The former regulator had previously won the MIT Sloan Outstanding Teacher Award for the 2018-19 academic year. Former SEC Chairman Named MIT “Professor of the Practice” Before Gary Gensler became the SEC Chairman, he was teaching crypto at MIT, and on Monday, the university announced that Gensler would return to “teach and conduct research on … Read more
Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency, has fallen out of investor relative to bitcoin (BTC), returning the worst bull-cycle performance against its larger rival since the Ethereum blockchain’s inception in 2015. A comparison of the ether to bitcoin ratio across past cycles from the tokens’ respective lows shows consistent underperformance. The black line in the chart … Read more
A big $PEPE investor has recently gained crypto community’s attention by making an enormous profit after a significant silence. As per Spot On Chain, the $PEPE whale going by “0xc25” has obtained a $51.25M profit from only $3K following halting crypto activity for 6 months. The on-chain analytics platform took to social media to reveal … Read more
German GDP declines 0.2% QoQ in Q4 vs. -0.1% anticipated. Annual German GDP contracts 0.2% in Q4 vs. 0% estimate. EUR/USD stays defensive following the downbeat German Q4 GDP report. The German economy contracted by 0.2% over the quarter in the fourth quarter of 2024, following a 0.1% expansion in the third quarter, according to … Read more
A Chinese court found BKEX’s crypto contract trading functioned as illegal gambling, sentencing employees to prison for facilitating unauthorized betting.
Tesla has reported a $600 million gain from its Bitcoin holdings in the fourth quarter of 2024, benefiting from new accounting standards that allow companies to record the market value of digital assets on their books. According to Tesla’s Q4 2024 earnings report, released on 29 January 2025, the company valued its Bitcoin holdings at … Read more
Maker (MKR) price is making waves as it trades around $1,131.62, down 0.49% in the last 24 hours and 8.52% in the last week. At the time of writing, the token carries a market cap of $1 billion and a circulating supply of 886.97K MKR. According to technical analysis, the token can soon rise steadily … Read more
The FOMC unanimously held interest rates unchanged at 4.25%-4.50%. Powell said policymakers are in no hurry to lower rates. The U.S. Federal Reserve kept the interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, maintaining the benchmark lending rate within the range of 4.25% to 4.50%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell underlined that the policymakers are in no rush to … Read more
The dialogue around XRP Ledger ($XRP), as a potential investment in cryptocurrency, has been amping up, with some investors and analysts becoming more vocal about their long-term bullish takes. Supporters of XRP now frequently highlight its so-called utility in the world of “tradfi,” or traditional finance, as something that could make it a very valuable … Read more
BTC price upside hurdles appear to tumble as Bitcoin trader optimism makes a firm comeback at $105,000.