Bitcoin Dives to $37,000, Nasdaq Falls Nearly 5% – Trustnodes

The Powell rally did not last longer than an hour as much sudden green gave way to even more red this Thursday. The Nasdaq 3% gain is now a 4.5% fall with Dow Jones and S&P500 likewise shedding of...

Bitcoin Miner Announces Losses – Trustnodes

Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the biggest publicly traded bitcoin miner, had one of the first loss during their first quarter with the company stating: “Despite higher earnings contributions resul...

Binance Opens Shop in France – Trustnodes

Binance, one of the world’s biggest crypto exchange has become the first to secure a license from Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), France’s SEC or FCA. “As the first major global crypto exchange...

Ethereum Gets Ready For Third Mainnet Shadow Fork – Trustnodes

A third and hopefully final Proof of Stake (PoS) shadow fork of the ethereum network is to be performed later today in what might determine just when the merger happens. “All set for tomorrow’s ethere...

Bitcoin Jumps on Powell Hike – Trustnodes

Bitcoin crossed $40,000 and stocks rose by about 2% while Fed chair Jerome Powell addressed the press. Interest rates have been raised by 0.5%, less than the 0.75% some expected. The $9 trillion balan...

Metaverse ETF Starts Trading – Trustnodes

The world’s first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) focused on the metaverse has began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The CI Galaxy Metaverse ETF (CMVX) invests in companies that are “engaged in the ...

MicroStrategy “Never Gets” Margin Called on Bitcoin Loan Says CFO – Trustnodes

MicroStrategy has close to $6 billion worth of bitcoin bought for about $4 billion at a price of circa $30,000, some of it purchased through corporate bond debt notes and a collateralized loan. That i...

Gas Moons, Bitcoin Rises, Stocks Green – Trustnodes

Gas prices have jumped again to near $8.50, their highest level in 14 years, with another 5% added just today in a speedy bull run. Oil is up too by about 4% as Europe stands on the brink of cutting o...

Musk Apes – Trustnodes

Elon Musk has changed his Twitter profile to a collection of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) images pictured above. It isn’t clear whether that means he bought an ape, with some rumors going around he got...

Millions of DAI Borrowed with Real World Assets – Trustnodes

From Fintech loans to ships cargo, tens of million are now being lent and borrowed on Maker dai while collateralized with real world assets. In a bridge of the physical and digital, with NFTs, Merkel ...

John Stewart Hits SEC Wall – Trustnodes

Market democratization has increased stock ownership by the wealthiest 10% to 84% of all stocks, rather than Robinhood and back in the naughties things like e-Toro increasing distribution. That was th...

Bonds Lose Half a Trillion – Trustnodes

Bonds have lost half a trillion last week in one of the worst year for investment assets in decades. The global bonds market fell from near $70 trillion to now $61.7 trillion, a loss of $8 trillion si...

Apes Gift Ethereans $150 Million – Trustnodes

“Fuck Dutch auctions” is how Yuga Labs began their mint of Otherdeed. “We’re sorry,” is how they ended as one of the biggest NFT mint in history gave almost as much to eth holders as to Yuga Labs. 16....

Bitcoin Shrugs Off Futures Expiry – Trustnodes

It’s the last Friday of the month, with CME’s bitcoin futures set to expire at 4PM London time as April gives way to May. Unlike previously however, this time bitcoin seems to have completely ignored ...

Gas Falls, Stocks Turn Green, Bitcoin Rises – Trustnodes

Following a big bull run, gas prices have met resistance again at around $7.50, dropping by 2.5% today to $7.16. Is it a double top? Not a clear one but that’s what some will be hopping with ramificat...

Decentralize Twitter, Armstrong Tells Musk – Trustnodes

There’s a new titan in the block, from space to internet, cars and now social media as the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, moves to acquire one of the world’s most used social media, Twitter. Decentra...

Former French Colony Declares Bitcoin Legal Tender – Trustnodes

One of the poorest country in the world makes the loudest noise in joining El Salvador to declare bitcoin as legal tender. “The adoption of bitcoin as an official currency represents a decisive step t...

Bitcoin Back Under $40,000 as Nasdaq Drops 3% – Trustnodes

Nasdaq has suddenly fallen by 3% after a green Monday that gave hope to suggestions the Chinese rout might be isolated. S&P500 fell close to 2% as well while Dow Jones dropped 1.35%, turning a gre...

Fidelity Adds Bitcoin to Pensions – Trustnodes

Fidelity, one of the world’s biggest asset manager, has launched the Digital Assets Account which incorporates bitcoin as an investment in 401(k) pensions. “As a leader in digital assets, we are thril...

Bitcoin Crosses $42,000 – Trustnodes

Bitcoin has risen above $42,000 following an Easters dip that briefly sent it down to $38,500. That’s still a higher low since January 24th as the crypto attempts to recover from a November plunge. Ma...

Ethereum Second Layers Take the Stage – Trustnodes

All prominent ethereum second layer (L2) projects have gathered in one stage for the first time in Amsterdam at an ongoing two-day technical conference dedicated to Ethereum L2 Scaling. Representative...

Crypto SPAC Raises $100 Million – Trustnodes

One of the first crypto focused special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has raised $115 million in an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Aura FAT Projects Acquisition Corp. debuted on Nasdaq under the...

Jack Dorsey Disses ETH – Trustnodes

The founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has dismissed eth in a reply to ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The two started off in agreement with Buterin cautioning against “wealthy people/orgs hostil...

Sam Altman Invests in NFT Social Network Startup – Trustnodes

Sam Altman, the former president of Y Combinator conservatively estimated to be worth $250 million, has invested in Context, a social network like startup that lets you follow blockchain addresses. Co...

Vitalik Buterin Crashed Ethereum Again – Trustnodes

Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin may have played a role in the May 2021 crash that sent ethereum’s price down from $4,400 at one point, to $1,800. Based on blockchain data, on or around the 15th ...

BlackRock to Manage USDc’s $50 Billion as Custodian Stablecoins Go Fractional Reserve – Trustnodes

The world’s biggest asset manager has just become a bit bigger still, grabbing USDc’s fiat reserves to asset manage. “With the BlackRock partnership, we are expanding on our existing relationship with...

Tokens Jump 50% on Coinbase Listing Announcement – Trustnodes

A number of ethereum based tokens are seeing a huge jump today following a surprise announcement from Coinbase. “As part of an effort to increase transparency by providing as much information symmetry...

Virgil Griffith Sentenced to Five Years – Trustnodes

Virgil Griffith (pictured), a senior employee at the Ethereum Foundation, has been sentenced to five years in prison following his arrest in November 2019 after visiting North Korea. “Griffith began f...

Bitcoin Eases as Shanghai Rises with Yields Historically Inverting – Trustnodes

Bitcoin is chilling out a bit after falling 20% in the past week, down 5% just this Monday amid market readjustments. The biggest crypto even fell below $40,000 briefly as some were amused by the live...

Do Kwon Buys 4,000 Bitcoin, Another $100 Million Transferred – Trustnodes

The founder of Luna stablecoin, Do Kwon, bought more than 4,000 bitcoin this weekend, worth close to $170 million. His bitcoin address had 35,767 BTC on April 6th. It’s now up to 39,897, worth $1.6 bi...

Ethereum Shadow Forks – Trustnodes

The ethereum live network has been shadow forked for the first time in its seven year old history. “We’ve been finalizing and producing blocks!” – says Parithosh Jayanthi, a developer at the Ethereum ...

Bitcoin is a Strategic National Security Opportunity Says Paper – Trustnodes

“The current dollar system is increasingly working against our national interests,” says Matthew Pines, a project manager for the Cadmus team supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a...