The chief cryptocurrency researcher at 10x Research is not dismissing the possibility of Bitcoin emulating its price behavior from 2024, when it spent a significant portion of the year stabilizing after reaching record highs early in the year.“Quite possible,” Markus Thielen remarked to Cointelegraph when queried about the likelihood of Bitcoin (BTC) mirroring a similar market trend as in 2024, where it attained a historical peak of $73,679 in March before entering a consolidation phase, fluctuating within a range of approximately $20,000 until Donald Trump was chosen as president of the US in November.Current Bitcoin chart indicates “market uncertainty”Thielen shared…
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David Sacks along with his venture capital firm liquidated more than $200 million in cryptocurrency and associated stocks prior to initiating his position as the White House AI and cryptocurrency czar, as revealed in a White House memorandum.“You and Craft Ventures have offloaded over $200 million of assets connected to the digital currency sector, of which $85 million is directly linked to you,” stated the memorandum dated March 5.Crypto liquidation to avert conflict of interestThe memorandum indicated that “substantial measures” were undertaken to mitigate possible conflicts of interest before Sacks embarked on his role as the White House AI and…
Throughout the previous year, the idea of “private blockchains” has gained significant traction in the broader dialogue surrounding blockchain technology. Essentially, rather than having a completely open and unregulated network and state mechanism safeguarded by cryptoeconomics (e.g., proof of work, proof of stake), it’s feasible to develop a system where access rights are more stringently managed, allowing only a select group of users to modify or even access the blockchain state, all while retaining various forms of limited assurances of authenticity and decentralization that blockchains offer. These systems have largely attracted the attention of financial institutions and have, in part,…
A recent suggestion put forth to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-formed Crypto Task Force by Maximilian Staudinger argues for XRP as a “strategic financial asset” for the United States (utilizing some rather dubious mathematics and reasoning). I’m here to inform you that XRP is not a strategic asset and that the reasoning in this suggestion is questionable at best. In the suggestion, Staudinger asserts that $5 trillion is tied up in U.S. Nostro accounts (accounts that banks utilize for international transactions). He contends that if specific regulatory circumstances were established — including the SEC designating XRP as…
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This impacts users of the Alethzero graphical user interface on Windows. Those utilizing the eth command line interface or not operating on the Windows platform are improbable to be impacted but should implement the measures outlined below. Users of the Frontier command line tool geth remain unaffected. Description of the issue: While configuring privacy permissions for the keys directory, inadequate error management might lead to the key files not being recorded; this could be prevalent on the Windows platform. Consequently, current iterations of AlethZero and eth may contain identities for which there is no corresponding key. The Ether Presale Claim feature…
Trusted Editorial material, assessed by prominent industry authorities and experienced editors. Advertisement Disclosure For an extended duration, Bitcoin holders have been exhibiting a diminishing level of activity. With BTC’s valuation undergoing considerable downward pressure attributed to increased volatility in the wider cryptocurrency market, this unfavorable trend may persist, fostering a bearish atmosphere for the leading asset in the forthcoming weeks or months. Whale Transactions In Bitcoin Remain Dormant A significant negative ongoing trend has been observed among major Bitcoin investors or whales. Advanced on-chain analytics and investment platform Alphractal disclosed the activity trend of whales in a recent update on…
Thomas John Sfraga, widely recognized as “TJ Stone,” received a sentence of 45 months in prison for wire fraud and was mandated to repay over $1.3 million in confiscation as part of a scheme that targeted cryptocurrency investors.In a notice dated March 14, the US Justice Department announced that Sfraga was sentenced in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) for wire fraud following a guilty plea in May 2024. Court documents revealed that the influencer and podcaster claimed ownership of businesses—including Vandelay Contracting, a title inspired by a recurring joke from the TV series…
The following outlines our existing and anticipated outlooks regarding the maximum probable depth of chain re-organisation. We would not categorize transactions within this depth as having an extraordinarily high likelihood of being permanent. These expectations are solely our own and do not serve as any form of assurance. They are based on theoretical evaluations, ongoing empirical research, human elements in contingency strategies, and the historical experiences of our security personnel. As with everything in the peer-to-peer domain, the responsibility lies entirely with the individual operator. In a similar manner to many others in the field, we will be observing the…
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