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Investment Management Firm BlackRock Announces Mass Layoff

BlackRock, which manages $10 trillion in assets, is dismissing up to 500 people in a first wave of layoffs since 2019. Even with the layoffs, the company’s worldwide staff of around 18,000 individuals is still very modest. CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, wrote a note to workers today announcing the

January 12, 2023 1 min read

Bitcoin (BTC) Trades Above $18K as the Market Turns Green

The crypto market is witnessing bullish trend alarms. And the cryptos are illuminating with green signs everywhere, and the global market value has climbed to 3.87%. Bitcoin, the world’s largest and first cryptocurrency, has broken through numerous critical resistance levels, reaching its highest point since December. And since the beginning

January 12, 2023 2 mins read

‘Running Bitcoin’ Tweet by Developer Hal Finney Completes 14 Years

On January 11, 2009, one of the Bitcoin ecosystem’s early pioneers, Hal Finney, activated a node on his own computer. This day marks the beginning of the Bitcoin era. He made the announcement on Twitter, and the term “Running bitcoin” has subsequently entered popular culture. The genesis block was created

January 11, 2023 1 min read

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) Jumps 12% Despite Ongoing Struggles

On Monday, shares of the struggling Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) jumped, bringing the trust’s discount to Bitcoin closer to BTC’s original price. The over-the-counter security saw a price increase of 11.56%, to $9.65, yesterday. As a result, the trust’s discount relative to the NAV of its Bitcoin assets shrank to

January 10, 2023 1 min read

Nepal Issues Notice to ISP’s Towards Ban on Online Crypto Access

There has been a directive from Nepal’s telecoms authority for all ISPs in the nation. To ban access to any and all cryptocurrency trading websites, with legal repercussions for those who don’t comply. The Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) issued a notification on January 8. Instructing Internet service providers (ISPs) and

January 10, 2023 1 min read

Elon Musk Unveils Upcoming UI Modifications of Twitter

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced significant upcoming modifications to the service’s user interface (UI). New Twitter capabilities, many of which he revealed, will go out starting next week. Long-form tweets, a bookmark button, and fast swipe navigation between suggested and following content are just some of the new features.

January 9, 2023 1 min read

Thailand SEC Announces Opening of Crypto Academy For Investors

Last week, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the opening of “Crypto Academy.” An initiative to make available educational materials and training programmes on cryptocurrency and related topics. The regulator said that the program’s goal is to educate the public about digital assets and blockchain technology. So that

January 8, 2023 1 min read

Romanian Hospital Struck by Ransomeware Demanding Bitcoin

From December forward, hackers blocked access to the digital medical records of the Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Botoşani, Northeastern Romania. And demanded payment in crypto for unlocking them. Local news source Monitorul de Botoşani claimed on Tuesday, citing the English-language website Romania Insider, that hackers had compromised the servers,

January 8, 2023 1 min read

Fidelity Reduces Value of Investment in Twitter by More Than Half

Following the backing of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, investment company Fidelity has written down the value of its original share in the social media site. Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund has reduced the carrying value of its Twitter investment by more than 50 percent, as reported in a November

January 8, 2023 1 min read

Kazakhstan Crypto Miners Now Subject To Higher Electricity Charges

Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan have been subject to a progressive scale. For the calculation of their monthly power fees as of January 1. The first universal fee, implemented in the summer of 2021, was 1 Kazakhstani tenge ($0.002) per kilowatt-hour (kWh). But it may currently exceed 25 tenge (above $0.05).

January 7, 2023 1 min read