ARK Invest founder and CEO Cathie Wood expects that a “changing of the guard” at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission may turbocharge the economy and bring about an influx of innovation and investment in emerging technologies. “Deregulation, defanging the SEC, FTC, and others, government spending cuts, tax cuts, and a focus on technologically
Month: November 2024
The Coinbase-backed crypto advocacy group Stand With Crypto has expanded to Australia as part of a broader move to push for regulatory clarity and crypto-friendly policy in the country. Tom Duff Gordon, vice president of international policy at Coinbase, said the overarching goal of the new offshoot of Stand With Crypto is to bring political
Alameda Research filed a lawsuit against Aleksandr Ivanov, founder of Waves, as part of its ongoing legal strategy to recover crypto assets. The trading arm of the bankrupt FTX exchange is aiming to recoup at least $90 million of digital assets from Waves, according to a Nov. 11 court filing. In March 2022, Alameda Research
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has seen the highest daily inflows into its spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 94 days. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) clocked $60.3 million in inflows on Nov. 8, the highest amount since Aug. 6, when it amassed $109.9 million, according to Farside data. BlackRock’s large inflows come
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced “info finance,” a new concept aimed at transforming how information is captured, validated and shared across multiple sectors. In his recent blog post, “From Prediction Markets to Info Finance,” Buterin explores how blockchain technology could help aggregate, organize and distribute insights more effectively. According to Buterin, “Info finance is
Cumulative monthly traffic to 20 leading crypto exchanges increased by 8% in October, reflecting heightened investor interest and increasing participation among retail traders heading into the 2024 United States elections. According to data from ICO Analytics, Pump Fun recorded the highest month-over-month increase in percentage terms — with 100% growth in October. BullX followed behind
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, hit $3,200 on Nov. 10 — its highest since August — as Bitcoin surpassed $79,000 following Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election. According to CoinMarketCap, the market cap of Ether (ETH) now stands at around $383 billion, up almost 5% in 24 hours, putting it
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) token rose more than 10% as ENS Labs announced details of its new Ethereum layer-2 solution “Namechain.” Namechain is a purpose-built Ethereum layer-2 solution aimed at scaling blockchain identity by making it easier to register names at reduced costs via rollups, ENS Labs executives said in a presentation at the
Cryptocurrency analytics platform Nansen is expanding its capabilities beyond Ethereum by moving into Bitcoin through a partnership with the Bitcoin layer-2 (L2) network, Bitlayer. Nansen is debuting Bitcoin (BTC) analytics services by delivering blockchain data analytics to Bitlayer, an L2 network supporting smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) on Bitcoin. As the first Bitcoin L2
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Infinex has announced plans to list the top 500 crypto assets and release an updated version of its platform in early 2025. In an interview at Near’s Redacted conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Infinex founder Kain Warwick told Cointelegraph editor Andrew Fenton about the DeFi platform’s plans to list the top 500
The six-hour train journey from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, to the coastal city of Mombasa is a pleasant one. Clean carriages, very well-dressed passengers and a punctual timetable make a nice change from the uncertainty of traveling in Africa. Opening in 2017, it replaced a colonial-era railway line known as the “Lunatic Express,” which is fitting
Victims win first civil action against the FTX of Hong Kong A Hong Kong court has ruled in favor of two investors who filed a civil suit against defunct Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange JPEX and its affiliate, Web 3.0 Technical Support. With the judge’s ruling, 1.85 million Hong Kong dollars (around $238,000) will be recovered on
Top Stories of The Week Michael Saylor posts fake quote from Trump on crypto to 3.6M followers With the United States Election Day coming up and many voters already going to the polls, social media is rife with misinformation about candidates’ policies. MicroStrategy executive chair Michael Saylor seems to have fallen for a social media
Bitcoin’s (BTC) rejection near the all-time high earlier in the week may have attracted profit booking by the short-term traders. Although the price has dropped near $68,000, analysts remain positive on the markets. They anticipate Bitcoin to find support between $65,000 and $68,000. The next major trigger for the cryptocurrency markets is the United States
The use of AI agents to create, promote and transact cryptocurrencies has been largely theoretical — until now. But with AI shitposter Terminal of Truths promoting Goateus Maximus, the Luna bot tipping users for engagement, and Based Agents enabling quick and easy crypto agent creation on Ethereum L2s, the future has become very real all
Crypto punters shouldn’t be throwing extra cash at AI agents for trading — just stick to what you’d invest if you were trading solo since there will still be losers, a crypto venture capitalist says. “Trading is always a zero-sum game,” Web3 venture capital studio LiquidX co-founder Giulio Xiloyannis tells Hall of Flame. “There is