Today, enjoy the Empire newsletter on Blockworks.co. Tomorrow, get the news delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter . A bitcoin boom? Yesterday, we received some (un)expected news in a typical Sunday news dump. After a few weeks of the Washington DC rumor mill swirling around Joe Biden — whether or not
Traders should wait until after former President Donald Trump’s speech at the Bitcoin Conference on Saturday to cash out on their bitcoin profits. Some expect Trump to announce plans to make bitcoin a strategic reserve asset if he gets elected in November, which could result in a “parabolic move” for bitcoin. Traders could be forgiven
Superstate’s new tokenized fund will generate yield based on “cash and carry” investment strategy. CEO Robert Leshner said the new fund is “highly-regulated product” for qualified investors. 06:22 Philippines Taps Blockchain 04:56 BlackRock CEO Predicts Tokenization Is the Future of Markets 00:48 Tokenization on Public Blockchains Democratizes Access: Securitize CEO 07:08 Bitcoin Bounces Back Above
This week in prediction markets: It’s market mania as President Joe Biden declines to run for a second term. One market went to the cats, as bettors debate the first billion-dollar cat-themed meme coin. Everyone thought CrowdStrike’s follies would be fixed in a day. They were wrong. Joe Biden’s decision not to seek re-election isn’t
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Other participants in the round were Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital, and Mantle EcoFund. NPC Labs said it plans to use the proceeds to act as a core contributor to B3.fun, an ecosystem that looks to build Web3 games on Base. NPC Labs, a developer looking to build a GameFi ecosystem on the Base
Polymarket bettors do not seem confident that Trump will announce a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve. With Bitcoin 2024 starting this week, all eyes are on Former President Donald Trump to see what comments he makes about Bitcoin (BTC) and the crypto industry in general. Among the speculation, Polymarket bettors are betting on whether Trump will
On-chain data suggests that Ethereum faces substantial resistance at the $3,500 price level as the price retreats from the threshold. IntoTheBlock shared details on Monday that show the above price point continues to prove tough for Ethereum (ETH) bulls since July 16. At the time of writing, ETH is hovering around $3,448 and has slipped
Renzo, an Ethereum liquid restaking platform, was the latest defi operator to report a compromise as of July 22. According to a community alert, rogue actors hijacked the Renzo Protocol Discord server on Monday and posted malicious links in an apparent phishing exploit. Renzo warned members to refrain from interacting with posts or messages sent by
The Digital Chamber, a leading blockchain trade association, has urged U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to “take a forward-looking approach to digital assets.” On Monday, the Digital Chamber said it had sent a letter to Harris. This came just a day after outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the upcoming 2024 election and