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Back in July, billionaire moguls Jay-Z (a rapper and businessman) and Jack Dorsey (the former CEO of Twitter) put their heads together to establish what they’re calling the Bitcoin Academy. Jay-Z Is Pushing Bitcoin Further The goal was to help all residents of the Marcy Houses in New York – where Jay-Z allegedly grew up – and grant them financial independence through bitcoin and blockchain education. Not long ago, it was reported that both the rapper and his social media...

Ethereum pulled off a stunning technical upgrade that saw the popular blockchain transition to the proof-of-stake consensus model for processing transactions after six years of work. However, post-merge activity on layer-2 has dropped. According to the latest stats by Dapp Radar, the already descending unique active wallets and transactions have further dropped by 35% from August to September. A similar trend was seen in terms of Ethereum’s TVL, which fell by 5.6% to $31.41...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yet to approve a single bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), and many representatives of the crypto space are beginning to have serious issues with this. Recently, Perianne Boring – the founder of the Digital Chamber of Commerce – delivered a new report claiming that the SEC is purely out to stop crypto in its tracks as part of a larger political agenda rather than through attempts to protect investors. The SEC Has...

Bitcoin has yet to make a decisive move in any direction as the primary cryptocurrency continues to wrestle with the $18K support level. A bearish breakout below this position could be disastrous. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart Bitcoin’s price overlaps with crucial support on the daily timeframe, as it oscillates in a very tight range between the significant descending trendline and the $18K support level. With minimal wiggle room between these levels, a...

Change is in the air as the crypto space continues to see top executives step down from their roles amid the market crisis that stemmed from the Terra Luna fiasco and the Federal Reserve’s continuous interest rate hike, which negatively impacted the global financial market. The change in crypto-related executive leadership started with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepping down from the company’s board of directors in May. While Twitter is not a crypto-focused firm, Dorsey...

Roughly nine democrat senators – including Cory Booker of New Jersey, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Bernie Sanders of Vermont – have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg – the CEO of Facebook (now Meta) – wanting to know what he’s doing to potentially end all crypto scams appearing on his social media platform. Facebook and Crypto: A Rough Relationship The letter also details steps Zuckerberg can take to ensure fraud never becomes a major issue. The crypto space has...

[PR – Singapore, Singapore, 28th September, 2022, Chainwire] $INR is live on Huobi, after successful VC rounds and several strategic partnership announcements. Trading officially opened at 13:00 UTC today, September 28th and the project saw its token trending up from $0.22 to $0.44 within the first few hours. The listing is an important milestone for Inery on its journey to revolutionize how data is handled on the decentralized web. Inery, a decentralized data system...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is objecting to a motion by troubled cryptocurrency lender Celsius, seeking to reopen withdrawals for selected customers. Since Celsius halted withdrawals in June, the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, while the CEO recently resigned from his position. A United States Trustee for the DOJ, William Harrington, on Friday (September 30, 2022), filed an objection, asking the bankruptcy court to deny Celsius’ motions to reopen withdrawals...

Bitcoin’s weekend continues to be rather uneventful as the asset has settled at around $19,000. Most altcoins are also quite calm today, with minor daily losses. LUNC, on the other hand, keeps rising following another double-digit price increase. Bitcoin Boring at $19K The primary cryptocurrency had a quiet week, unlike the previous one. Last weekend saw the asset trade around $19,000, something that didn’t really change until Tuesday. At that point, the bulls stepped up and...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on Tuesday announced that a multi-jurisdiction CBDC pilot spearheaded by BIS Innovation Hub has been successful. The project saw 164 transactions worth nearly $22 million in real-value cross-border payments through a purpose-built multi-CBDC platform – mBridge.   Apart from the central banks of Hong Kong, China, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 20 commercial banks also participated in the project, which lasted a little...