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While Global Markets Get Spooked by Covid and a Hawkish Fed, Stocks and Crypto Rebound After Musk Buys Twitter – Finance Bitcoin News

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Wall Street suffered Monday morning as the major U.S. stock indexes dropped further, building on losses gathered last week. Reports indicate that investors are concerned about the upcoming Federal Reserve rate hikes and China’s recent Covid-19 outbreak. As equities floundered on Monday, the crypto economy slid under the $2 trillion mark and gold prices dropped 1.6% against the U.S. dollar during the past 24 hours. However, after Elon Musk revealed he acquired Twitter at 2:50 p.m. (ET), both equities and crypto markets rebounded a great deal following the announcement. Global…

NFT Trade Volume Jumped 23% Higher This Week Capturing Close to $1 Billion in Sales – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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Non-fungible token (NFT) sales have increased by 23.56% over the last week, as $945.2 million in sales were recorded across 15 different blockchains during the last seven days. NFT sales stemming from Ethereum jumped 29.16% in seven days, gathering $863.2 million in sales or 91.32% of the $945.2 million in sales. One particular NFT collection called Moonbirds has bolstered most of this week’s NFT sales volume. NFT Sales Spike This Week, Volume Fueled by Moonbirds Sales Following last week’s slight uptick in NFT sales, which increased 3.35% and gathered $658.4…

Bitcoin Hits 6-Week Low as Risk-Off Sentiment Hits Financial Markets

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Decentralization ‘absolutely essential’ in building crypto capital markets

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If crypto capital markets have a chance of becoming an institutional reality, decentralization will be one of the key aspects according to one industry insider. Capital markets bring suppliers and those in need of capital together to initiate supposedly efficient transactions. Investments or savings are often funneled between suppliers of funds like banks and those who need capital like businesses, governments and individuals. Co-founder of crypto financial service provider VegaX Holdings Sang Lee told Cointelegraph today that incumbent financial institutions have simply been left behind by the rapid pace of…

Green finance needs voluntary carbon markets that work

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The United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland catalyzed a commitment to carbon neutrality, achieving net-zero carbon emissions, requiring reducing emissions as much as possible, and balancing the remaining emissions with the purchase of carbon credits. A carbon credit reduces, avoids or removes carbon emissions in one place to compensate for unavoidable emissions somewhere else through certified green-energy projects. Carbon credits represent one ton in carbon emission reduction. They are 1) Avoidance or reduction projects — e.g., renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, biogas) — and 2)…

Nigerian Agencies Told to Stop ‘Demonizing’ Crypto Industry Players – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News

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Nigerian public and law enforcement agencies have been urged to “stop the demonization” of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. According to an association that advocates for the risk-based regulation of the crypto industry, financial institutions should not use a Nigerian central bank directive as basis for denying service to industry players. Risk-Based Regulation of Crypto Activities A blockchain and crypto industry association has told Nigerian public and law enforcement agencies to stop demonizing and discriminating against blockchain and crypto entities. In its latest press release, the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology…

Bitcoin mining: China and Iran have ‘risks that are difficult to price,’ Cipher Mining CEO says

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io #bitcoin #China #Iranbitcoin Cipher Mining CEO Tyler Page joins Yahoo Finance’s Zack Guzman to discuss the 2022 outlook for bitcoin mining, difficulties in mining cryptocurrencies, and the mining firm’s business model that allows it to compete in that space. Don’t Miss: Valley of Hype: The Culture That Built Elizabeth Holmes WATCH HERE: Watch the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting on YouTube: Subscribe to Yahoo Finance: About Yahoo Finance: At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources,…

NFT Sales Volume Saw a Small Uptick This Week — Moonbirds, Mutant Apes Take Top Sales – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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Non-fungible token (NFT) sales saw a small uptick over the last week as $658.4 million in NFT sales were recorded, up 3.35% in seven days. Out of 15 blockchains, Polygon-based NFT sales saw the largest increase in volume, jumping 106.68% this week. Moreover, over the last seven days, an NFT collection called Moonbirds saw the largest sales volume gathering $231.9 million. Weekly NFT Sales Record a Slight Increase NFT sales volume managed to increase slightly this week, as sales jumped 3.35% higher than last week’s sales. The sales volume stemming…

Argentinians Are Now Using P2P Markets to Multiply Their Savings – Bitcoin News

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Argentinians are now discovering that P2P (peer-to-peer) markets can be used to maintain or multiply their savings in crypto and foreign currency. According to local media sources, more and more Argentinians are using P2P exchanges and markets to apply arbitrage and earn money being P2P cashiers. Maximiliano Hinz, Latam operations director of Binance, states that their P2P business has grown 40% in just the last month. Argentinians Rush to P2P Market Boom Argentinians are discovering the way in which liquidity providers in P2P markets earn great amounts of…

Crypto and Blockchain Firms Constitute 16% of UAE Free Zone’s Record Q1 Company Registrations – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News

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Crypto and blockchain firms constituted 16% of the 655 new company registrations that were recorded in Q1 of 2022, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has said. The surge in crypto-related registrations also coincided with a quarterly period in which the DMCC is reported to have recorded its “highest Q1 performance” since inception. Rise in Registrations Attributed to the Launch of DMCC Crypto Centre One of the UAE’s largest free zones, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), has said 16% of the 655 new company registrations recorded in Q1 of…