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About a month or so ago, Silicon Valley Bank (often known as SVB) went kaput and crashed, and many analysts said it was one of the biggest financial collapses to happen in America since the days of 2008 and the Great Recession. Silicon Valley Bank Has Gone Under During that time, as we all remember, banks like Washington Mutual either collapsed into a heaping pile of ash and brimstone or were bought out by larger monetary firms such as Chase Bank. In any case, Silicon...

With the much-awaited Shapella (Shanghai) upgrade just hours away, the value of staked Ethereum with unrealized losses has decreased significantly. But it is the largest stakers who have suffered the greatest losses. Unrealized Losses on Ethereum Beacon Chain According to Glassnode, the net unrealized loss on the Ethereum Beacon Chain now stands at $4.7 billion, after falling by 71% from the peak of $16 billion following the collapse of Terra Luna ecosystem tokens. During the...

Aumenta Solutions and MSI’s port infrastructure maintenance project is based on the Ardor blockchain and makes use of augmented reality technology. The TECNIO Centre EASY research group’s Aumenta Solutions, an augmented reality solution provider for industry, engineering and architecture professionals, has partnered with shipping company MSI and blockchain development and maintenance firm Jelurida to transform the port infrastructure maintenance industry. The collaboration will incorporate...

The Chinese tax authority claim Bitmain was issued with a tax violations notice in August last year but has withheld paying individual tax income of about $2.4 million. Bitmain Technologies Ltd., a Beijing-based company that is well known for designing application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips used in Bitcoin mining, has reportedly been fined approximately 25 million Chinese yuan, equal to about $3.7 million, for allegedly failing to pay personal income taxes in China....

As the biggest provider of internet search services as well as app hosting-related services, Google is often in the crosshairs of anti-competitive investigations from regulators around the world. Google, the subsidiary of American multinational tech giant, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has been fined by the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) for anti-competitive practices targeted toward rival app hosting platforms. As reported by TechCrunch, the fine was pegged at around 42.1...

The IMF has released its weakest global growth forecast in over 30 years as inflation, banking crises, and geopolitical problems bite hard.  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently published its most underwhelming medium-term global growth forecast in over 30 years. On Tuesday, the major United Nations (UN) financial agency expected global growth of 2.8% in 2023 and 3% in 2024. This forecast comes in slightly below what the IMF estimated in January as continued inflation and a...

Cihan Tuna Arslan is a world traveler, educator, and engineer, and at the heart of all his journeys has been cryptocurrency. Cihan Tuna Arslan on the Power of Crypto In a recent discussion, Arslan talked about his love for the space and said: Cryptocurrency is not money as it is known, but encrypted digital assets that are not dependent on any central authority and have a limited supply. This makes it a world-changing invention in creating a free and reliable money...

After a lengthy period of uncertainty, Bitcoin’s price has finally managed to break through a critical technical resistance level. This has led some investors to question whether the bear market has finally come to an end or if this recent rally is just a bull trap, a temporary rise in price. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Bitcoin has reached a significant and decisive resistance region of $30K, bringing back the bullish sentiment in the market. Now that the...

Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade, also commonly referred to as Shapella (we’ll explain why below), is scheduled for April 12th. It’s the next major upgrade following Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake (a.k.a The Merge), and it will introduce a major mechanic change. The upgrade consists of a few Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), although most of the focus is on one particular. The EIPs in question are: EIP-3651: Warm COINBASE EIP-3855: PUSH0 instruction EIP-3860: Limit...

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, April 11th, 2023] Cartesi (an application-specific rollup execution layer with a Linux runtime), is moving closer to its mainnet-ready stage with Cartesi Rollups. Alongside this, Cartesi’s ecosystem is set to enter a new era of development with exciting new initiatives currently underway. Decentralization Earlier this year, Cartesi launched its Community Grants Program (CGP), aimed at expanding the network of contributors building the...