiative – Metaverse Bitcoin News

AC Milan, a popular soccer team in the Italian Serie A league and the current champion, announced the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT)-based project. The organization established a partnership...

Polkadot (DOT) Price Pumps On Tether News, Breakout Likely

Polkadot (DOT) could validate a long-term bullish pattern with a breakout from a short-term descending wedge. On Sept. 23, Tether announced that it was launching on Polkadot. This provides a stable cu...

1 Million Aussies to Enter Crypto Over the Next 12 Months, Says Swyftx Survey

Australian crypto exchange Swyftx on Monday released a new study survey showing that about one million Australians will buy cryptocurrencies for the first time in the next 12 months.  The new survey q...

Ivory Coast-Based Payments Fintech Secures $5 Million From Its Pre-Series A Funding Round – Fintech Bitcoin News

The Ivorian payments financial technology (fintech) startup, Julaya, recently concluded its pre-Series A round with an additional $5 million capital raise. This brings to $7 million the total capital ...

Walt Disney Seeks Attorney to Explore Emerging Technologies in NFTS

The Walt Disney Company is hiring a deal attorney to explore emerging technologies, including NFTs. According to a job ad posted on LinkedIn, the candidate will work with business teams to assist with...

Crypto Payments May Not Help Russia Bypass Sanctions, Experts Say – Finance Bitcoin News

Russia is preparing to authorize international crypto payments but people involved in the industry doubt this would allow the country to circumvent sanctions. At the same time, the United States has b...

First Product From Finity Touch’s Future Ecosystem Officially Launched – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. Finity Touch will surprise the crypto community with its unique features and an already large but growing ecosystem. The team of Finity Touch is happy to present Finity Sk...

California Gov Vetoes Digital Currency Licensing Bill

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Bill 2269 proposed by State Congressman Tim Grayson on the grounds that a more flexible approach is needed to address crypto regulations. The bill is origin...

DoD Agency DARPA Taps Inca Digital to Assess Crypto Impacts

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a division of the United States Department of Defense (DOD), has tapped Inca Digital to develop mapping tools that can be used to analyze the imp...

Lawsuit against Ooki DAO Takes New Twist as CFTC Commissioner Dissents Ruling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against the Ooki DAO platform for engaging in activities that only regulated entities called futures commission merchants (FCM) can ...

WEF Launches Crypto Sustainability Coalition to Leverage Web3 Technologies in Climate Change Battle – Blockchain Bitcoin News

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Crypto Sustainability Coalition, an initiative dedicated to assessing the role of Web3 technologies in the fight against climate change. The organizatio...

Interpol Issues Red Notice for Terra’s Kwon

Terraform Labs co-founder has been issued with a red notice from Interpol, prosecutors in South Korea claim, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the red notice, law enforcement worldwide h...

Altcoin Watch: Top 3 Tokens to Watch This Week XRP, ALGO, and COMP

Less volatility was experienced in the digital currency ecosystem over the weekend, but a bearish sentiment is still the general outlook. The combined cryptocurrency market cap was still down 1.75% to...

CoinFlex Creditors Backs Company’s Restructuring Plans

With the embattled cryptocurrency trading platform, CoinFlex may be getting headway with its restructuring plans as most of its creditors are backing the idea, as revealed in early voting.  According ...

Ethereum Supply Slowed after ‘the Merge,’ Will It Drive Investment Narrative?

According to data from Ethereum tracker Ultrasound Money, the latest upgrade on Ethereum (the Merge) is lowering the supply of Ether (ETH) in the proof-of-stake consensus. The second larger cryptocurr...

Bitcoin Is ‘100 Times Better Than Gold,’ Says Michael Saylor

Despite the current market pullback, MicroStrategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor remains bullish. The crypto bull not only thinks that Bitcoin will regain its past glory but also sees the fla...

California Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Regulate Crypto — Calls for ‘More Flexible Approach’ – Regulation Bitcoin News

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to regulate crypto in his state. He stressed that “a more flexible approach is needed” to “keep up with rapidly evolving technology and use cases” in...

US Court Authorizes IRS to Issue Summons for Crypto Investors’ Records – Taxes Bitcoin News

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has obtained a “court order authorizing summons for records relating to U.S. taxpayers who failed to report and pay taxes on cryptocurrency transactions.” The IRS co...

Jihan Wu-Backed Crypto Miner Bitdeer Acquires ‘Singapore’s Fort Knox’ for $28.4 Million – Bitcoin News

Sources have disclosed that the digital currency mining operation, Bitdeer Technologies, has purchased a high-security storage and display facility in Singapore called Le Freeport for $28.4 million. B...

Crypto Bill That Would Have Transformed Industry Vetoed by California’s Newsom

Text size California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday vetoed a bill that would have brought strong regulatio...

Ethereum Classic Hashrate Slides 46% Since The Merge, PoW ETH Forks Gather Double-Digit Gains – Bitcoin News

The day of The Merge, Ethereum Classic’s hashrate soared to new highs tapping 306 terahash per second (TH/s) ten days ago on September 15. Since then, however, Ethereum Classic’s computational power h...

Nicolas Maduro Tempts West With an Abundance of Oil and Gas, Venezuelan President Wants Sanctions Lifted – Economics Bitcoin News

Amid the economic rumblings across the world and the energy crisis in Europe, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has said his country is ready to step up and help with oil. Despite the fact that Vene...

Bearish Bets: 3 Big Name Stocks You Should Consider Shorting This Week

Each week we identify names that look bearish and may present interesting investing opportunities on the short side. Using technical analysis of the charts of those stocks, and, when appropriate, rece...

Coinbase Sued over $350M in Damages Due to Patent Infringement

The digital currency exchange platform Coinbase Global Inc. has been sued by Veritaseum Capital LLC over patent infringement in the Delaware Federal Court. Coinbase is a publicly traded company in the...

While the US Dollar Tramples the Euro, Pound and Yen, Russia’s Ruble Skyrockets Against the Greenback – Economics Bitcoin News

While the U.S. dollar has soared in value against a basket of worldwide fiat currencies, Russia’s ruble climbed 4.5% against the greenback this week. During the first week of September, Russia told th...