deVere Group’s chief executive and founder Nigel Green – a long time advocate of cryptocurrencies – is speaking out after both the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) called for more robust regulations for cryptocurrencies this week. The calls follow the price of Bitcoin jumping more than 300% last year and gained a further 40% earlier this month to reach an all-time high....

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By press time, the altcoin was trading at $0.34, struggling to break the $0.4 resistance barrier despite Elon Musk’s continued support for the cryptocurrency. Recently, Musk, in a subtle tweet, suggested that dogecoin will hit the elusive $1. Still, the crypto’s near-term price movements indicate several resistance levels to break, beginning with $0.4. If the barrier is clear, dogecoin will likely embark on a momentum targeting the $0.5 level. However, if DOGE fails to clear the current resistance levels, the price will potentially tumble further....

With both bulls and bears lacking significant strength to push the meme coin’s price in either direction, investors are focused on DOGE’s subsequent price trajectory in the first month of 2023, with the asset’s January performance likely to dictate what to expect for the rest of the year. It is worth noting that a previous Finbold report also identified Dogecoin among the top five meme cryptocurrencies to watch for January 2023....

Specifically, the El Salvador government’s Bitcoin City project has received recognition from the jury of the global design platform LOOP, among the 705 proposals submitted from 56 countries, Argentinian media outlet Noticias de Bariloche (NDB) reported on January 25. According to the report, the LOOP Design Awards honor the most outstanding projects in architecture and interior design from the point of view of the jury made up of more than 25 experts, representing a unique opportunity for public recognition....

In particular, Musk has asserted that Bitcoin would likely survive the bear market but stressed that it would be long before the asset realizes its full potential, he said in a tweet on November 14. Notably, Musk was responding to a tweet by American entrepreneur Jason Calacanis who questioned Bitcoin’s future prospects after correcting from $69,000 a year ago. Musk support for Bitcoin It is worth noting Musk has been a long-term cryptocurrency supporter, with his electric vehicle manufacturing company opting to have Bitcoin on its balance sheet....

Under the S&P 500, the last seven days witnessed the largest rally in 50 trading days. The last few months were grim for the stocks due to the Coronavirus pandemic that led to economic shutdowns. All indicators show that more gains are coming. An overview of the ETF map shows that under US index sector investing giant Vanguard Total (VTI:NYSE) led that rally with +3.04% gains with each share selling at $157....

Indeed, the update will go live on Thursday around 12:00 GMT; according to market participants, technically, the update will take place when the 12,965,000th block on the blockchain is validated. ETH, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, dropped 0.5% on Thursday but has climbed around 16% this week and is at its highest level since early June, following the crypto market crash in May Ethereum’s price is currently exchanging hands for around $2,680, with the digital asset up 8....

Buterin outlined two reasons why he is concerned about the security of Bitcoin in the future to Bloomberg columnist Noah Smith in the interview conducted over email, published on September 2. Buterin is concerned that the fees alone will not be enough incentive for miners to safeguard the network, which he thinks has the potential to become a system capable of handling multiple trillions of dollars. It is important to keep in mind that the only time miners who validate transactions or blocks will be eligible to collect transaction fees as rewards is when all of the Bitcoin has been mined....

Indeed, Ethereum’s second largest mining pool, f2Pool, has maintained that the final decision to support the Merge upgrade relies on the miners’ community, crypto reporter Colin Wu said in a tweet on August 8. Interestingly, the pool acknowledged that the era of Ethereum PoW is coming to an end, and there is a need to shift to the environmentally friendly PoS. Miners hailed for securing Ether Furthermore, the pool hailed the Ethereum miners for securing the chain for over seven years....

The budget will cover the activities outlined in the digital programme that will run from 2021 to 2027. The programme focuses on five crucial areas, including supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and the wide use of digital technologies across society. The programme is part of the commission’s bid to fill the gap between digital technologies research and its implementation. The research finding aims at mostly benefitting small and medium-sized enterprises as well as European citizens in general....

The latest luxury crypto watch comes from Jacob & Co, who revealed on Instagram that it would be showcasing the all-new Astronomia Solar Bitcoin limited edition at the World premiere at ‘The Geneva Watch Days’ by appointment only, from August 29-September 1. According to the firm, the new Bitcoin-themed limited edition watch is the first high-complication timepiece dedicated to and inspired by the cryptocurrency space. Interestingly the luxury watch is described as featuring:...

As it happens, BLRD, a subsidiary of the Japanese gaming powerhouse GREE has partnered with the Avalanche (AVAX) network to launch its first Web3 game in 2023, the blockchain company announced on October 27. With over a decade of experience in making well-known Web2 games, GREE is known for producing major gaming titles, such as Naruto, and multiple mobile versions of Final Fantasy in cooperation with other gaming industry giants....

Since the beginning of 2021, the FIA’s safety section has been working on a special endeavor to enhance the heat transmission protection of drivers’ gloves, as per digital motorsport channel The Race. It is believed that the governing board has previously expressed a wish to raise the safety requirements of the gloves to include more than just F1 in order to find a better way to protect drivers. Protection comes at a cost In the past, drivers have expressed concern that greater protection may impair comfort and dexterity, especially when frequently using buttons on steering wheels, which the FIA has taken into account....

According to the former hedge fund manager, Bankman-Fried is ‘running around the Bahamas’ despite allegations of using customer funds illegally, he said during an interview with CNBC on November 23. Novogratz noted that it was surprising that the embattled former CEO moved around despite the implication of the allegations. He termed Bankman-Fried’s handling of customer funds as ‘fraud.’ SBF customer betrayal Furthermore, Novogratz stated that Bankman-Fried violated his agreement with FTX customers....

The authorities confiscated 543 Bitcoins worth around 23 million euros ($25 million) at the time of the seizure. As per the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and BKA: The following banner was published today on the website of the marketplace: What is Hydra? Hydra began operating in 2015, offering illegal narcotics as well as stolen credit card data, counterfeit money, and forged identification papers, all while concealing the names of people engaged via the use of the Tor encryption network....

According to data acquired by Finbold, the global startup funding spiked 157% between 2020 Q2 and 2021 Q2 from $60.7 billion to a record $156.2 billion. The funding surpassed the $100 billion mark for the first time in Q4 2020 at $100.4 billion. During the first half of 2021, the funding stood at $292.4 billion. Over the last five years, the lowest VC funding for startups was recorded in 2016 Q2 at $37 billion....

Besides the S&P Case-Shiller home price index rising over 40% from February 2020 to May 2022, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) forecasts that house-price growth will slow sharply in the coming quarters before falling to zero in the third quarter of next year. The Chief Economist Jan Hatzius, from Goldman Sachs, wrote in a new ominously titled note, “Housing Downturn: Further to Fall”, that further housing pressure is likely. The banking giant sees US home prices falling primarily due to higher mortgage costs and general unaffordability as a result of the Federal Reserve (Fed) moves against inflation....

The most recent data from Eurekahedge With Intelligence for the month of May indicates that managers of hedge funds saw a loss of 0.72% in April. Despite this, hedge fund managers outperformed the tech-heavy NASDAQ and the S&P 500 by 12.54% and 8.08%, respectively, according to a report Institutional Asset Manager on May 24. Indeed, 80% of global hedge funds outperformed the S&P 500, and 44% produced positive returns in April....

This launch has the potential to propel Solana into the big tech majors, moving the DeFi asset firm from a world focused just on cryptocurrency into a realm that also includes Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and of course, Android. The emphasis placed on making more Web3 choices available on mobile devices has the potential to broaden the appeal of the Solana ecosystem to a more general audience and may encourage other cryptocurrency blockchains to follow suit....