The Nobel prize laureate Paul Krugman is warning that blockchain-based projects, such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency networks, will soon enter an unending cryptocurrency winter. A column written by an economist and published in the New York Times on December 1st explains the technology’s true value and the warning signals
Crypto exchange Bybit has announced yet another round of widespread layoffs for the year 2022. Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou recently unveiled a restructuring plan that includes a significant decrease in staff in the face of a protracted bear market. All staff will be impacted by the “planned downsizing”.
Bankrupt FTX subsidiary business Alameda Research made its largest venture investment in Genesis Digital Assets, a cryptocurrency mining firm. On December 3rd, Bloomberg released documents showing that in less than nine months, Genesis Digital had raised $1.15 billion from Alameda. Injection of funds took place between August 2021 and April
According to a Dec. 3 Financial Times report citing people familiar with the subject. Crypto lender Genesis and its parent firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) are believed to owe $900 million to Gemini’s consumers. Furthermore, the problem originated with the shocking FTX crash in November. In cooperation with Genesis, the
Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, founders of the now-defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), have made a comeback on Twitter and in media appearances, and they have a lot to say about the demise of Sam Bankman- Fried’s FTX. However, neither they nor their legal team in Singapore
Similar to Binance, INX has submitted a non-binding letter of intent to purchase troubled assets from defunct asset management Voyager Digital. INX CEO Shy Datika stated in a press release: “We believe that INX can offer the right combination of credibility, technology, and unique regulatory positioning to protect Voyager customers
Billionaire Mike Novogratz, one of the cryptocurrency advocates, is now included in the catastrophic collapse scenario. Novogratz pulled off his previous prediction that Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $500,000 in five years, blaming the Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The Galaxy Digitals CEO stated that Bitcoin will reach the $500K level,
This week’s cryptocurrency market recovery has been accompanied by significant price increases for several cryptocurrencies. The native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap, UNI, is one noteworthy altcoin with recent gains. The UNI price increased by 6% on Wednesday after the debut of its new NFT Aggregator. Uniswap’s
The Kraken crypto exchange stated today that they had slashed their personnel by 30%. The decision was called one of the toughest choices at Kraken to date in an official blog post by the exchange. As a result, 1,100 individuals lost their jobs “in order to adapt to current market
Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging app Telegram, revealed on November 30 through his Telegram channel that they are all set to build a collection of crypto tools. It includes non-custodial wallets and decentralized exchanges (DEX). Telegram's next step is to build a set of decentralized tools, including non-custodial
