The sharp increase in global interest rates may have limited investors’ appetite for crypto ventures, but new projects are still flourishing and attracting capital to speed up growth. Data from the Cointelegraph Research Venture Capital Database shows June closed out with a 29.73% decrease in venture capital investments, with just $779.32 million secured in 62
Month: September 2023
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has unanimously approved rules for accounting for the fair value of companies’ cryptocurrency holdings, according to media reports. The rules will go into effect in 2025. The FASB is the United States organization that sets accounting and reporting standards for organizations that follow U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Amid the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delaying a decision on Ark Investment Management’s spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, the firm has proposed an investment vehicle with exposure to Ether (ETH). In a Sept. 6 filing, Ark Invest and 21Shares requested the SEC approve the listing of shares of a spot ETH ETF
Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $25,333 and $26,156 since Sep. 1. Typically, a volatility squeeze is followed by an expansion in volatility but it is difficult to predict the direction of the breakout with certainty. CoinGlass data shows that Bitcoin has fallen for six consecutive years in September. This historic data could keep the
Bitcoin’s (BTC) bullish momentum is “fading” as liquidity shifts preempt a volatile move, a new analysis warns. In an X post on Sep. 6, Keith Alan, co-founder of monitoring resource Material Indicators, flagged fresh shifts on the Binance order book. Analyst: Bitcoin bulls and bears both lack “real strength” BTC’s price has stayed tightly rangebound
A federal judge has ordered that certain bank accounts and property connected to former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky be frozen following a motion from the United States Justice Department. According to a Sept. 5 filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a judge signed off on a request to unseal
Even if you aren’t personally familiar with famed Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, you have surely seen his work. The pop artist’s brightly colored signature characters have appeared on everything from limited edition Louis Vuitton bags to Supreme shirts to Vans skateboarding shoes. Having collaborated with celebrities like Drake, Kanye West and Billie Eilish, and
The total number of wallets on Shiba Inu’s newly launched layer-2 blockchain, the Shibarium network, has surpassed the 1 million mark in a meteoric rise since its relaunch. The milestone — announced in a Sept. 3 blog post by the official Shibarium team — means there were at least 900,000 wallets added since Shibarium’s relaunch
United States-based crypto mining operator Marathon Digital Holdings produced 1,072 Bitcoin (BTC) in August — 9% less than in July but five times more than in August 2022. On Sept. 5, Marathon shared the unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for August. According to the press release, the company increased its U.S. operational hash
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and blockchain technology are likely to displace traditional banks, according to a Russian lawmaker. Anatoly Aksakov, head of Russia’s parliamentary financial committee and a major skeptic of Bitcoin (BTC), has predicted that the traditional banking system will “fade away” with the adoption of the digital ruble, local news agency RIA
Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has launched natively on both Base and Optimism networks, allowing Circle account holders to send USDC stablecoin from their accounts to Base or Optimism. Coinbase has also made USDC transfers to Base available, according to a Sept. 5 social media post. Circle claimed that it is working with “ecosystem partners” to
In a legal battle that has recently come to light on September 4, Ripple Labs Singapore, the Singapore arm of Ripple Inc., has taken legal action against GCC Exchange, a well-known foreign exchange and money transfer app provider. The lawsuit stems from alleged non-payment issues concerning the transfer of XRP liquidity injected by Ripple’s Singapore-based
The potential of a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval to drive prices up is dramatically underestimated by the crypto market, claim analysts from crypto research firm K33 — formerly Arcane Research. In a Sept. 5 market report, K33 senior analyst Vetle Lunde and vice president Anders Helseth said the last three months had
A plurality of experts believe the United States should create a new federal agency dedicated to artificial intelligence governance, according to a survey conducted by Axios, Generation Lab, and Syracuse University. The survey polled 215 computer science professors across 65 of the most prestigious universities in the U.S. on topics related to AI. we polled
Ether (ETH) price surged by 31.3% from March 10 to March 18, coinciding with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s injection of $300 billion to address the insolvency of Silicon Valley Bank.. Since then, Ether’s price consistently maintained a daily closing price above $1,600. However, investors are now casting doubt on Ether’s ability to sustain this support
Bitcoin (BTC) tried to break out of its range last week, but the bulls could not sustain the higher levels. Bitcoin is back inside the range and is trading near the $26,000 level. The price action of the past few days has formed two successive Doji candlestick patterns on the weekly chart, indicating uncertainty about
