Here’s what happened in crypto today

A surge of validators awaiting Eth2 staking has pushed Ethereum’s node count to 11,259 — surpassing Bitcoin by more than 100. 3566 Total views 18 Total shares Ethereum 2.0 genesis stakers have pushed the total number of Ethereum nodes past the number of Bitcoin nodes for the second time this year.According to Ethernodes.org, 11,259 Ethereum…

After a day of intensifying sell pressure, Bitcoin price dropped below $29,000 for the first time since January 5. 3190 Total views 10 Total shares On Jan. 21 the cryptocurrency market experienced an increased wave of selling pressure and within the last hour Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below the $30,000 mark for the first time…

Despite missing a response deadline, Sam Bankman-Fried says he’s willing to testify at a U.S. Senate hearing into the collapse of FTX. 1201 Total views 8 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTFormer FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has indicated that he’s willing to testify at a United States Senate…

Bitcoin (BTC) reversed recent gains to lose 1.5% on April 6 as bulls were kept frustrated with no sign of an attack on all-time highs BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingviewBitcoin will "likely" squash $60,000 resistanceCointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed local lows of $57,340 hitting during Tuesday after another failed attempt at tackling $60,000…

The stablecoin market cap, excluding algorithmic stablecoins, has reached $168 billion, its highest point in history. 

CbatGPT developer OpenAI announced last week that it had fired CEO Sam Altman due to a loss of confidence by the board — only to see him return to the company after 90% of OpenAI staffers threatened to resign. The firing caused a flurry of excitement from companies offering to match OpenAI salaries in an

In a further sign of a shake-up in the institutional market, DCG is eyeing the purchase along with hiring ETF specialists. 537 Total views 8 Total shares Cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale has a new buyer of shares in its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) — its owner.In a press release on March 10, Grayscale parent company…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) abysmal December 2017 futures launch quickly fell short of investors expectations and even though the CME BTC market has surpassed $2.5 billion in open interest, the initial launch has reinforced the narrative that this week’s CME ETH futures launch will be equally bearish in the short term. Prior to the CME BTC futures launch,…