Art Trading Platform LiveArt Announces NFT Membership Card Linked to Exclusive Drops

The LiveArt X Card integrates Web3 into the art-collecting experience, providing holders with access to its digital art market, free airdrops, exclusive access to LiveArt’s AI-generated artist insights, rewards in the form of their ART token, VIP access to real-world art events and more. The ART token, which powers the LiveArt ecosystem, can be used to buy physical and digital art on the platform. Source

1 year after $11M LUNC bets; Do Kwon wanted, funds paid, hedge stuck on FTX

Approximately one year prior, on Mar. 14, 2022, cryptocurrency trader GiganticRebirth (GCR) invited the then co-founder of CEO of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, in a $10 million bet that the price of Terra Luna (LUNC) would be lower than its then price of $92.4 per token one year later. The blockchain executive accepted the offer, the second in the series after the day prior, when cryptocurrency trader Algod offered a $1 million bet that LUNC would be lower than $88 per token on Mar. 13, 2023, to which Kwon also…

Blame traditional finance for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

The entire banking concept is based on the assumption that depositors will not want to withdraw their money at the same time. But what happens when this assumption fails? The answer lies in the asset-liability mismatch of banks, which can lead to disastrous consequences for the broader financial system.  Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the leading banks for startups and venture capital firms in the United States, failed because of a liquidity crisis that has reverberated throughout the startup ecosystem. Silicon Valley Bank’s struggles shed light on the many…

OpenAI co-founder’s ‘World ID’ project launches, along with SDK waitlist

Crypto unicorn Worldcoin has launched a waitlist for its “World ID” software development kit (SDK) — which will allow websites to verify the uniqueness and humanness of its users without storing their personal information.  The company has also launched the World ID software itself, allowing end users to obtain their “World ID” immediately, according to a March 14 announcement on the Worldcoin website. Worldcoin is co-founded by Sam Altman, who also co-founded OpenAI. Introducing World ID, a new privacy-first digital identity that brings global proof of personhood to the internet. Find…

Ethereum: Heading Home

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io The price of #Ethereum could end up heading back home to the lower logarithmic regression band in the not-so-distant future. ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

Gensler suggests staking token operators should ‘seek to come into compliance’

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has again suggested that proof-of-stake coins may be securities. He expressed his view on March 15 after a commission meeting on cybersecurity issues. Gensler was asked by reporters about his reaction to statements made by Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam at a Senate Agricultural Committee meeting last week that he felt stablecoin and Ether (ETH) were “going to be commodities.” Gensler replied, as reported in The Block: “The investing public is investing anticipating a return, anticipating something on…

Michael Burry Compares Current Banking Turmoil to Panic of 1907 — Highlights Markets Bottoming – Economics Bitcoin News

Michael Burry, a hedge fund manager renowned for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, has drawn parallels between the current banking turmoil and the Panic of 1907. He noted that three weeks after J.P. Morgan made a stand, the panic was resolved and the markets bottomed. “A stand was made this past weekend,” the famous investor pointed out. Michael Burry on Bank Failures, Panic of 1907, Markets Bottoming Famous investor and founder of investment firm Scion Asset Management, Michael Burry, has compared the current financial turmoil, following the collapse of multiple…

Bitcoin BTC Price Slides Below 24.5K as European Banking Woes Spook Investors

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization dropped to $23,946 at one point before regaining ground to recently trade at $24,502, roughly flat over the 24 hours. But that was still well off BTC’s highs of the previous day when it soared past $26,000 after the release of a mildly upbeat consumer price index (CPI) inflation data for February. The 6% CPI improved on the previous month’s reading and offered investors looking for more monetary policy dovishness hope the U.S. Federal Reserve would at least temporarily stop its recent diet of…