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Financial Giant ING Expects Fed to Cut Rates From Second Quarter Onwards
Financial giant ING has predicted that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in the second quarter of next year. “We are currently forecasting 150bp of rate cuts in 2024 with a further 100bp in early 2025,” ING’s chief…
Trillion-Dollar Asset Manager Franklin Templeton: There’s Obviously Demand for Bitcoin
The CEO of Franklin Templeton, a $1.33 trillion asset manager, says there’s “obviously” a demand for bitcoin, noting that a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is “a better way” to access the cryptocurrency. The executive…
US Defense Department Urged to Integrate Bitcoin to Maintain Superpower Status
A U.S. Space Force major has urged the Department of Defense to integrate Bitcoin as an “offset” strategy. Emphasizing that “Integration of this technology could revolutionize national defense strategies in…
Bitcoin Miner Riot Secures 66,560 Microbt ASIC Miners to Boost Hashrate by 18 EH/s
The bitcoin mining corporation Riot Platforms, a publicly traded firm within the industry, recently announced a significant expansion of its operations. The firm has completed its largest-ever acquisition of application-specific integrated…
Bitcoin Rally to $42K Fueled by ‘Panic Buying,’ Pushes Crypto Market Cap Over $1.5T
Bitcoin hit a fresh yearly high of $42,000, pushing the market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies over $1.5 trillion for the first since May 2022.
Bitcoin Hits Second-Highest Transaction Day Amid Price Surge, Record Influx of Ordinal Inscriptions
Bitcoin marked its second most active day for transactions on December 3, 2023, as the cryptocurrency’s value soared past the $40K mark. This surge in activity comes closely after the record-setting day of November 19, 2023, when…
Tether Blacklists Over 30 USDT Wallets
Tether, the company behind the issuance of USDT, the largest stablecoin, has blacklisted more than 30 addresses that have received billions in USDT since their first use. According to blockchain intelligence firm Chainargos, the blacklisted…
El Salvador Triumphs in Bitcoin Bet — President Nayib Bukele Announces $3.6 Million Profit
El Salvador’s head of state, Nayib Bukele, recently announced that the nation’s bitcoin investment has turned profitable, rebounding from a prolonged period of losses experienced during the majority of last year’s…
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Bet Profit Tops $2B
The company added to its holdings in November.
Altcoins in the Limelight — LUNC, IOTA, and ORDI Dominate This Week’s Crypto Gains
Over the last week, both bitcoin and ethereum experienced significant upticks, with increases of 13% and 10% respectively. Meanwhile, an array of other cryptocurrencies achieved even more impressive growth during the same period. Notably,…