Investment banking giant JPMorgan has reportedly unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to analyze Federal Reserve statements and speeches to detect potential trading signals. On April 27, Bloomberg reported the Wall Street investment bank is using a ChatGPT-based language model to digest comments from United States central bankers. These Fed policy signals will be rated on a scale from easy…
Month: April 2023
‘You Need Bitcoin’ — Critics Insist BTC Is Too Volatile – Featured Bitcoin News
Micheal Saylor, the founder of Microstrategy, has told people living in inflation-stricken Argentina that they now “need bitcoin.” While many bitcoiners have welcomed Saylor’s suggestion, a few critics have said the top crypto asset’s volatility makes it an unsuitable alternative for the faltering local currency. The Dollarization Option As the Argentinian currency — the peso — continued with the slide…
CTFC wins record $3.4B penalty payment in Bitcoin-related fraud case
A record-breaking $3.4 billion penalty has been handed down by a Judge in a lawsuit brought by a United States financial regulator involving a fraudulent scheme involving Bitcoin (BTC). An April 27 statement from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Texas District Court Judge Lee Yeakel ordered Cornelius Johannes Steynberg to pay the sum for his role in perpetrating…
Former President Donald Trump Says US Dollar Is Crashing — Warns ‘We’re Very Close’ to World War III – Economics Bitcoin News
Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. dollar is crashing and soon will “no longer be the world standard.” The former president of the United States further warned that “we are very close” to a third world war happening. “Joe Biden has led us to the very brink of World War III,” he stressed. Trump on Inflation, Dollar Crashing, World…
Former FTX exec Ryan Salame’s home searched by FBI: Report
The home of former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame has reportedly been searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as further scrutiny falls on the executive for his close advisory role to Sam Bankman-Fried. An April 27 report from The New York Times, citing people with knowledge of the matter, said the Bureau searched Salame’s $4 million home in Potomac,…
SEC’s Gary Gensler takes another swipe at crypto in educational video
Another swipe has been taken at the crypto industry by the chair of the United States securities regulator, who claimed many crypto platforms are operating in violation of securities laws. In an April 27 tweet, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler shared a 4-minute video of himself describing crypto assets as “investment contracts” before calling on platforms that…
Beleaguered Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Inks Deal with Core Scientific
Despite some recent struggles, New York Bitcoin miner Greenidge today announced it was emerging from hard times to expand operations through a partnership with Core Scientific. In an announcement Thursday, the miner said that Core Scientific will host 6,914 of Greenidge’s mining rigs as part of a one-year partnership. Core Scientific is a miner with facilities in Dalton, Georgia, and…
Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Dominates NFT Sales With 35% Share
Yuga Labs, the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, continues to dominate the NFT market—and accounts for a nearly 35% share of all NFT trading volume over the last six months, according to a new report by DappRadar. In addition to the Bored Ape Yacht Club and its associated collections, including the Mutant Ape Yacht Club and Otherside metaverse…
Robert Kiyosaki Warns of Economic Chaos, War Breaking Out, Gold Crashing – Economics Bitcoin News
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has warned of economic chaos, a war breaking out, hyperinflation, and rising starvation. Commenting on de-dollarization on a “massive scale,” he stressed: “It’s a weaponization of our U.S. dollar against the world … It’s all coming down fast right now.” Robert Kiyosaki on De-Dollarization on ‘Massive Scale’ The author of Rich Dad Poor…
Coinbase execs respond to SEC’s Wells notice in person and on video
Executives of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase took their company’s regulatory issues to the public on April 27, with chief legal officer Paul Grewal speaking at Consensus 2023 and appearing with CEO Brian Armstrong in a video released on YouTube. The appeal was in response to a Wells notice received by the firm, a notification by the United States Securities and Exchange…