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One of the leading bitcoin miners – Argo Blockchain – announced that its CFO and Executive Director Alex Appleton resigned from his position. Several other crypto (or related) executives have abandoned their posts during the prolonged bear market. Such examples are Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX, Alex Mashinsky of Celsius Network, Jesse Powell of Kraken, Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy, and many others. The Latest on the List Alex Appleton, who spent two and a half years at Argo...

Binance – the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – announced on Wednesday a feature that will allow its community to easily provide the company with comments and feedback.  The tool will let users effectively participate in forming Binance’s product roadmap. Listening to the Community In a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Wednesday, Binance said the primary goal of the new tool is to gather community input on what new features it wants to see implemented. ...

South Korea is looking to amp up regulations to prevent unfair trade in the industry. As such, the Financial Services Commission issued instructions to five major crypto exchanges in the country to delist and classify digital assets that have similar properties to that of securities. The implosion of the once-prominent Terra ecosystem tokens was the first domino to fall in an ensuing series of other high-profile collapses. The subsequent failure of hedge fund Three Arrows...

Cathie Wood’s flagship ETF – the ARK Innovation Fund – performed better in January than in any other month since it launched in 2014.  This comes after a brutal down year for the fund, which focuses on long-term investment in disruptive technologies – including the crypto industry.  ARK Bounces Back In January, ARK registered a total gain of about 28%, with a 3.7% gain on Tuesday alone. Starting the month at roughly $30, it trades for $39.72 at writing time.  The gains are a...

Following another Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve agreed to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25%. Bitcoin did not react with its usual fervor to the news, continuing to trade slightly above $23,000.  The rate hike brings the Fed’s benchmark rate between 450 and 475 basis points – its highest level since late 2007. The 25-point raise was in line with market expectations, and milder than December’s 50-point hike.  Bitcoin...

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[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Learn from the best collective experiences and insights from some of the world’s most successful blockchain companies on navigating the evolving web3 space. Feb 1, 2023 — Israel’s most successful web3 businesses have come together to organize the first annual ETHTLV, which will run from February 1 to 9 in Tel Aviv. The inaugural event aims to invigorate the country’s thriving startup community, establish the community’s foothold in the...

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Solana price started a decent increase above the $20 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $25 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $23.75 on the 4-hours chart of the SOL/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $25.00 and $26.40 to continue higher in the near term. Solana price is trading in a positive zone above $20 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin....