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Ark Invest is also interested in Jack Dorsey’s payment firm Block after short-seller Hindenburg Research published a damning report on the company. No one takes advantage of the dip in crypto-related stocks like Cathie Wood’s American investment management company, Ark Invest. For the second straight day, the company made strategic acquisitions of both the shares of crypto exchange Coinbase Global inc (NASDAQ: COIN) and payment service provider, Block Inc (NYSE: SQ). As gleaned from...

First Citizens has acquired failed bank Silicon Valley and will open former SVB branches today as First Citizens Bank and Trust Company. According to the Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation, First Citizens Bank is set to acquire the embattled state-chartered commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In a recent statement, the FDIC revealed that the bank holding company would acquire all deposits and loans of SVB. According to the deal, 17 former SVB branches will reopen as...

Stellar lumen price is facing a major resistance near the $0.0965 zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.090 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0910 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a decent increase if it clears the $0.0935 and $0.0965 resistance levels. Stellar lumen price is trading above $0.0900 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin....

Ripple price is facing resistance near the $0.465 level against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $0.420 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key rising channel forming with resistance near $0.4650 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a major increase above the $0.4800 resistance. Ripple price is correcting lower from $0.4920 against the US Dollar, similar bitcoin. XRP price must stay above...

On March 23, CNBC reported that a group of Binance angels shared techniques that allow users to bypass the platform’s KYC, residency, and verification systems. CNBC confirmed the information by reviewing hundreds of messages posted on a Discord server and a Telegram group controlled and operated by Binance, which apparently ran from 2021 to March 2023. Crypto is banned in China, but Binance employees and volunteers tell people how to bypass the ban https://t.co/ddssYTwimH —...

Bitcoin appears to have endured a solid year thus far. In February, for example, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap hit a six-month high of about $25,000, thus having expanded its price by roughly 50 percent since the end of 2022. For the most part, everything appears to be looking up for BTC, but there are still some detractors that believe the currency is trapped in a bearish pattern. Bitcoin May Not Be In Holly-Jolly Land Yet One such detractor is...

The trading volumes have gone down during the weekend, resulting in BTC failing to produce any significant moves in either direction. The altcoins have also stalled on a daily scale, while XRP has emerged as one of the best performers for the past seven days. Bitcoin Boring at $27.5K A lot happened in the cryptocurrency industry in the past few weeks, and bitcoin has somewhat expectedly taken a break now. The asset exploded from under $20,000 to over $28,000 during the US...

Scammers adapt better than we can imagine and change depending on the market situation. This revelation was made in a recently hosted webinar by prominent blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis wherein it gauged crime trends in the industry market during the crypto winter. The data gathered by the firm revealed how scammers adapted to the developments and volatility of the crypto market. Not all scams behaved the same way in the context of the bear market. This time around, it...

Bitcoin jumped above $29,000 yesterday to chart a new nine-month high, but that was short-lived and the asset retraced hard in the following hours. Most altcoins are deep in the red as well, with SOL, APT, LDO, OKB, and others dropping by over 5%. Bitcoin Fails at $29K The primary cryptocurrency’s climb had culminated at jumping to $28,800 mid-week ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether to continue to increase the interest rates. As many local banks struggled due...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has often talked about the purported “dangers” of crypto-assets while highlighting the need to strongly regulate the industry. It wasn’t until the FTX blow-up that the regulator stepped up its aggression. In yet another instance stigmatizing the asset class, the securities watchdog has released a bulletin urging investors to exercise caution when dealing with cryptocurrencies. SEC’s “Investor Alert” The SEC’s Office of...