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The leading stock exchange – Nasdaq Inc. – could make another push toward the cryptocurrency sector by launching custody services by the end of the second quarter of this year.  Fidelity and Bank of New York Mellon are other financial behemoths that offer such options. Ira Auerbach – Senior Vice President and Head of Nasdaq Digital Assets – said in a recent interview that the global exchange group will aim to obtain all necessary approvals and form the technical...

With the much-anticipated Shapella upgrade just around the corner, the Ethereum Foundation has increased the bug bounty. According to the latest developers’ call, the reward was updated as part of the last-minute testing efforts. Bug Bounty In the 105th All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call, Security Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation – Fredrik Svantes – revealed that the maximum bug bounty for identifying a vulnerability in the Shanghai/Capella upgrade has been...

A UK competition regulator eases off slightly on the Microsoft-Activision deal, sending the gaming publisher’s shares soaring.  Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) shares surged Friday on positive news about the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority’s stance toward the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) deal. According to reports, the British competition regulator has eased off on the impending Microsoft takeover. In a statement, the CMA stated that it no longer deemed the computer software...

Arbitrum’s much-anticipated token airdrop shook up the crypto space as on-chain activity of the popular layer-2 solution soared to levels not seen before. With the introduction of the ARB token, Arbitrum finally transformed into a DAO. Meanwhile, the hunters of this cash rain raked in an impressive amount of ARB tokens. In the first hour alone, over 42 million ARB tokens were claimed. New data found two “super airdrop hunters” that received 1.4 million ARB, worth around $1.92...

ChatGPT leverages the Bing API to look for data with the text-based internet browser to guide through websites and results. One of the most famous Artificial Intelligence-powered chatbots ChatGPT has been updated with a new feature that allows it to access information from online sources and communicate with third-party websites through new plugins. The plugin feature is presently restrained in the alpha phase and will be offered to a smaller group of users before introducing to the...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many other leading digital currencies are coming to form after the horrors of 2022. They are experiencing solid bull runs, and Cameron Winklevoss – one half of the Winklevoss Twins – is claiming that a big bull run is heading our way, and that the U.S. needs to begin embracing crypto as a whole or risk being left behind forever. Cameron Winklevoss Thinks Big Things Will Happen for Crypto 2022 was easily the worst year on record for bitcoin and its...

The $100 million Zipmex acquisition hit a stumbling block yesterday after V Ventures missed a $1.25 million tranche payment. The impending acquisition of Thai crypto exchange Zipmex is in danger of falling through after the buyer missed a $1.25 million payment. According to a Bloomberg report, this payment was due yesterday and is necessary to fund working capital. In a letter, Zipmex revealed it would start liquidation proceedings for the technology unit Zipmex Technology Co. unless it...

Shares in Deutsche Bank – Germany’s largest lender – began to crash on Friday as financial industry fears continue to spread following a string of global bank failures this month.  Meanwhile, the cost of default insurance on the bank’s potential collapse has risen to four-year highs. Is Deutsche Bank Next? Deutsche Bank (DBK) shares fell from 9.06 EUR to 8.25 EUR on Friday – an 11% decline on the day, and 26% descent from a month prior. The bank’s slide was coupled by...

Ripple’s price has broken above a critical resistance level on the XRP/USD paired chart, which could initiate a rally in the coming days. Yet, it could still be too early to state that the bear market is over. Technical Analysis By: Edris XRP/USD Daily Chart On the USDT paired chart, the price has broken above the 50-day and 200-day moving average lines, along with the critical $0.43 resistance level. The breakout comes after months of consolidation. However, the price is now...

Ethereum’s price has been consolidating over the past week as the price is struggling to break above a key resistance area. Did ETH mark a local top? Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart: On the daily time frame, ETH’s price has broken above the symmetrical triangle pattern lately and above the 50-day moving average line (around the $1600 mark). However, ETH is trading inside a very tight range above the broken triangle and has yet to break with confidence above the...