Blockchain Bites: Paul Tudor Jones, Open Options and Why Bitcoin Looks Strong Heading to the Halving

Colby Winegar has been promoted to CEO of cloud-storage platform Storj. The outgoing CEO, Ben Golub, will continue as executive chair, the company said. 01:50 Bitcoin Open Interest Hits Record High Amid BTC Price Surge 02:41 Bitcoin Leaps Across $71K, Eyes All-Time High; DOGE Futures Interest Nears Record 01:33 Sliding Copper-to-Gold Ratio Presents Bitcoin Bear

news Today marks a week since I left my home in Venezuela. So, here I am, watching the news since 6 a.m., haven’t separated from my phone all day. I’m worried about my loved ones, wondering if I could have done more before leaving, but knowing I had to leave anyway. I left everything I…

In the ever-evolving world of digital assets, Ethereum is facing the squeeze of diminishing demand amid rising U.S. Treasury yields. This is evident in the ether (ETH) staking rate, which is the reward paid to validators to support the operation of the Ethereum network. According to the Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR) index, this rate

Maker (MKR), the governance token of decentralized finance (DeFi) lender MakerDAO, jumped more than 10% Thursday, defying slumping cryptocurrency prices as the platform has turned profitable again after tweaking its lending rates.The token is the best performing digital asset above $100 million market capitalization, CoinDesk price data shows, vastly outperforming the broader crypto market proxy

Bitcoin settles back above $29,200 after seesawing for much of the previous day.Major altcoins were largely in negative territory with BCH and UNI down more than 5% and 6%, respectively.Shortly before Asia markets opened Thursday, a bitcoin 24-hour, roller coaster ride seemed over at least for now with the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization trading…

Do you remember The Jetsons, the futuristic family from the eponymous 1960s American animated sitcom? In the show, household appliances programmed to know family members’ intimate preferences helped the characters navigate each segment of their days, from breakfast to bedtime routines.Disco, a metaverse company focused on consent-based digital identity, is working to create a similar…

feature The Takeaway: Swiss Digital Exchange (SDX), a unit of stock exchange operator SIX Group, has organized a global consortium of financial institutions to back its “initial digital offering” (IDO). The token sale is scheduled to happen by the middle of next year. The targeted proceeds are not yet public. SDX has modified its business…

Web3 publishing app Mirror is being acquired by Paragraph, a competing platform.Mirror's team will continue to operate independently and will shift its focus to developing "Kiosk," a Web3 social app based on Farcaster that blends blockchain and e-commerce.Mirror and Paragraph will eventually merge into a single, unified product suite according to Paragraph's founder.Paragraph, the company

Blockchain development startup Spacemesh has just raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Polychain Capital, the firm announced Wednesday. The project is taking a novel angle on blockchain tech, working to develop a "blockmesh operating system" using the proof-of-space-time (PoST) consensus protocol. As previously reported, the goal is to be able…