Things are looking tough right now. The battle for actual earth seems to be just beginning. Macroeconomic headwinds have dealt grievous body blows to the stimulus-led economy that has forced governments worldwide to pile yet more debt upon their balance sheets in an attempt to stave off impending disaster. The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and structural, systematic issues with the availability and utilisation of cheap credit and reliance on fossil fuels are finally...
Read More »Natalie Brunell: This is What Made Me Go From Traditional Media to Full-Time Bitcoin (Interview)
Natalie Brunell is one of the most well-known women in the cryptocurrency industry. With a background in traditional journalism, she currently hosts the Coin Stories podcast, featuring some of the leading voices in both Bitcoin and economics. Brunell is Polish-born and, together with her family, immigrated to the US when she was five. she has broad experience in traditional media, covering breaking news, enterprise reporting, as well as features. Some of her previous roles...
Read More »James Howells Has a New Plan to Find His Lost Bitcoin
James Howells is a man who will do just about anything to get his lost bitcoins back. James Howells Is Really Eager to Find His Lost Funds About nine years ago, Howells accidentally discarded a zip drive that contained as many as 8,000 individual bitcoin units. These units are lost somewhere in a city dump – a dump that local officials refuse to let him dig through. These bitcoin units would be worth more than $180 million at the time of writing, and Howells says he has...
Read More »Researchers Reupload Sanctioned Tornado Cash Code on GitHub
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)’s placement of popular crypto tumbler Tornado Cash as an entity on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanction list has raised many eyebrows. The subsequent removal of its source code from the Microsoft-owned GitHub, which also shut down the user accounts of three individuals who contributed code to the project, prompted an outcry from privacy and free speech advocates. While forks of the open source software have remained...
Read More »Polarys Utility NFT Venture Launches its Exclusive Genesis NFT Collection
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Polarys, the new exciting Web3 venture that aims to bring utility NFTs to everyday businesses has launched its innovative multi-chain minting engine, and the team is in the process of minting its Genesis utility NFT collection. This exclusive and once only minted collection will remain for sale until August 31, 2022. Any unsold NFTs will be burned after that date. Unlike other NFT collections that focus on quick gains and asset...
Read More »The SEC Announces New Coinbase Investigation
Coinbase is one of the world’s largest and most powerful cryptocurrency exchanges, but lately, it’s having a hard time. Coinbase Is Being Looked at by the SEC Things started out rough a few months ago when the company announced it was going to be enforcing a hiring freeze due to the ongoing crypto winter. Initially, 2022 was going to be the year in which the exchange rose to new heights and practically tripled its workforce, but crashing prices ultimately brought an end...
Read More »Tokenized Commodities: Decentralized Swaps in Gold, Oil and Metals on MetalSwap
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] MetalSwap, a multi-chain protocol that seeks to promote trade between producers and traders with fewer participants in the process, is emerging as an opportunity for those who operate in commodities. Metals such as gold, lithium, iron, oil and other raw materials in global demand and available on the major stock markets of the world are being made affordable through this protocol, safely using blockchain technology and without the...
Read More »BTC Needs to Reclaim This Level to Get Back on Bullish Track (Bitcoin Price Analysis)
After a slight recovery towards the $24K level, the 100-day moving average has successfully rejected the price. The result was the breakout of the 50-day moving average. Since then, BTC has been dormant as uncertainty returns to the market. Technical Analysis By: Shayan The Daily Chart The most recent price action for Bitcoin is not reassuring and has formed a clear bearish continuation correction wedge pattern and has been rejected three times from the upper boundary....
Read More »Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Is Still a Bitcoin Loyalist
Miami mayor Francis Suarez says he’s still crazy about bitcoin and he’s not concerned about the recent price dips. Francis Suarez Still Thinks BTC Is the Future Bitcoin is the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Last November, the currency impressed the world and rose to a whopping $68,000 per unit, though now, the asset is struggling just to maintain a low $20K position. The currency has lost more than 70 percent of its overall value in what has arguably...
Read More »Is The Ethereum 2.0 Merge Priced In?
Ethereum’s merge is undoubtedly the most highly-anticipated event in the cryptocurrency industry in 2022. Scheduled for September, the anticipation also caused a considerable increase in the price of ETH, which is up about 90% since the lows in June. Many believe that this increase is largely due to the Merge, and some are speculating that the event might already be priced in. But is it really? To get to the bottom of this, there are a few other questions that need an...
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