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Biggest Movers: SOL Hits Near 1-Year High, Gaining 9% on Monday
[Oct 30, 2023 10:00 AM] Solana surged to near a one-year high to start the week, as bulls pushed the cryptocurrency above the $35.00 level. Today’s surge comes as the global crypto market cap rallied, following a recent bout of consolidation. Avalanche also edged higher…
Bitcoin Difficulty Soars to Record 62.46 Trillion, Miners Unfazed Amidst Tight Competition Between Foundry and Antpool
[Oct 30, 2023 7:30 AM] On October 29, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty rose 2.35%, reaching a record 62.46 trillion. This uptick represented the fourth consecutive rise over the preceding six weeks. The next difficulty epoch is slated for November 12, 2023, and as it stands…
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Moves Back Above $1,800, BTC Remains Near Recent Highs
[Oct 30, 2023 6:30 AM] Ethereum once again rallied above the $1,800 level on Monday, ahead of a highly significant week of U.S. economic data. Over the next few days consumer confidence, and nonfarm payrolls will be reported, ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting…
South African Crypto Platform Pins Hope on ‘Phased Asset Recovery’ Proposal
[Oct 30, 2023 5:30 AM] A South African crypto investment platform has expressed hopes that an asset recovery proposal will result in users regaining access to funds blocked after its custody partner froze withdrawals. The crypto platform said it has also engaged…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Blasts ‘Scorched Earth’ Approach Against LBRY
[Oct 30, 2023 12:30 AM] Hester Peirce, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a statement of dissent that referred to how the commission dealt with the LBRY case. Peirce criticized the approach that the SEC took when, according to her…
Reclaiming The Crypto Title: The Primacy Of PoW And Cryptography
[Oct 29, 2023 11:00 PM] The term "crypto" has become a buzzword, encompassing a wide range of digital assets. Amongst Bitcoiners, it has also become a derogatory term used to refer to altcoins, as seen in the oft-repeated phrase “Bitcoin, Not Crypto.” However, not…
Lucky Solo Miner With 11 PH/s Bags Bitcoin Block Reward Amid Giant Pools
[Oct 29, 2023 10:30 PM] Recent insights reveal that a solo miner successfully mined block 814,308 employing a mere 11 petahash per second (PH/s) of mining power. This feat was achieved through Solo Ckpool, a service for solo miners endowed with lower hashrates or older…
Deutsche Post Launches Crypto Stamp With AI-Generated Images of Historical Sites
Hackers Steal $4.4 Million From 25 Users of Lastpass Password Management App
[Oct 29, 2023 4:30 PM] Digital assets worth approximately $4.4 million were reportedly stolen from more than 80 addresses belonging to 25 users of the password management app Lastpass. Crypto theft investigator Zachxbt has urged crypto asset holders using the password…
Vaneck Charts the Course of Solana’s Future With 2030 Valuation Study
[Oct 29, 2023 2:30 PM] Vaneck, a leading digital asset manager, has recently unveiled a study on the network Solana, providing a wide spectrum of SOL valuation scenarios for the year 2030. Authored by Patrick Bush, the senior investment analyst, of digital assets, and…
As Gold and BTC Rise Key US Equities Index Now Down By Over 10% from July 31 Peak
[Oct 29, 2023 10:30 AM] The key U.S. equities index the S&P 500 has now declined by just over 10% from its July 31 peak on fears that the U.S. economy is headed for a recession. One expert characterized the index’s drop as the first correction since the market…
Bitcoin Ordinal Inscriptions Defy Downturn, Embark on Resurgence as Daily Counts Soar
[Oct 29, 2023 8:30 AM] Over the weekend, the cumulative count of Ordinal inscriptions briskly surpassed the 36 million milestone, signaling a departure from the month-long downturn in daily onchain inscription issuances. While the staggering peaks of early September…
Blackrock / BTC Price Speculation, Musk Wants ‘Comprehensive Deregulation,’ Kiyosaki Not Trying to Be Warren Buffet — Week in Review
Anthropic’s $2 Billion Deal With Google Brings Hope to FTX Creditors
Trading Slump Wiped $12 Billion From Binance Founder’s Fortune, Bloomberg Says
[Oct 29, 2023 12:30 AM] Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has reportedly lost nearly $12 billion from his wealth amid declining crypto trading volumes this year. According to Bloomberg’s estimates, the world’s largest trading platform for digital assets has seen…
SEC Wants $770 Million From Ripple — Lawyer Says SEC Is ‘Pissed and Embarrassed’
Mark Cuban Explains What Crypto’s Really About — Says It’s Missing Application ‘Grandma Really Wants to Use’
Sky-High Surges to Staggering Losses — Unpacking the Crypto Market’s 300-Day Journey
[Oct 28, 2023 2:00 PM] Year-to-date, the dynamic landscape of crypto data reveals a 106% surge in bitcoin (BTC) value against the U.S. dollar. However, it’s noteworthy that it does not clinch the title of the top performer in this period. A closer look at the…
From Airbnb to Bahamas Elite — Bankman-Fried Testifies About FTX’s Operations and Alameda
[Oct 28, 2023 12:00 PM] Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand in his fraud trial on Friday, October 27, 2023, and was questioned by his lawyer about the operations of FTX and its relationship with affiliated crypto trading firm Alameda Research. Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial…
FDUSD’s Meteoric Rise: 62% Surge in Supply and 6th Highest Trading Volume Globally
[Oct 28, 2023 10:00 AM] In the span of the past 85 days, the recently introduced stablecoin known as FDUSD has witnessed a significant surge in its circulating supply, soaring by 62% since the commencement of August. This surge in supply has propelled FDUSD into the…
Bitcoin Miners Brace for 4th Consecutive Difficulty Rise Amidst Hashrate Surge
[Oct 28, 2023 8:02 AM] Despite facing a formidable difficulty level of 61.03 trillion, bitcoin miners are gearing up for their fourth consecutive difficulty rise set to unfold on October 30, 2023. Surprisingly, the previous three surges in difficulty failed to thwart…
Biggest Movers: LINK Nears 18-Month High on Saturday, as Bulls Extend Momentum
[Oct 28, 2023 7:30 AM] Chainlink moved towards an 18-month high to start the weekend, following a second day of bullish momentum. The cryptocurrency rose by as much as 7% in today’s session, despite the global market cap mostly consolidating on Saturday. Cardano…
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Rebounds From Recent Declines to Start the Weekend
[Oct 28, 2023 5:34 AM] Bitcoin started the weekend tracking around the $34,000 level, as prices rebounded following a two-day winless run. The cryptocurrency has begun to consolidate in recent days, following strong gains earlier in the week. Ethereum moved back closer…
South Koreans Fascinated With Altcoins More Than Americans, Research Shows
[Oct 28, 2023 4:30 AM] South Korean crypto traders are more inclined to invest in high-risk, high-reward altcoins than their American counterparts, according to a new report. The share of major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum in the trading volumes on the…
State Channels ‘Significantly Reduce Congestion and Transaction Fees,’ Ideal for Decentralized Exchanges — Louis Bellet
[Oct 28, 2023 3:00 AM] According to Louis Bellet, the founder of the Layer-3 peer-to-peer protocol Yellow Network, crypto trading has not scaled largely because it remains unregulated in many places which in turn “greatly slows down its growth and produces tons of…
$720 Million Lost via 117 Hacking Incidents in Q3 of 2023 — Study
[Oct 28, 2023 1:30 AM] During Q3 of 2023, there were a total of 117 hacks in which $720 million was stolen via access control breaches and rug pulls among other security incidents, a new study has found. While the losses ($49.80 million) from rug-pull incidents are…
Alex Jones Lost a 10K-Bitcoin Stash Gifted by Max Keiser — Now He Can Regain It Doing a Quiz
[Oct 28, 2023 12:00 AM] International journalist and Bitcoin maximalist Max Keiser is giving Infowars host Alex Jones the chance of regaining a gift of 10,000 bitcoin he lost. According to Keiser, Jones will have the chance to recover the stash by answering a trivia round…
US Lawmakers Ask DOJ to Consider Criminal Charges Against Binance and Tether
[Oct 27, 2023 9:00 PM] Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to consider criminal charges against Binance and Tether, alleging that the two crypto platforms were used to fund Hamas. “We urge the Department of Justice to carefully evaluate the…
New Law Expands Police Powers to Seize Crypto in UK
[Oct 27, 2023 7:30 PM] A new law that gives law enforcement agencies greater powers to seize, freeze, and recover crypto assets has entered into force in the U.K. The law introduces provisions for police to “seize crypto assets more easily and convert them into…