Month: April 2023

Crypto Analysts Split on Ether Market Trends After Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade

“We expect 553,650 ETH will be sold. Amortized over 7 days, this amounts to approximately 1% of daily ETH volume (including spot and perpetual futures volume) of selling per day for a week,” analysts at Galaxy Digital said in a note published early this month. “Depending on the risk environment broadly and overall liquidity in Ether during the Shanghai upgrade, expected on Wednesday, April 12, we view this amount as ranging from inconsequential to slightly bearish ETH/USD.” Source

MetaPlayerOne’s New Co-Investment and Acceleration Program for GameFi Projects – Press release Bitcoin News

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press release PRESS RELEASE. MetaPlayerOne is bringing the power of Web3 communications to GameFi by introducing a new launchpad and standard for NFT game assets. Using this platform and this standard, different GameFi projects can recognize specific smart contract asset holders and rare asset holders, providing them with various benefits. For example, addressing an airdrop specifically to all legendary asset holders across all GameFi projects. GameFi projects that meet MetaPlayerOne’s requirements can expect a global marketing support package from MetaPlayerOne, which will help promote their projects on a large scale.…

Bybit and Paradigm join hands to launch USDT-margined delta-1 spreads

Bybit, a crypto exchange, has launched spreads trading on USDT-margined instruments in collaboration with Paradigm, a crypto derivatives trading platform. This partnership will allow traders to spread order books on over 30 cryptocurrencies. Bybit and Paradigm’s partnership Paradigm is an institutional liquidity network for crypto derivatives traders in centralized and decentralized financing. The platform provides traders access to multi-asset liquidity on multiple protocols without compromising execution preferences and speed. Paradigm aims to create a platform for traders to create and settle trades with anyone at any time. The Bybit and…

Former JPMorgan Executive Accused of Conducting Crypto Fraud

As per the Department of Justice, the executive took investors money saying that he would invest in high-yielding altcoins but actually used the money for his personal benefits. On Tuesday, April 11, the US Justice Department announced that a former investment banker who served at JPMorgan and the Deutsche Bank will face up to 20 years of jail term for allegedly committing crypto fraud. The DOJ arrested Rashawn Russell, 27, the registered broker, and shall be arraigned soon in the New York Court. As per the charges, Russell conned a…

Lightspark Announces New Bitcoin Lightning Platform for Businesses

Some of the major features of the lightning network by Lightspark are its security and reliability. It presents itself as a secure infrastructure for enterprise-grade payments. Bitcoin tech infrastructure company Lightspark has unveiled a lightning platform for businesses. Lightspark was created in 2022 to power payments on the lightning network and has been quiet since its introduction last year. The company was developed to “explore, build and extend the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin” and is led by ex-PayPal president and co-creator of Diem. Lightspark took to Twitter to announce the Lightning…

Crypto Stocks See Second Day of Significant Gains with Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms Leading Pack

Leading digital asset Bitcoin hit $30K for the first time in almost a year amid prevalent gains in crypto stocks. Crypto stocks are rising, with players Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) leading gains. The duo is trading up at 11% and 15%, respectively, with prominent coin Bitcoin (BTC) also changing hands at $30K. As it stands, BTC price is up by more than 80% so far this year. Besides MARA and RIOT, other smaller crypto stocks also experienced significant gains on the second day of…