The Ethereum Foundation has announced April 12 as the date of deployment of the much-anticipated Shanghai and Capella upgrade, together dubbed as Shapella. The upgrades will enable withdrawals from Ethereum 2.0 staking contracts. The staking contract was first launched in December 2020. It only accepted one-way deposits of ETH, which will change after the upgrade.
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In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Brent Xu, founder and CEO of Umee — a decentralized finance hub built on the Cosmos SDK that offers tools for macro-level borrowing and lending applications. Before founding Umee, Xu led strategy at Tendermint while setting the strategic roadmap and partnerships for the Cosmos Ecosystem. We start things
Regulation continues to be the primary concern for Bitcoin bulls, especially after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Binance for trading and derivatives law violations. The regulator wants Binance to repay the trading profits, revenues, salaries, commissions, loans and fees it received from US citizens, as well as paying civil penalties for the violations.
Although the Federal Reserve voted to raise rates another .25% at its second meeting of the year, there was a silver lining in the announcement. In his opening statement, Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated significant rate hikes may not be needed going forward, which will bring much needed relief and stability to the commercial real
Gnosis, the team behind Gnosis Safe multi-sig and Gnosis Chain, has launched a hash oracle aggregator for blockchain bridges, according to an announcement from the company. In a conversation with Cointelegraph, Gnosis CEO Martin Köppelmann stated that the new aggregator should make bridges more secure by requiring more than one bridge to validate a withdrawal
Michigan’s fiscal 2022 tax surge will result in a $650 million income tax cut, but it will remain in place only for 2023, state officials announced Wednesday. All signs pointed to an income tax cut when state finance officials and economic forecasters discussed the fiscal landscape at the annual February revenue estimating conference but Treasurer
Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf is braced for his first electoral challenge after a UK parliamentary committee recommended a 30-day suspension for an ex-Scottish National party MP who broke rules at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision by the House of Commons standards committee — which on Thursday ruled that Margaret Ferrier’s actions
The United States Federal Reserve has been “too heavy-handed” in taming inflation, said pro-Bitcoin (BTC) Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk. In a Twitter debate on March 29, Musk directly criticized U.S. macroeconomic policy, including “excess government spending.” Musk: Fed policy is a “serious issue” Bitcoin and crypto markets remain extremely sensitive to Fed cues
Four stablecoins have reduced their supplies this month, while the stablecoin token TrueUSD (TUSD) has seen its supply jump 110% higher over the last 30 days. TUSD resides natively on four different blockchains. The number of Ethereum-based TUSD rose 27%, while the number of Tron-based TUSD stablecoins increased by 218%. TUSD Supply Swells, Tron-Issued Stablecoins
A for sale sign is posted in front of a home for sale on February 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images It might seem like a great time to list your home for sale. Buyers are flooding back into the market, mortgage rates have fallen off their recent highs, and
A top Federal Reserve official has said she expects the US central bank to implement one more quarter-point rate rise in its battle against high inflation, despite lingering concerns about the stability of the banking system. Susan Collins, president of the Boston Fed, on Thursday said inflation across the country remains too high, arguing there
In this article EVGO CROX GPN NFLX BBBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Bed Bath & Beyond store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said it would shutter another 87 stores in addition to the 150 closures it announced in August.
The Irvine Facilities Financing Authority in California plans to price $455 million in special tax bonds the week of April 17 to continue development of its Great Park, in pursuit of a long-delayed goal of creating a public space comparable to New York’s Central Park. The authority, comprised of the Irvine City Council’s members, approved
In this video we will take a look at a McDonalds (MCD) iron condor bullish strategy for options and see how we can construct a trade on MCD for an upside move. The earnings were reported and now the big news is out of the way. How could we trade this if we believe in
Monero climbed for a third consecutive session on Thursday, as the token moved marginally closer to a six-week high. This rise in price comes despite the fact that the global market cap mostly consolidated, and is trading just 0.50% higher as of writing. As for LINK, chainlink bulls have so far failed to break out
The Justices of the Supreme Court of Denmark have handed down two judgements on whether the sale of Bitcoin (BTC) under certain circumstances qualifies as a taxable event. In a March 30 notice, Denmark’s Supreme Court said a party who gained profits from selling Bitcoin acquired through several purchases and donations was required to report the sale
The 181-year-old Iowa Wesleyan University will shut down when the academic year ends in May after failing to secure state help or other solutions to its fiscal troubles. The board of trustees made the decision this week, citing a combination of factors that included higher operating costs due to inflationary pressures, changing enrollment trends, a
The public finance community is often disappointed with the limited scope of municipal bond proposals laid out by the White House in its annual budget and policy recommendations. But this year, for the first time in recent history, Treasury’s so-called Green Book, which contains the Biden administration’s tax policy initiatives and proposals, is completely silent
A small Texas public school district’s underlying junk bond ratings are under pressure as it deals with financial woes that led to a state-appointed monitor. Last week, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Tioga Independent School District’s Ba3 general obligation bond issuer rating to B1 with a negative outlook, affecting about $5.3 million of debt outstanding as
When lawyers work on commercial real estate or other transactions, they typically charge for their time by the hour. If the transaction doesn’t close, the bill is the same as if it did close. Clients who face those bills don’t like them. These bills cause maximum pain if the transaction nearly closed and the lawyer
In Cointelegraph Markets Pro’s latest VORTECS™ Report, the institutional-grade crypto trading platform displayed how its members could have captured a cumulative 390% gain by following seven trades based on four different advanced data indicators. The report depicts trading alerts generated between March 11 – 18, 2023. The potential gains available to Cointelegraph Markets Pro subscribers