ZachXBT rug pull drama reveals extent of unpaid detective work

On Jan. 20, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with over $8.7 trillion assets under management, appeared to have given the green light to two of its associated funds, BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Inc. and BlackRock Funds, to invest in Bitcoin futures. In this regard, the prospectus documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange…

While speaking at the Virtual Fintech Forum in Hong Kong on May 27, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin commented on obstacles related to the Ethereum 2.0 rollout. Buterin said that there had been several internal team conflicts in the past five years and as a result, he confirmed that Ethereum 2.0 launch is unlikely to occur…

Meanwhile, Anthropic’s Claude 2, Meta’s Llama, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT seemingly have no qualms about discussing elections past, present, or future.

Selecting a timeframe for technical analysis is always a tricky topic, but usually, the longer the trend, the higher the odds it shall prevail. For example, those analyzing the 3-day Bitcoin (BTC) chart will unarguably identify an ascending channel pattern that initiated in late June.Bitcoin price in USD on FTX. Source: TradingviewBears will also always…

The first day of Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) is bringing more thoughts on the ongoing crisis in the global banking system, with industry executives comparing the collapses of major cryptocurrency firms like FTX with the fall of banks like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).On March 22, PBW hosted a panel discussion titled “FTX, Luna, Celsius, 3AC:…

Saturday, July 13 — Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting losses on the day by press time, as Bitcoin (BTC) fell below the $11,450 mark again.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin is currently down by over 1% on the day, trading at around $11,430 at press time, according to Coin360. Looking at its weekly…

China remains a major player in the Bitcoin mining industry despite imposing a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies in 2021

Authorized Bitcoin miners will be able to resume their operations after the electricity preservation policy during the hot summer months. Iran will once again allow Bitcoin and crypto miners to operate in the country from the last week of September.According to a report by Iran’s Financial Tribune, Tavanir, the country’s power generation organization, made the decision…