Cryptocurrencies were invented in the heat of the 2008-2009 financial crisis to provide an alternative to banks. The inventors of Bitcoin, who went by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, envisioned a financial system that didn’t depend on “trusted third parties” that they said couldn’t be trusted in the first place. Instead, it would use cryptography and
Markets • April 6, 2024, 1:08PM EDT Published 1 minute earlier on Pantera Capital, the $5.2 billion asset manager which was the first to focus exclusively on blockchain technology and digital assets, has posted a 66% gain for its Liquid Token Fund over the first quarter of 2024. The gains were led by Solana and
A handful of investors claim the notoriously battered NFT sector is showing fresh signs of life after a spectacular fall – and hordes of so-called crypto “goblins” are swarming to events across New York City this week to tout their non-fungible tokens. NFT.NYC, which began Tuesday at the Javits Center and ends Friday, has played
Frax Finance, the decentralized protocol that is the home to the seventh-largest stablecoin FRAX, has forged a significant partnership with asset issuance chain Noble to expand its footprint beyond Ethereum to the Cosmos ecosystem, which comprises about 80 blockchains. The Frax token (FRAX), a crypto-collateralized stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, and its staked version,
Angelo Babb, a seasoned financial expert renowned for his insights into emerging markets, announces his foray into the realm of cryptocurrency investments. With a keen eye for innovation and a deep understanding of market dynamics, Babb embarks on a journey to explore the vast opportunities and potential of digital assets, offering invaluable guidance
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and AUSTIN, Texas, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inspire Semiconductor Holdings Inc. (TSXV: INSP) (“InspireSemi” or the “Company”), a chip design company that provides revolutionary high-performance, energy-efficient accelerated computing solutions for High Performance Computing (HPC), AI, graph analytics, and other compute-intensive workloads, today announced that it has entered into a secured loan
In January 2022, financial advisor Andrew Fincher was working with a couple who wanted to invest the six-figure proceeds they made from selling one of their parents’ houses. They were concerned that the market could plunge after they bought in. Fincher of VLP Financial Advisors in Vienna, Va., recommended that they dollar-cost average. Instead of investing
Sometime between FTX’s collapse and Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction a year later, a consensus formed about the onetime boy genius of cryptocurrency: His wild, curly hair and beanbag chair naps at the office were largely for show, but his company FTX, which had been used by millions of people to buy and sell digital currencies,
Stocks to buy: After three consecutive sessions of gains, Nifty 50 traded lower on Tuesday, March 26, amid weak global cues and the absence of fresh domestic triggers. Nifty50 opened at 21,947.90 against its previous close of 22,096.75 and touched its intraday low of 21,947.55. Around 11:30 am, the index was 0.26 per cent down
As the festival of Holi draws near, the atmosphere is full of anticipation, joy, and excitement. The colourful environment around us brings back fond memories of picking a favourite colour and smearing it on our loved ones; or of happy colourful ‘barely’ recognizable faces digging into some festive sweets or smiling up to a camera.