Bitcoin fell to $39,600 before bouncing to $40,500 with it down again to $39,800 while tensions in Ukraine keep escalating with the Russian controlled Luhansk and Donetsk now being evacuated by Russia...
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Bitcoin Crashes 7% as Russia Roils Markets – Trustnodes
Bitcoin has fallen by more than $4,000 to $40,800 at one point amid market concerns about increased tensions between Ukraine and Russia that threaten to breakout into all out war. There are suggestion...
Defi is a “Bona Fide Financial Revolution” Says Niall Ferguson – Trustnodes
Niall Ferguson, one of the most prominent living historian of finance, has called decentralized finance (defi) a genuine revolution. “DeFi looks like a bona fide financial revolution, taking advantage...
Russian Stocks Plunge, Bitcoin Falls as Putin YoYos Markets – Trustnodes
The Russian stocks RTS index has dived 5% today with Nasdaq down 1.75% while European stocks fell close to 1%. Bitcoin, after nearing $45,000 again, fell just below $42,000, while oil is a bit up for ...
Chewing Gum Spy Received $100,000 in Crypto – Trustnodes
Jonathan Toebbe, 43, of Maryland has pleaded guilty to selling out his country for $100,000 in crypto. The former US Navy nuclear engineer had information related to military sensitive design elements...
How War and Politics Became Global Culture and Memes – Trustnodes
A war in Ukraine will not be fought primarily on the streets, but in the digital realm, where a global army now has mobilized with memes and high tech to make what would be most awful, also a hilariou...
Bitcoin Crosses $44,000 as Scholz Demands No War – Trustnodes
Bitcoin began jumping overnight during Shanghai trading hours and further rose earlier today to above $44,000, increasing by 5%. Oil fell 3.5% to $92.44 while gold dropped 1.3% to $1,845. Stocks are u...
The Elf Heads Off to Meet the Cartoon Villain – Trustnodes
The world at night looks crazy bright across Europe, with the once darker corners transformed in just thirty years of democracy and liberalism. The devastation that many of these countries saw followi...
Why NFTs Are Roar – Trustnodes
2022 was more 2002 during this year’s halftime show at the Super Bowl where the ragy Eminem, the so 2004 Go Shally 50 Cent and the 90s California Dr Dre took the stage to still entertain. They missed ...
BlockFi Settles With SEC on Crypto Lending – Trustnodes
Washington D.C., Feb. 14, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged BlockFi Lending LLC (BlockFi) with failing to register the offers and sales of its retail crypto lending product. ...
Coinbase Ad Bedazzles the Super Bowl – Trustnodes
Just a black screen, just some 90s game music, and just a QR code floating around the screen like a ping pong. It’s a virus! – says one. What is it? – says another. Scan eet scan eet! – say some more....
Stocks Drop, Oil Jumps, Bitcoin Holds as Scholz Prepares For Moscow – Trustnodes
The German DAX is down 3.1% today while the French CAC index has lost 3.2% amidst some papers claiming Europe is 48 hours from war. The Russian RTS index lost close to 5% at one point in a volatile da...
How Will Markets React to War in Ukraine – Trustnodes
Bread prices will go up across the world if war breaks out in Ukraine, Europe’s bread basket. They account for some 30% of global corn production, with their vast fields and ordinary trade potentially...
Vitalik Buterin Speaks Out Against War in Ukraine – Trustnodes
The Russian born ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has spoken out against what is rumored to be an imminent invasion of Ukraine. “An attack on Ukraine can only harm Russia, Ukraine and humanity,” ...
Bitcoin Sideways on Resistance as Inflation Joggles with the Crypto Super Bowl – Trustnodes
Bitcoin has spent about a week at current levels, not moving much up or down even as stocks had a fairly green week. Bitcoin didn’t follow stocks however after resistance at $45,000, although it did b...
The Crypto Super Bowl, Will it Change Bitcoin? – Trustnodes
Beer, food, cars, sport and bitcoin, you can’t get more American or bread and circus than this year’s Super Bowl that is expected to be viewed by 117 million. They’ll apparently hear from Coinbase, wh...
ECB Tells Banks to Prepare For Russian Cyber Attacks, Bitcoin Unaffected – Trustnodes
The European Central Bank (ECB) has turned its attention to the potential risk of cyber attacks emanating from Russia in the event of an escalation of tensions in Ukraine. Banks have been conducting c...
Bitcoin Waves After Crossing $45,000 – Trustnodes
Bitcoin has dipped a bit following a spike during 5AM UTC, which would be Shanghai trading hours. Stocks rose there with the Shanghai index (SHCOMP) adding 0.65% while Nasdaq has gained 1%. Bitcoin fe...
Bitcoin Crowdfunding Ukrainian Defense and Hacktivists – Trustnodes
Ukrainians at the frontlines of support efforts to defend their nation are turning to bitcoin to fund operations. Elliptic, a blockchain data analytics startup, says the second half of 2021 – when ten...
Bitfinex Thieves Arrested, $3.6 Billion Bitcoin Seized – Trustnodes
The US Justice Department has announced the arrest of two individuals for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, one of the biggest and oldes...
“We Supply the Grid and Clean-up Waste Coal” Bitcoin Miner Tells Elizabeth Warren – Trustnodes
“We employ 21st century crypto mining techniques to remediate the impacts of 19th and 20th century coal mining in some of the most environmentally neglected regions of the United States.” – Stronghold...
Top Four Accounting Firm Buys Bitcoin and ETH For Treasury Reserves – Trustnodes
KPMG, one of the big four accounting firm with 236,000 employees and $32 billion in yearly revenue, has bought bitcoin and ethereum for its treasury reserves. “Investors such as hedge funds and family...
Bitcoin Crosses $44,000, New Wave or Spring 2018? – Trustnodes
Bitcoin has risen above $44,000 as GoFundMe gives the digital currency a much needed boost with the Canadian middle class now waving the bitcoin flag. Stocks were up a bit as well, but Nasdaq has turn...
Cryptos Rise as Bitcoiner Runs For Prime Minister While Freedom Convoy Raises $400,000 BTC – Trustnodes
Canada may soon be ruled by a bitcoiner as Pierre Marcel Poilievre announced he is running for Prime Minister with 14 endorsements already secured from MPs to run the conservative party. Bitcoin rose ...
Turkey Enters Galloping Inflation – Trustnodes
Inflation is galloping in Turkey, jumping to 48.69% in January from 36% in December, itself a jump from 21% in November as pictured above. That makes this the worst rate of inflation since 2004 when i...
Kraken Launches Proof of Reserves – Trustnodes
Kraken, one of the biggest and oldest crypto exchange has launched a method to prove that it holds 100% of the crypto assets deposited. “A Proof of Reserves (PoR) is an independent audit conducted by ...
Bitcoin Recovers Amid Stock Volatility While Putin and Xi Open Olympics – Trustnodes
Bitcoin is back to about $38,000 after dipping to $36,400 yesterday as Nasdaq ended up down 3.74% in one of the worst day for stocks in months. After trading hours earnings from Amazon and Snap howeve...
GameStop To Launch NFT Marketplace on Ethereum’s ImmutableX – Trustnodes
GameStop (GME) seems to have ditched their plans to use snark based Loopring, and is opting instead for starks on ImmutableX. “The ImmutableX L2 protocol will be powering GameStop’s upcoming NFT marke...
Euro Spikes Against The Dollar as Lagarde Hints at Tightening – Trustnodes
The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates at zero but Christine Lagarde, ECB’s president, said there was “unanimous concern” among policy makers about inflation. “Compared with our expec...
Coinbase Claims 10,000 Institutional Investors in Bitcoin and ETH – Trustnodes
The biggest bitcoin and crypto exchange in USA, Coinbase, has 10,000 institutional investors on its platform. That’s according to Brett Tejpaul (pictured right), Head of Coinbase Institutional. Speaki...