On Friday, March 29, 2024, an early bitcoin enthusiast who acquired their holdings in 2012 transferred 100 bitcoins, valued at approximately $6.98 million, at block height 836,813. Roughly 42 blocks later, at block height 836,855, another individual, or possibly the same entity, relocated 500 bitcoins from a wallet established on July 13, 2012, now estimated […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/vintage-bitcoin-vaults-awaken-over-41m-in-btc-moves-after-11-7-years-of-slumber/
This week, the value of gold soared to an unprecedented peak, hitting $2,233 per troy ounce as of March 29. In contrast, silver has not exhibited the same level of brilliance, with its value standing at $24.97 per troy ounce, a significant 91% decline from its all-time high of $47.91 on March 31, 2011. Gold […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/silver-left-behind-as-gold-claims-the-spotlight-with-record-price-spike-to-2233-per-ounce/
Stage and voice actress Sara Poyzer was unceremoniously informed that she had been replaced by artificial intelligence, the Mamma Mia star said Tuesday. Poyzer posted the text of an email message she received from an unnamed production company that said her voice services were no longer needed by the BBC as the broadcaster had given permission to use an AI-generated…
We’ve covered a lot of mobile games that pay players Bitcoin rewards, but Bitcoin Miner is the most literal interpretation we’ve seen to date: You’re mining fake cryptocurrency in this iOS and Android game, but can cash out real Bitcoin. As Decrypt’s GG recently reported, Bitcoin Miner first launched several years ago without real BTC earnings baked in, and it…
On Friday, the Avalanche-based options protocol, Arrow Markets, unveiled its successful $4 million Series A fundraising initiative. The global project aiming to “revolutionize crypto options trading” garners support from prominent backers including Framework Ventures, Delphi Ventures, and the Avalanche Blizzard ecosystem fund. Crypto Options Platform Arrow Markets Bags $4M in Funding Arrow Markets, an options […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/arrow-markets-secures-4m-in-series-a-to-forge-new-paths-in-crypto-options-trading/
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Bitcoin is up over the week, having risen over 10% the past seven days. Its price now stands at $69,966, per CoinGecko—still below the nearly $74,000 all-time high it touched earlier this month. But most of this week’s action has been focused elsewhere: in the world of meme coins and tokens. Out of the…
Ethena, the protocol for the synthetic crypto native dollar, has announced an airdrop of its governance token, ENA, for participants in its shard campaign. The platform has stated that after a 6-week shard operation, 750 million ENA (which is 5% of the total supply) will be airdropped, with the number of shards held by each […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/ethena-details-ena-airdrop-for-shard-holders-announces-bitcoin-sats-campaign/
A report issued by TRM Labs indicated that Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin in the cryptocurrency industry, was the preferred stablecoin used for illicit transactions during 2023. TRM Labs alleges that 1.6% of USDT’s volume was linked to illicit activity last year, with $19.3 billion worth of USDT used in illegal transactional flows. TRM Labs […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/trm-labs-report-tethers-usdt-was-the-go-to-stablecoin-for-illicit-activities-in-2023/
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has proposed several measures to prevent a U.S. debt spiral. The executive explained that the U.S. debt crisis makes it “so easy to convince people to buy bitcoin and other hard assets.” He emphasized that implementing these measures could give the U.S. a chance to avoid a “debt death spiral.” […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/galaxy-ceo-us-debt-crisis-drives-demand-for-bitcoin/
OpenAI, the AI company behind dominant generative AI tool ChatGPT, has unveiled a new voice cloning technology it calls “Voice Engine.” This audio model can replicate a person’s voice, intonation, and other distinctly human speech patterns based on a relatively small sample of original audio. “It is notable that a small model with a single 15-second sample can create emotive…
