The annual inflation rate in China has unexpectedly slowed down in March to its lowest level in a year and a half, the latest statistical data indicates. On a monthly basis, consumer prices decreased for a second consecutive month, despite estimates suggesting they will remain unchanged. Post Zero-Covid Policy Inflation in China Eases Further China’s annual inflation rate fell to 0.7% in March, from February’s 1.0%, according to official numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics. That’s the lowest figure since September 2021, noted the Trading Economics website which…
Day: April 11, 2023
Bitcoin BTC Price Holds Firm Above $30K, Ether ETH Price Hovers Near $1.9K Ahead of CPI, Shapella Upgrade
Among other digital tokens, Solana’s SOL surged over 12% to trade around $23.2, while ETC, the token of Ethereum Classic, an offshoot, or fork, of Ethereum, gained over 4% to change hands at $21.6. The CoinDesk Market Index, which measures overall crypto market performance, was up 2.3% for the day. Source
The feds must rein in crypto-financed terrorism
While regulators and policymakers dither and try to decide if cryptocurrencies have a future in the economy, early adopters, including terrorists and violent extremists, are exploiting a law enforcement blind spot. The ease by which money laundering and terrorism financing take place with cryptocurrencies and the more dangerous privacy coins are becoming a security threat of our own making through bureaucratic inaction. The recent indictment of a New York woman accused of sending funds to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham — designated by the United States and United Nations as a Foreign Terrorist…
GPT-4 apps BabyAGI and AutoGPT could have disruptive implications for crypto
A recent spate of applications built on OpenAI’s GPT-4 API has the crypto community buzzing with designs toward the development of a fully-autonomous, self-correcting cryptocurrency trading bot. AutoGPT set to 100 runs. Goal: amalgamate best indicators for Crypto trading in Pine code. Result looping errors. Scavenged through output, found enough bits for GPT4 to give me strategy Pine code. 4hr backtested 2018 to now. $25 to $92M. Started test today, currently $1 profit — Under_the_Valley (@ValleyUnder) April 11, 2023 Two such apps, dubbed ‘BabyAGI’ and ‘AutoGPT’, have received particular notice…
Sen. Warren, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Ask Circle, BlockFi Why They Banked at Silicon Valley Bank
They have also been asked to provide information about the alleged “coddling” of any of their executives or board members by SVB, including details about financial relationships between the executives and SVB, any trips executives took that were sponsored by SVB, and whether any executive ever raised a red flag internally about SVB’s exposure to uninsured assets. Source
Core Scientific debtors petition bankruptcy court to approve new president
The debtors behind bankrupt cryptocurrency mining firm Core Scientific filed a motion for the approval of hiring a permanent president. In an April 10 filing with United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Core Scientific said it was addressing “a gap in the Debtors’ management team” prior to the firm filing for bankruptcy in December 2022. The debtors appointed Adam Sullivan, a managing director at investment banking firm XMS Capital Partners, to assume the role of president amid the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. “Mr. Sullivan is no stranger…
Gaming Tech Company Razer Introduces Web3 Venture Fund
Called zVentures Web3 Incubator (ZW3I), the fund will identify and invest in promising early-stage Web3 gaming projects. Using its expertise and network, it will focus on enhancing the gamer experience through games that are fun to play, provide a sound roadmap and are backed by an established team. Source
Stablecoin less preferable form of tokenized money, BIS paper finds
The singleness of money is the assurance that public and private money trade at the same rates. Even small differences between public and private money rates can have a ripple effect across transactions. A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) working paper compared models of private tokenized money in terms of their singleness as a complement to a central bank digital currency. Tokenization is “the process of representing claims in a digital form that allows them to be transacted on programmable platforms using smart contracts,” the paper said. Tokenized money can…
Bitfinex Securities El Salvador receives Digital Asset Service provider license in El Salvador
Digital asset exchange “Bitfinex Securities El Salvador” has received a digital asset service provider license under El Salvador’s new Digital Assets Issuance Law, which was passed by El Salvador’s National Congress in January 2023, with the goal of fostering increased financial innovation and growth in the Central American country. According to the announcement, the license, which was granted on April 11 by El Salvador’s National Digital Asset Commission, makes Bitfinex Securities El Salvador “the world’s first international digital asset platform to receive approval to be licenced as a Digital Asset…
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade or `Shapella.’ Here’s Our Guide to Watch Parties, Blockchain Tools
As these things go, various factions of the Ethereum and blockchain communities are planning watch parties, while crypto analysts and blockchain historians are getting bearings on the best tools for monitoring the first-ever withdrawals of staked ether (ETH). (Trust us, it’s a big deal for Ethereum, and for the crypto industry in general.) Source