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Newsletter decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.The DeFi ecosystem was once again an exploiter’s paradise this past week as lending protocol Euler Finance fell victim to a flash loan attack…
According to Variety, her work was going to be presented at the Louvre "courtesy of Superchief Gallery NFT" and would premiere on March 21. The "Superchief-Louvre show," as Variety wrote, would be a showing of her latest collection titled "can i…
News USDC) losing its peg, could negatively affect stablecoin adoption and potentially increase calls for regulation, argued credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service. In its latest “Sector Comment” report published on March 16, Moody’s says fiat-backed stablecoins could face new resistance following USDC’s…
“When you go down that path of arguing, ‘It’s some data derived from the image in a certain way,’ well, that’s just a copy,” says Butterick. “It’s just a fancy way of figuring out how to store the data and regenerate…
“That means that billions of dollars went to creators but, more importantly, an even larger number went to owners of the assets of these entities that fueled an industry that made it possible to create companies like Blur, OpenSea or Magic…
News announced on March 17 that it has replaced the Binance USD (BUSD) holdings in its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) with TrueUSD (TUSD) and Tether (USDT). The move comes in response to Paxos’ recent move to stop minting new BUSD,…
Market Analysis BTC) was the biggest winner among the top 20 coins, up 31.5%, though some altcoins gained 50% or more during the period.Total crypto market cap in USD, 12-hour. Source: TradingViewThe surge in cryptocurrency prices occurred as the United States…
How to crypto cryptocurrency trading, a “buy wall” is a massive buy order, or multiple buy orders, around a particular price level. Conversely, a “sell wall” is a significant accumulation of sell orders at a given price level.Before understanding how buy…
Nonetheless, the timing by regulators is significant, Vullo said. By quickly dealing with SVB and Signature, bank regulators were able to “send a very strong message to the public that the system is OK and that we're going to take care…
News discussed setting up the non-U.S. platform with some of its institutional clients. The reported move came amid many U.S. lawmakers and regulators taking aim at crypto firms for their perceived role in the failure of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank,…
A meaningful future of fandom in Web3 can mean many things: a culture of loyalty, financial freedom, collective ideals and ownership, shared success and even challenges. While we've come a long way as an industry and community, we still have a…
Those companies deposited the funds at SVB, which in turn made what must have seemed a conservative investment choice at that time: It plowed the cash into long-term U.S. government bonds and mortgage-backed securities. The problem was that in January 2022,…
News it doesn’t take much to topple a distressed multi-billion-dollar firm. On March 10, California regulators officially shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) 48 hours after the company disclosed it was in financial distress. As Cointelegraph reported at the time, SVB…
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Opinion When I warned about chokepoint a month ago, I didn’t think in a million years that they would go 100x further and actually take down the top 3 crypto-facing banks. It’s breathtaking. And this wasn’t an accident. It was a…
Price Analysis vulnerability of banks in the U.S. and Europe. A silver lining for cryptocurrency investors is that Bitcoin (BTC) has remained decoupled from the equities markets and has risen to its highest level since Jan. 12.Galaxy Digital founder and CEO…
Like all tumors, this one should be excised: MacAskill’s continued presence at Oxford, in particular, is a nasty, dripping blemish on the face of the entire field of academic philosophy. Unfortunately, the FTX story has become an object lesson in how…
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Opinion How credible is the ‘Operation Chokepoint’ theory?These struggling banks loaded up on long-term treasury bonds during a period of near-zero interest rates and at a time when the United States Federal Reserve continued to try to mollify banks that they…
News suggested lawmakers should consider banning cryptocurrencies as a “lesson” from the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank in the United States, referring to digital assets as “speculative poison.” Members of the European Parliament have been discussing…
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Coinbase shares were up close to 7%, while those of MicroStrategy (MSTR), which holds billions of dollars of bitcoin on its balance sheet, were up 7.7%. Crypto mining stocks were up significantly, as well, led by Riot Platforms (RIOT), up 12%.…
News BTC) volatility futures, giving investors a direct way to measure and trade BTC market volatility. On March 17, Deribit introduced BTC DVOL futures — a derivatives contract built on the Deribit Bitcoin Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of the…
AdefeyiTimi AdeyelojaMar 17·10 min readImage by Peter Patel from PixabayIntroduction to ERC-20If you’re new to blockchain and cryptocurrency, you may be wondering what exactly is ERC-20. ERC-20 is a technical standard for tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. It outlines a set…
PVMihalacheMar 17·5 min read·One of the biggest news that involves blockchain and football was Peter McCormack buying Bedford FC! The host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast rebranded the club as Real Bedford FC. Bedford’s new head chairman pledged to help…
Crypto BeatMar 15·5 min read·Photo by Mikael Seegen on UnsplashOver the past decade, cryptocurrencies have gained a lot of popularity, attracting billions of dollars in investment and creating millionaires overnight. However, despite this growth, the cryptocurrency industry is still grappling with…
Crypto BeatMar 15·4 min read·Photo by Levart_Photographer on UnsplashThe world of cryptocurrency has seen immense growth over the years, and it has become a popular investment option for many. With a wide range of cryptocurrencies available in the market, it can…
Crypto BeatMar 15·4 min read·Photo by Kanchanara on UnsplashCryptocurrencies have been around for more than a decade now and have shown incredible potential as an investment option. The year 2023 is expected to be a big year for cryptocurrencies, with many…
Wild-West.TradeMar 15·4 min readAre you looking for ways to make money in the world of cryptocurrency? Look no further than Wild-West.Trade. This KYC free peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange offers a range of opportunities to buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as…
JohnwegeMar 15·4 min read·If there is one thing that you need to recognize about being invested in Bitcoin; it’s that it isn’t about timing the market; it’s about time in the market. This last week was once again a great lesson…
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DoogieMar 16·2 min read·If you want to support these articles, and you want access to millions of articles from other Medium partners, signup for a membership here! https://medium.com/@Doogie33/membershipThe Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service is a modern instant payment solution designed to address…
Srinivas JoshiMar 13·6 min readWhat is it?The commit-reveal scheme is a technique used in blockchain-based applications to ensure the fairness, transparency, and security of various activities such as voting, auctions, lotteries, quizzes, and gift exchanges. The scheme involves two steps: commit…
Crypto BeatMar 16·3 min read·The Fear and Greed Index is a tool that helps investors and traders understand the sentiment of the market. It shows the extent to which the market is fearful and greedy. It is called the Fear and…
And yes, if we wanted, we could do it on a blockchain. If a real dollar were issued on a real, public blockchain like Ethereum (not a “permissioned chain” that only a few parties can access or administer), the financial infrastructure…
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Overview natural language processing (NLP) methods to ascertain the general mood toward such things. To accomplish this, a sizable collection of product reviews from Amazon can be gathered by using web scraping methods or an Amazon product API.One of my favorite…
“I guess there was demand,”Ghahary says, “because when they sold packs [at that time], it would sell out. And you could flip it and make money. But as they pumped out more supply, values started dropping, and people started leaving. Even…
Market Update BTC) hit new nine-month highs on March 17 as the latest events in the growing United States banking crisis boosted crypto markets.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBanking crisis volatility sees $27,000 BTC priceData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and…
Analysis BTC) white paper was published in 2008. Much needs to be done to advance both of these technologies, but the zones of convergence between the two will be exciting to watch.While the hype is around AI, a lot goes on…
News identified the flaw and notified the BitGo team in December 2022. The vulnerability was related to BitGo Threshold Signature Scheme (TSS) wallets and had the potential to expose the private keys of exchanges, banks, businesses and users of the platform.The…
Event Recap Student builders at ETHDenver 2023. Photo credit: Tim GilliesFor example, Rosen noted that Stanford’s “0xPass” team was present at ETHDenver 2023 to demonstrate how account abstraction could be used in the future to enable Web3 wallets to be externally…
Volmex's bitcoin implied volatility index (BVIV) and ether implied volatility index (EVIV) measure the expected price turbulence over 30 days, derived from real-time crypto call and put options. The indexes can be considered analogous to Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX…
Follow up artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, believes the events of the last seven days could be bullish for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Cosmos’ ATOM (ATOM), according to an AI-trading experiment run by Cointelegraph. The experiment is aimed at understanding GPT-4’s potential…
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Breaking news said that the funds of its venture capital arm, SVB Capital, and the broker-dealer SVB Securities, as well as funds of general partner entities, are not included in the bankruptcy proceedings. The entities will continue to operate in an…
Podcast served the likes of Paxos Trust, Celsius Network and other major crypto firms now suffering due to the recent decisions taken by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and New York State Department of Financial Services.Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) reportedly…
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is back trading above $26,000 for the second time this week, up 7.5% in the last 24 hours. The coin has been trading between $24,000 and $26,700 over the past week. Investors who went away for…
Trading firms were quick to jump on the USD coin (USDC) long trade last weekend as the stablecoin, which was meant to be pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar, fell to as low as 87 cents on news that Circle Internet…