Month: April 2022

Postmates founder Bastian Lehmann launches crypto startup

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According to local news outlet FinanceFWD, German entrepreneur Bastian Lehmann is making a move into the crypto industry with the creation of a new startup called “TipTop Labs.” Although details surrounding the venture remain unknown, its website states the firm seeks to provide “consumer finance solutions for an emerging web.”  On its careers page, it appears that TipTop Labs is hiring a blockchain engineer whose primary responsibilities include “Building protocol components that integrate across different blockchain systems,” and “leading the design and architecture of core protocols and tokens.” The firm…

Elon Musk Purchases Twitter for $44 Billion, Social Media Company Will Transition to a Private Company – Bitcoin News

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On Monday, Twitter announced that Elon Musk has officially acquired the social media platform for $54.20 per share in a transaction valued at $44 billion. After the transaction completes, Twitter will transition to a private company. Musk Acquires Social Media Platform Twitter — Aims to Enhance Free Speech and Unlock Twitter’s Potential Tesla’s Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter on April 25, 2022, in a transaction valued at $44 billion. The deal came 21 days after Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. on April 4. The $54.20 per share…

Competing narratives around crypto clash on the Earth Day, April 19-26

Regulation by enforcement, a fast and economical substitute for thorough rulemaking, is widely regarded as some of the U.S. executive agencies’ preeminent approach to crypto regulation. It could be summed up as letting crypto firms explore the boundaries of what is permissible by themselves and then punishing industry participants in case their exploratory actions come to look like a transgression. Others will take heed and learn from the explorer’s negative experience.  While it is the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that gets accused of over-reliance on regulation by enforcement…

Bitcoin bears tighten their grip on BTC now that $40K is the new resistance level

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Bitcoin (BTC) remains below $40,000 for the third consecutive day and the most likely source of the volatility is the worsening condition of traditional markets. For instance, the S&P 500 is down 5% since April 20 WTI crude price dropped 9.5% in seven days, erasing all of the gains accrued since March 1. Meanwhile, China has been struggling to contain its worst outbreak of Covid-19 despite strict lockdowns in Shanghai and according to Timothy Moe, chief Asia-Pacific equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, “it’s no surprise, and it makes all sorts…