Cathie Wood, ARK Invest CEO, has been vocal about her belief in Bitcoin’s potential to overshadow gold as the preferred safe-haven asset. Wood’s insights, shared during a YouTube update, highlighted Bitcoin’s performance during last year’s regional bank crisis in March, where it saw a remarkable 40% price increase, contrasting with the struggles faced by the regional bank index. The trend, she noted, is resurfacing as Bitcoin gains momentum while the regional bank index faces volatility. Her observations align with a growing sentiment that Bitcoin is increasingly viewed as a ‘flight…
Month: February 2024
Liquid Staking Protocol Glif Raises $4.5M Seed Funding, Suggests Future Airdrop
What Glif has done, according to Schwartz, is create a bridge between regular FIL holders who want yield and the storage providers who generate it. The holders loan their FIL into a pool that the providers borrow from, boosting their collateral and yield. Storage providers pay interest to the pool once a week. Source
Solana Suffers 11th Outage In 2 Years, SOL Price Drops 3%
The Solana blockchain network is currently experiencing an outage, marking its 11th such incident in the past two years. As of the latest updates, Solana’s mainnet-beta has been non-operational for about two hours, with block progression coming to a standstill. Solana is down for 2 hours now | Solscan Solana Network Comes To A Standstill The issue was first noticed when Solscan and OKLink, two prominent block explorers, indicated a lack of new transactions on the network. The last recorded transaction was at 9:52 am UTC. Upbit, a crypto exchange,…
MetaMask Lets Users Buy Crypto Through Robinhood (HOOD) With On-Ramp Integration
“We know that crypto and internet users want greater control and ownership,” Lorenzo Santos, senior product manager at Consensys, said in the press release. “This will help more people access crypto in a seamless and self-custodial manner, by offering more buying options with service providers they already use and trust.” Source
A Quick Look at Last Month's U.S. Crypto Crime Log
While our attention was focused on exchange-traded funds earlier this month, federal regulators in the U.S. announced charges or sentences for various crypto parties. Source
Uniswap and Tron investors exploring Kelexo presale
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Kelexo (KLXO) plans to reshape decentralized lending and offers opportunities for people to participate in governance and revenue-sharing initiatives. Over 5,000 people have registered for the KLXO presale. Uniswap innovating Uniswap (UNI) is up by around 55% since October 2023. The uptrend is driven by the excitement around the upcoming release of Uniswap v4. Uniswap is committed to innovation and making decentralized finance better. Experts predict UNI will reach…
Neutral, DLT Finance Create a Crypto Carbon Credits Exchange in Germany
Tokenized trading project Neutral and DLT Finance, a German brokerage firm, have built a blockchain-backed platform for carbon credits, or financial instruments that represent forests and renewable energy products that businesses can use to offset their carbon footprint. Source
Germany’s BaFin Greenlights Crypto Carbon Credits Exchange Created by Neutral and DLT FInance
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ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood Believes Bitcoin Will Overtake Gold, Here’s Why
ARK Invest Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Cathie Wood, has expressed her optimism about Bitcoin’s capabilities to potentially rise above gold, referring to the cryptocurrency as ‘the digital gold.’ Bitcoin Versus Gold Appearing in a recent interview on ARK Invest’s official YouTube channel, Wood and ARK Invest’s Chief Futurist, Brett Winton, delved into a lengthy discussion about Bitcoin’s historical and most recent price movements in relation to gold. Describing Bitcoin as both a “store of value” and a “risk off asset,” Wood emphasized the cryptocurrency’s notable…
Bitcoin Could Drop in the Short Term
Bitcoin dropped on Tuesday after experiencing low volatility over the past few days, and traders are expecting the cryptocurrency to fall more in the coming weeks. Ethereum was little changed while Optimism’s OP jumped 5% on the day. According to B2C2, an over-the-counter market maker, BTC has witnessed a preference for buyers in the past weeks and could be set to drop in the short-term. “In recent market observations, bitcoin has shown a noticeable preference for buyers, despite the cryptocurrency’s price hovering within a tight range between $42,000 and $43,500…