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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed on March 10, and since then the price of bitcoin (BTC) has been on a tear.In the early hours of March 10, bitcoin was trading around $19,600. It whipsawed just above and below $20,000 until around 12 p.m. ET when it was announced that SVB was goin

It’s common knowledge that banks are the safest place to store your money, but the run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the collapses of Silvergate and Signature shook that assumption – and rightly so. Initially, many were quick to point fingers at crypto as the culpr

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic showed us human nature in a largely new context. People around the world were locked down and separated, but at the same time newly connected via the internet and social media.For too many, it turns out that was a formula for serious mental

Blockchain technology hit mainstream consciousness more than a decade ago, and since then, we have seen governments, businesses, and consumers experimenting with it.

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Last Thursday morning, I wondered whether I needed to write a follow-up piece about Silvergate Bank. On Thursday evening, I wondered whether my main topic should instead be about ether potentially being a security. And then, obviously, some things happened.You’re reading St

Casey Rodamor’s Ordinal project has grown from a niche interest to an accelerating technology that’s captured the attention of collectors and developers in and out of the world of Bitcoin. Like them or hate them, Ordinals are – at least at time of writing &ndash

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Denzel Washington. Ben Affleck. Serena Williams. Tina Fey. Rihanna. These are the types of names that are represented by WME (William Morris Endeavor), an elite talent agency that runs a good chunk of Hollywood.Founded in 1898, WME has a roster of talent across nearly every branc

Good photography often requires as much technical skill as artistic sensibility, making it uniquely fit for experimentation in Web3. Yet, talk to any non-fungible token (NFT) collector or creator and they’ll say it took a while for “photography NFTs” to take off

Who would have thought the U.S. government would be bailing out stablecoins? Well, through sheer coincidence, this week when the U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and FDIC announced plans to backstop all deposits at two failed banks, they were also pledging to secure at l

If you’re a little confused about how to manage your NFTs and crypto assets, you’re in very good company.

More than ever, it is necessary for traditional brands to learn how to communicate the Web3 way to ensure that their projects will be well received by audiences.

Crypto expert highlights key areas of focus for surveillance practitioners when it comes to MiCA.

Recent news has been dominated by the collapse of several banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate and Signature Bank – all of which provided vital services to the crypto industry by bridging the gap between blockchain technology and traditional finance.However, som

Crypto markets have experienced a surprising surge over the past few days, with bitcoin and ether rising by around 20% since late Sunday. Stock markets are down sharply Wednesday morning as banking’s woes expand to Europe, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average was actually u

This week, Glenn Williams Jr. explains how his process of researching small and microcap oil and gas companies compares to that of digital assets and AI.Then, Joe Orsini shares how two on-chain metrics, realized capitalization and holding trends, demonstrate belief in bitcoin as

Some crypto industry operatives will point to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank as further evidence that traditional financial (TradFi) institutions are ineffective and untrustworthy.In fact, you may have already heard from the bitcoiner i

The top trends in retail and what that means for surveillance teams looking to ensure investor protection:

KuCoin Ventures, the venture arm of China-focused (but Seychelles-registered) crypto exchange KuCoin, led a $10 million funding round into the stablecoin issuer behind CNHC, a stablecoin pegged to the value of the offshore yuan.CNHC is pegged 1:1 with the offshore yuan, known by