The price of Solana (SOL) has continued to enjoy a steady recovery after going down nearly 95% in 2022, partly due to its association with Sam Bankman-Fried and his collapsed ventures, FTX and Alameda Research. Solana’s Price Surges 100% In Q1 2023  In the first quarter of 2023, Solana’s price experienced a significant surge of 104%, reaching approximately $20.60 per […]

In a recent Twitter thread, Ripple CTO David Schwartz shared his thoughts about how embracing blockchain-agnostic solutions could potentially accelerate XRP’s adoption and bring more users to the digital asset. The open-source public XRP Ledger (XRPL) was created in 2012 by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto; its native digital asset is XRP. Schwartz began his thread by acknowledging the frequent […]

Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News and the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show, analyzed the situation surrounding de-dollarization movements that countries like China and Russia have promoted recently. Carlson stated that sanctions on Russia and the weaponization of the U.S. dollar are partly to blame for the developments. Tucker Carlson Believes Sanctions Are to Blame for De-Dollarization Efforts Across the World […]

Liqwid is integrating Cardano’s Charli3 price feeds to enhance decentralization. Charli3 is Cardano’s first oracle provider for on-chain and off-chain data. Cardano is pushing on with its decentralization agenda, the latest being integrating its oracle provider Charli3’s price feeds to the DeFi platform Liqwid. Liqwid Labs said in a press release Friday that its liquidity and staking markets were integrating […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced that a new way of tricking crypto fans and investors is making its way through illicit circles. The FBI Says the Latest Crypto Scam Targets Gamers The agency, in a statement, said many new pay-to-earn crypto platforms are ultimately stealing digital assets from those willing to try and invest or take part […]

The United States arm of global crypto exchange Binance has been facing challenges in establishing a new bank partner to serve as a fiat on-ramp and off-ramps for its clients in the country, according to a Wall Street Journal report on April 8.  The recent failures of Silvergate and Signature Bank left Binance.US without banking services, depending on middleman’s banks […]

On April 6, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty rose 2.23% higher at block height 784,224, touching another all-time high. It’s the fourth consecutive difficulty increase on the Bitcoin network since Feb. 24, and the protocol’s current difficulty is 47.89 trillion, which is only 2.11 trillion away from reaching the 50 trillion range. Bitcoin Difficulty Jumps 2.23% Higher Bitcoin’s current difficulty of approximately […]

Recently, Web3 advisor Vanessa Harris (@technologypoet on Twitter) offered a compelling endorsement of Ouroboros Leios, a new and improved version of Cardano’s consensus mechanism introduced by IOG in November 2022, by calling it “Disney-level impressive.” Ouroboros is a groundbreaking consensus mechanism used in the Cardano blockchain, designed to ensure the network’s security and efficiency. In simpler terms, it’s a set […]

On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published its illicit finance risk assessment on Decentralized Finance (DeFI) services. Non-compliance to Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) was identified as the primary DeFi vulnerability exploited by illicit actors. In March 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published National Risk Assessments for Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and […]