Credit Suisse has pulled the U.S. equities markets lower, but a positive sign is that Bitcoin and select altcoins are holding near their local highs. The United States equities markets tumbled on March 15 after Saudi National Bank, Swiss Bank Credit Suisse’s largest investor, said it will not be able to provide any more funding...Continue Reading

Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright and Rudy Takala discussed the recent events at ETHDenver on the podcast. In this episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph, United States policy reporter Turner Wright and opinion editor Rudy Takala speak to listeners about their experiences at the ETHDenver conference from Feb. 24 to March 5. Wright arrived in time to interview...Continue Reading

Traders question whether the underperformance is due to the Shapella hard fork, while derivatives data indicates that ETH buyers lack conviction. The previous six months should have been extremely beneficial to Ether’s (ETH) price, especially after the project’s most significant upgrade ever in September 2022. However, the reality was the opposite: between September 15, 2022,...Continue Reading

Primary and secondary markets differ in securities, pricing, risk, volume, liquidity, timeframe and more. Stock and crypto markets are essential components of the global financial system. These markets provide a platform for investors to buy and sell financial assets, which helps companies raise capital for investment and growth. Moreover, the stock and crypto markets play a...Continue Reading

BTC price attempts to break towards the week’s highs, but a charging U.S. dollar creates some serious friction for Bitcoin bulls. Bitcoin (BTC) kept bears sweating near $25,000 on March 15 as encouraging macroeconomic data combined with concerns over banking crisis contagion. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView PPI offers “great signs” on Fed...Continue Reading

After receiving the support of a significant majority of 66% of voters in February, the deployment of Uniswap Protocol v3 is now operational on BNB Chain. Decentralized exchange Uniswap is officially live on BNB Chain, the smart contract blockchain built by Binance. More than 55 million UniSwap (UNI) token holders voted in favor of a...Continue Reading

Law enforcement officials allege that ChipMixer laundered 152,000 BTC ($2.88 billion) over the past five years. According to The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, commonly known as Europol, on March 15, the agency seized assets of cryptocurrency mixer ChipMixer for its alleged involvement in money laundering activities. Total assets seized include 1,909.4 Bitcoin (BTC)...Continue Reading

Current mortgage term sheets lack transparency because they are not machine-readable, according to Ralf Kubli, board member of the Casper Association. The 2008 financial crisis was a devastating time for many, as the collapse of the United States real estate market caused ripple effects impacting the employment and livelihoods of millions of people. According to...Continue Reading

Yoav Soffer, the advisor to the deputy governor and CBDC project manager, spoke at Tel Aviv FinTech Week, explaining how a recent CBDC experiment proved efficient in cross-border transactions. At Tel Aviv FinTech Week 2023, Yoav Soffer, the advisor to the deputy governor at the Bank of Israel, touched on the topic of central bank...Continue Reading

There is no technical reason preventing Russia from creating its own blockchain-based system, blockchain provider Fuse Network’s CEO believes. The adoption of blockchain is the right direction for Russia to solve its current settlement issues, according to an executive at Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank. Blockchain technology has matured over the past few years to offer...Continue Reading