Month: August 2023

Bitcoin Sentiment Returns To Neutral, Will Traders Embrace Greed Next?

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Data shows that Bitcoin investors may be close to embracing greed as market sentiment has surged into neutral territory. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Points At Neutral Trader Sentiment The “Fear & Greed Index” is an indicator that tells us about the general sentiment among the investors in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency sector. According to the index’s creator, Alternative, the metric takes into account multiple factors for calculating this sentiment. The five factors it currently uses in the indicator’s value are namely: volatility, trading volume, social media sentiment, market…

GTA owner joins Web3, Bitcoin casino, Sunflower Land review: Web3 Gamer

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Grand Theft Auto owner enters Web3 via mobile gaming arm Fun fact: mobile gaming giant Zynga is owned by Take-Two Interactive, the same company that also owns Rockstar Games, which is behind ultra-popular video game series like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and NBA 2K. Now Zynga is making its Web3 debut with a new franchise. Best known for its FarmVille series, Zynga has created an offshoot studio called Zynga Web3 (or ZW3) and announced Sugartown. It’s a cross-media world that will be more like a Web3 gaming platform…

U.S. Court Calls ETH a Commodity While Tossing Investor Suit Against Uniswap

In the absence of “actual issuers” of the “scam tokens,” the plaintiffs argued that Uniswap facilitated the trades at issue by “providing a marketplace and facilities for bringing together buyers and sellers of securities” for a transaction fee, “hoping that this Court might overlook the fact that the current state of cryptocurrency regulation leaves them without recourse, at least as to the specific claims alleged in this suit.” Source

Ethereum Approaches Bearish Death Cross

Ether nursed double-digit losses at the end of 12 months following the death cross confirmations dated April 11, 2018, Aug. 2, 2021 and Jan. 28, 2022. In other words, a trader holding a short for 12 months following the occurrence of these death cross would have made handsome returns. Source

How AI analysis can change finance and crypto trading

As artificial intelligence (AI) and its various subsets — such as machine learning (ML) — become more complex and developed, their presence within the financial realm has increased drastically.  According to a 2022 report by Nvidia, over 75% of companies operating in the financial sector apply machine or deep learning to optimize their internal operations. Moreover, the study notes that 91% of financial firms are now driving critical business outcomes with investments in AI, with many of the surveyed companies stating that the burgeoning technology has helped them yield more…

Court Says Yes To Binance Request In Case Against SEC

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In a new development in the ongoing case between crypto exchange Binance.US and the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Court has approved Binance’s request for a new attorney. Following approval from Judge Amy Jackson, attorney Andrew Rhys Davies can now appear in court for Binance.US. Approval From US Judge According to a previous filing, attorney Andrew Rhys Davies had initially filed to represent Binance pro hac vice in the lawsuit. However, the federal judge had asked Davies to file a notice of appearance.  In the latest filing details on…

Musk’s X Obtains Payment Licenses in Several U.S. States

X, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform formerly called Twitter, has obtained payments licenses from several U.S. states in recent months, including a currency transmitter license in Rhode Island earlier this week. While Musk has hinted at supporting crypto on the platform – even briefly switching out Twitter’s bird logo to dogecoin’s dog before its rebranding to X last month – the licenses allow for broader payments services to be offered. Musk has said that he plans for X to expand beyond social media posts, to eventually become an ‘everything…

Binance Phasing Out Support for BUSD Stablecoin by Q1 2024

Binance will delist BUSD as a loanable asset on September 6 and will suspend withdrawals of Binance-pegged BUSD tokens via BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, and Tron on September 7. Renowned crypto exchange Binance has officially announced its decision to discontinue support for its native stablecoin, Binance USD (BUSD), by February 2024. Paxos’ Role in Binance’s Decision The decision to phase out BUSD support is closely tied to developments involving Paxos, the company responsible for minting new BUSD tokens. Binance disclosed that Paxos has decided to halt the minting of new…

Baidu’s Ernie AI Chatbot Ranks First on Apple’s App Store in China

Ernie’s release follows the new regulation in the AI industry introduced by the Chinese government. Notably, Baidu became the first company to get an approval from the authorities.  On March 16, Chinese internet search services giant Baidu Inc (HKG: 9888) revealed its Chinese-language ChatGPT alternative – Ernie chatbot. At that time, the chatbot was not fully ready, therefore, it was available to a limited number of users, mostly business partners and those who were the first on the waitlist. Today, Baidu has announced that Ernie bot is fully open to the general…