Asset manager Rothschild investment Corp has acquired 265,302 shares from the Grayscale Ethereum Trust, a purchase worth $4.75 million. According to an SEC filing on April 15, the firm also bought an additional 8,000 shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), now owning a total of 38,346 shares. Not The Rothschild You Think Rothschild Investment...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, Cayman Islands, 19th April, 2021, Chainwire] BlockSwap Network prepares the final steps to begin its Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapper pool. The event will facilitate the distribution of cBSN tokens from April 19 to April 22, 2021. This ERC-20 token is for the BlockSwap Community Net, providing users with access to current...Read More
Jubilant Foodworks, the organization that operates the franchise of Domino’s Pizza in India and several other countries, have reportedly experienced a significant data breach. The hackers offer to sell sensitive information on the dark web, and they asked for a payment of 10 bitcoins. A Security Breach at Domino’s India According to a recent report,...Read More
TIME Magazine has doubled down on its cryptocurrency endeavors by enabling bitcoin and other assets to be used as a form of payment for digital subscriptions. The innovation comes a few weeks after the New York City-based magazine partnered with Grayscale to produce educational crypto videos and be paid in BTC. TIME Readers to Purchase...Read More
[Featured Content] With the current bitcoin bull run and greater institutional support, more people than ever are entering the industry, and more products are being introduced to accommodate this growing demand. One of the latest of these comes from Digitex, a commission-free exchange. The firm has announced on April 15, 2021, that its new spot...Read More
Despite the massive interest from central banks for CBDCs, nearly 70% of the projects are running only pilot programs and are far away from an actual launch. The Bahamas and Cambodia are the leading countries in a ranking listed by PwC while the biggest economy in Asia – China lines up third. CBDCs Are Not...Read More
[Press Release – SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, 19th April, 2021] Raze Network, a Substrate-based platform for Privacy, has successfully completed its triple IDO on Pools, DuckStarter, and Bounce. Earlier, the team has raised $2.2 million in seed and private funding rounds, confirming this privacy-oriented approach’s viability. The subsequent Balancer and Uniswap LBP listings also attracted. The release...Read More
This weekend’s market moves saw Bitcoin as well as the majority of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation dip in price by 10 percent or more, with record trading and some exchanges experiencing technical difficulties. In past years, as we’ve scaled, overloads in busy periods have been a particularly frustrating issue for our users....Read More
UPDATE: At 04:45 UTC on 20 April 2021, Binance was reintroduced to the BitMEX indices. Effective 20 April 2021 at 02:00 UTC, BitMEX will temporarily remove Binance from its indices in response to Binance’s scheduled downtime, which was announced earlier today. Scheduled downtime on Binance is expected to last for 2 hours and will affect...Read More
Chapter 5 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. The Blocksize...Read More
China is a country well-known for its support toward the ‘blockchain not bitcoin’ narrative. The country attempted to clamp down on cryptocurrencies more than once, but it appears that it’s now softening its stance, even taking a somewhat positive approach towards Bitcoin. Bitcoin as an Alternative Investment Tool Speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia...Read More
Bitcoin dumped 12.5% in a matter of hours over the weekend sliding from $61,450 in late trading on Saturday to bottom out at $53,750 the following day according to Tradingview. Monday morning Asian trading has seen the asset recover somewhat but analysts are looking at what may have caused the cascade that resulted in $10...Read More
