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Finance Expert Predicts Bitcoin Will Touch $100,000 Soon, Here’s When

BitcoinFeb 20

Renowned finance author Robert Kiyosaki has once again made a bullish price prediction for the flagship cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. This time, he predicts that Bitcoin will hit $100,000 and mentions when exactly this will happen. When Bitcoin Will Hit $100,000 Kiyosaki mentioned in an X (formerly Twitter) post that Bitcoin will hit $100,000 by June 2024. However, he didn’t mention what will propel this massive price surge. The finance expert is known to be a huge advocate of the foremost crypto token and, at different times, given his opinion on its potential. Before now, Kiyosaki, who authored the best-selling book ‘Rich…

Spot Bitcoin ETF is "a Giant Mistake"

BitcoinFeb 20

While the broad crypto industry is basking in the euphoria of the spot Bitcoin ETFs, market expert Jim Bianco thinks that the new offering is a giant mistake. BTC ETF Is a Giant Mistake President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Jim Bianco has expressed his displeasure about the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs. Amidst this criticism, he spoke highly of the prospects of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) as an alternative in the financial landscape. He also pointed out that the Bitcoin ETF product can produce higher prices for the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin, but not up to $1 million as…

Worldcoin’s Rocketing WLD Token Could Benefit Creditors of Three Arrows Capital, FTX

AltcoinsFeb 20

Three Arrows participated in a $25 million round at a $1 billion valuation for Worldcoin’s developer Tools For Humanity. FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was an early investor as well. However, WLD prices may run into headwinds as a token unlock worth $165 million is set to begin on Monday. An over 200% surge in Worldcoin’s WLD tokens in the past week is seemingly benefiting a key group of investors – creditors of the bankrupt fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), 3AC founder Su Zhu said on X on Monday. However, WLD prices may run into headwinds as a token unlock worth…

Inside Injective's Game-Changing Approach to Web3 Finance

DeFiFeb 20

Step into the world of Injective, where blockchain innovation meets the future of finance. Led by CEO Eric Chen, Injective is revolutionizing decentralized finance (DeFi) with its lightning-fast transactions, zero gas fees, and omnichain liquidity layer. — In this exclusive interview, we dive deep into Injective's role in the blockchain space, its collaboration with Bonfida and Wormhole, and the transformative opportunities it presents for developers and users alike. Join us as we explore the cutting-edge technology driving Injective's mission to reshape the landscape of finance. Q: Could you provide an overview of what Injective is and its role in the…

Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Acquires Moonbirds NFT Startup Proof

NFTFeb 20

Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs has acquired Proof, the NFT startup behind the Moonbirds collection and the Proof Collective membership program, the company announced Friday. According to Yuga Labs, the company has completely acquired Proof and all of its properties, including Moonbirds, Oddities, Mythics, and Grails. Yuga will add the Proof team into its staff, and integrate the Moonbirds collection into its upcoming Otherside metaverse game. Proof co-founder and CEO Kevin Rose, a tech entrepreneur who also co-founded Digg, will assist with the handover before becoming an advisor to Yuga Labs. Rose had previously denied that any Moonbirds…

CoinShares’ Meltem Demirors Says Ethereum (ETH) Narrative Has Struggled Amid Rise of Rival Layer-1s

EthereumFeb 20

The chief strategy officer of market intelligence platform CoinShares says that the narrative centered around Ethereum (ETH) has been hampered amid the rise of alternative layer-1 blockchains. In a new interview on the Crypto Banter YouTube channel, CoinShares CSO Meltem Demirors says that crypto newcomers are still more likely to choose Bitcoin (BTC) over Ethereum (ETH) as their entry point to the digital asset ecosystem due to a simpler narrative. Says Demirors, “I think for a lot of the newcomers in this next cycle, ETH is not going to be their first entry point into crypto, and I do think…

The AI crypto surpass 12 billion dollars

RegulationFeb 20

Recently, the total market capitalization of AI (artificial intelligence) related crypto tokens has exceeded 12 billion dollars. This is what emerges from a recent report by Stocklytics.com that considers nine cryptos: Bittensor (TAO), Render (RNDR), Akash Network (AKT), Fetch.ai (FET), CorgiAI (CORGIAI), SingularityNET (AGIX), Echelon Prime (PRIME), Ocean Protocol (OCEAN), OriginTrail (TRAC). The crypto AI Stocklytics Analysis The main AI cryptos Future perspectives The crypto AI The AI-related crypto with the highest market capitalization is TAO (Bittensor), which reaches 3.8 billion dollars. In this ranking it is clearly in the lead, since the second, RNDR (Render), has only just…

Bitcoin Maxi Max Keiser Says Bitcoin ETFs Have Zero Impact, Here's Why

BitcoinFeb 19

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have become the talk of the town witnessing massive inflows since their launch last month. However, in a podcast with Natalie Brunell on Sunday, February 18, market expert Jim Bianco called Bitcoin ETFs a “giant mistake“. Bitcoin (BTC) Not Going to $1 Million Bianco on the podcast stated that the only thing that Bitcoin ETFs have done is sucking Bitcoin into the current financial system. He added that spot Bitcoin ETFs take away the “Decentralized” nature from the asset class. In his message on X, on Sunday, Bianco noted: “I love the idea of an alternative financial…

Ripple CTO Fires Back at XRP Critics, Here's What Happened

AltcoinsFeb 19

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has responded to concerns alleging XRP price manipulation via Ripple XRP sales by an X user. Schwartz highlighted Ripple's transparency, as evidenced by its escrow accounts. In the past week, there have been conversations on social media over the XRP price, with some members of the XRP community blaming Ripple for the token's poor performance. Some of them stated that Ripple was dumping XRP onto the market. In response to these allegations, Schwartz clarified that Ripple had discontinued its programmatic XRP sales, citing Ripple's Q1, 2023, XRP Markets Report. According to the article, Ripple has only…

NFT Insider Trading? Moonbirds Sales Spiked Before Yuga Deal Was Official

NFTFeb 19

Prices and trading volume for Ethereum NFT collection Moonbirds rose sharply Friday afternoon, following the announcement that Bored Ape Yacht Club maker Yuga Labs had acquired the IP for the collection alongside creator Proof. But sizable spikes in the last couple days have fueled speculation of insider trading ahead of the reveal. According to data from blockchain analytics platform CryptoSlam, daily sales volume for Moonbirds NFTs was under the $100,000 mark for each day this month through February 13, with only one exception—February 4 with about $141,000 worth. But on February 14, daily Moonbirds sales volume spiked fivefold from the…