Layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain platform Flare has integrated its application programming interface (API) portal on Google Cloud Marketplace, onboarding a number of significant blockchain APIs to the ecosystem. The integration of Google Cloud Marketplace will provide high-integrity blockchain data from Flare nodes and connected chain nodes to a large pool of developers and
Who is Josie Bellini? Crypto artist Josie Bellini is most famously identified by her iconic Bitcoin gas mask from Filter. She has become one of the most prominent NFT artists, being featured at Christie’s and on just about every NFT marketplace platform available, including SuperRare, ASync Art and Nifty Gateway. Born and raised in Chicago,
The Florida Legislature is expected to give its final approval on Friday to the state’s $117 billion fiscal 2023-2025 budget. The state Senate on Tuesday gave a green light to SB 2500, the general appropriations act, which now goes into a constitutionally required 72-hour cooling off period. However, the agreement didn’t include any provisions that
UK executives should be paid more if the country wants to retain talent and deter companies from leaving the City of London, the head of the London Stock Exchange has said. Julia Hoggett said the UK needed a “constructive discussion” on the UK’s approach to executive pay as part of broader efforts to boost the
In this article GNRC CCOI PACW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT general view of a Starbucks store on September 15, 2022 in Plainview, New York Bruce Bennett | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Eli Lilly — The pharmaceutical stock rose more than 5% on
Litecoin (LTC) can make some big gains versus Bitcoin (BTC), particularly as the August halving event gets closer, according to Litecoin’s creator Charlie Lee. Litecoin up 85% since record lows versus Bitcoin Lee argues that LTC/BTC could rally to 0.025 BTC, or over 700%, in the next bull cycle, with Litecoin having “higher throughput by design, scalability
Major cryptocurrency exchanges around the world are launching trading of the Sui (SUI) token amid the Sui Network’s mainnet launch on May 3. According to an official announcement by the Sui Foundation, the Sui mainnet went live at 12:00 pm UTC. A wide number of global crypto trading platforms opted to support the Sui mainnet
Bitcoin rebounded from Tuesday’s losses, as all focus in the market turned to today’s United States Federal Reserve rate decision. It is widely expected that the Fed will hike rates by 25 basis points in May’s meeting. Ethereum also moved higher, nearing $1,900 in the process. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded on Wednesday, as all focus
That sound is a “dirty great hoover . . . on full suction mode”. Lord Jonathan Hill, who two years ago began the process of reforming London’s listing regime with his eponymous review, was referring to the US Inflation Reduction Act sucking investment out of Europe. He may as well have been talking about London’s capital markets. The risk,
Authorities in Iran are taking steps to make crypto payments easier for companies importing goods in the sanctioned country. A dedicated platform has been established to allow local businesses to transfer cryptocurrency for the purpose of cross-border settlements. Iran to Use Cryptocurrencies for Imports, Trade Organization Chief Vows Iranian companies will be able pay for
Not one of Boris Johnson’s key team agreed on what Brexit was for. This is just the most glaring failure of an administration that may become the seminal case study on why governments fail. The scale of dysfunction is laid bare in Johnson at 10, a history which might alternatively be titled “How not to
Dozens of explosions were reported in Ukraine and near Russian-occupied Crimea early on Wednesday, as both sides stepped up air attacks ahead of an expected counter-offensive by Kyiv to recapture lost territory. Much is riding on Ukraine’s long-anticipated counter-offensive more than a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. Military analysts say that it
Homes in Centreville, Maryland, US, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage demand from homebuyers has been erratic to say the least during the usually busy spring housing market. That is likely because today’s buyers are hypersensitive to mortgage rates, which have been fluctuating widely week to week but
Bitcoin’s BRC-20 token standard has become the latest trend in the crypto ecosystem, especially after the Pepe meme coin rise in recent months. A total of 8,500 different tokens have been minted using the BRC-20 standard, and the majority of these BRC-20 tokens are meme coins, such as Pepe and Meme. BRC-20 is an experimental
Bitcoin (BTC) miners have profited roughly 37% from mining Bitcoin since its inception, new data reveals. Calculations from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode suggest that since 2010, fees and block reward subsidies have netted miners over $50 billion. Bitcoin miner revenue passes $50 billion mark Amid an ongoing debate over miner costs and susceptibility to Bitcoin price
Bank of Russia raised its forecast for the profits of Russian banks in 2023, expecting results that may break the 2021 record. This year’s high numbers are coming after 2022 became the worst annual period in seven years for the sanctioned Russian banking sector in terms of financial outcome. Banks in Russian Federation Headed for
Another one bites the dust! The banking industry in the United States is in trouble, and regional banks are feeling the squeeze. A number of banks have failed recently due to mismanagement, poor risk management, and other factors which are leading to bailouts and buyouts from large players. They’re consolidating with larger banks faster than
Geoff Kendrick, the head of forex research at the banking institution Standard Chartered, recently said that the price of bitcoin is likely to jump by $20,000 in the event of the United States defaulting on its obligations. According to Kendrick, while bitcoin is likely to surge when the U.S. defaults, other cryptocurrencies like ethereum are
Nasdaq-listed mining company Bitdeer Technologies Group and Bhutan’s sovereign investment arm Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) have teamed up to create eco-friendly and carbon-free digital asset mining operations in the Kingdom of Bhutan. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Bitdeer and DHI said they would launch the partnership by creating a closed-end fund with an
The recent takeover of First Republic Bank, the fourth U.S. bank to fail this year, has awakened concerns about the possible repercussions this new failure might have on U.S. and international economies. While United States President Joe Biden has assured the public that the banking system remains safe, analysts are warning that this might not
The Federal Reserve is set to deliver a quarter-point rate rise on Wednesday in what will be its 10th consecutive increase in just over a year, as pressure builds on the US central bank to call time on its aggressive monetary tightening campaign. At the end of its two-day gathering, the Federal Open Market Committee