Solana (SOL) has enjoyed a hefty price surge, outperforming the rest of what is already a bullish market. SOL has increased by over 10.1% in the past day, reaching a monthly peak of $22.50, per CoinGecko data. The swift rise up also left nearly $2.7 million in liquidated, with more than 92% of that figure made up of blown short…
Month: April 2023
TemDAO World Heritage Project Helps the Cultural Sector through Democracy-Fueled Donations – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Tokyo, Japan, April 11th 2023, Chainwire. TemDAO is a world heritage project that seeks to protect and preserve cultural assets through donations and democracy. The project, powered by the $TEM token, ensures the long-term sustainability of global cultural sites. Recently, TemDAO has made notable donations for preservation efforts in Ukraine, Turkey, and other regions worldwide. These…
What is a crypto dusting attack, and how do you avoid it?
While it’s unlikely for cryptocurrency users to become victims of dusting episodes, they should still take a few steps to protect themselves against such crypto attacks. Due to increasingly high transaction fees, especially on the Bitcoin blockchain, it’s become more expensive for a hacker to launch a crypto dusting attack compared to a few years ago. Still, cryptocurrency users should…
Bitcoin price faces ‘bearish divergence’ amid $22K correction target
Bitcoin (BTC) held $30,000 as support before the April 11 Wall Street open as fresh doubts emerged over the strength of the rally. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC price finally tackles $30,000 resistance cloud Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it hit ten-month highs of $30,438 on Bitstamp. Almost one month in the…
Ripple, Montenegro sign deal on project for unspecified national digital currency
The Central Bank of Montenegro announced on April 11 that it had signed an agreement with Ripple for the development of a strategy and pilot program for a Montenegrin digital currency in the form of a central bank digital currency, or a stablecoin. The country has used the euro as its currency since its introduction in 2002, despite not being…
G20 countries aim to develop global framework against crypto-related risks
The G20 — an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union — has planned to develop a common framework for helping all countries deal with risks associated with cryptocurrency investments. Under India’s presidency, G20 called for coordinated global crypto policies — a vision put forth by the country’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. However, with multiple ecosystem collapses impacting…
Utility and long-term profits top reasons for NFT purchases: CoinGecko study
Utility and long-term profits have been ranked as the top reasons for buying non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to a survey conducted by CoinGecko and Blockchain Research Lab. An April 10 CoinGecko report found most considered how much utility an NFT collection offers and the benefits of holding the token before buying with over 77% of respondents saying using an NFT…
AI bots mingled at a bar and had a party when researchers gave them a town
A society of 25 artificial intelligence (AI) bots were observed waking up, cooking breakfast, heading to work, going to the bar for lunch with friends and even throwing a party by six researchers who created a town for the bots. The researchers from Google and Stanford University explained in an April 7 paper titled “Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human…
Strategist Expects US Recession by Year-End, Fed Tightening to Drag Down Economy – Economics Bitcoin News
Investment bank MPS Capital Services has warned that the U.S. economy will be in a recession by year-end. The firm’s strategist predicts that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by an additional 25 basis points, warning that the central bank’s monetary tightening “will drag down on the economy.” Strategist’s Recession and Rate Hike Predictions Luca Mannucci, head of Market…
FTX’s bankruptcy lawyers and advisors pocket $32.5M in February
February’s round of legal expenses for bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has been published and it remains a scary figure for debtors. A series of court filings from April 4 to April 10 detailed the monthly fee statements for February of the law firms involved with FTX’s bankruptcy proceedings which come to a combined total of around $32.5 million. The figure…