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This week, the value of gold soared to an unprecedented peak, hitting $2,233 per troy ounce as of March 29. In contrast, silver has not exhibited the same level of brilliance, with its value standing at $24.97 per troy ounce, a significant 91% decline from its all-time high of $47.91 on March 31, 2011. ...

On Friday, the Avalanche-based options protocol, Arrow Markets, unveiled its successful $4 million Series A fundraising initiative. The global project aiming to “revolutionize crypto options trading” garners support from prominent backers including Framework Ventures, Delphi Ventures, and the Avalanche Blizzard ecosystem fund. Crypto Options Platform Arrow Markets Bags $4M in Funding Arrow Markets, an ...

Ethena, the protocol for the synthetic crypto native dollar, has announced an airdrop of its governance token, ENA, for participants in its shard campaign. The platform has stated that after a 6-week shard operation, 750 million ENA (which is 5% of the total supply) will be airdropped, with the number of shards held by ...

A report issued by TRM Labs indicated that Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin in the cryptocurrency industry, was the preferred stablecoin used for illicit transactions during 2023. TRM Labs alleges that 1.6% of USDT’s volume was linked to illicit activity last year, with $19.3 billion worth of USDT used in illegal transactional flows. TRM ...

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has proposed several measures to prevent a U.S. debt spiral. The executive explained that the U.S. debt crisis makes it “so easy to convince people to buy bitcoin and other hard assets.” He emphasized that implementing these measures could give the U.S. a chance to avoid a “debt death ...

Michael Patryn, co-founder of the now-defunct Quadrigacx cryptocurrency exchange, has been compelled by Canadian officers to explain the origin of his wealth. Patryn must explain how he acquired a stash of 45 gold bars, more than $180,000 in cash, and a jewelry set with a diamond-studded Rolex watch. Quadrigacx Cofounder Must Explain 45 Gold ...

In a recent deep dive into Ethereum’s future scalability and infrastructure, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discusses the latest introduction of blobs and their significant role in the evolution of layer two (L2) rollups. This pivotal development marks a transition towards more efficient internal scaling and parallelization within Ethereum’s ecosystem, according to Buterin. Scaling Ethereum: ...

On Friday, the producer of bitcoin-specific application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining equipment, Bitmain, unveiled the latest Antminer S21 Pro model during the World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS). This new device features a hashrate of approximately 234 terahash per second (TH/s) and boasts a much lower energy efficiency of 15 joules per terahash (J/T). New ...

On Friday, March 29, 2024, the combined open interest in bitcoin futures reached a new all-time peak of $37.55 billion. This uptick occurs amid buoyant bitcoin markets and a growing attraction from institutional investors. Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Reaches Unprecedented $37.55 Billion Since the close of 2023, interest in bitcoin (BTC) derivatives has escalated, ...

PRESS RELEASE. Bucharest, Romania, 29th March 2024: Atlas Navi, a trailblazer in AI-powered navigation, has unveiled Drive2Earn 2.0 — enhancing rewards for drivers as it sets its sights on overtaking Tesla as a market leader in capturing and analyzing vast quantities of data from dashcams. The app, which has now been downloaded more than ...