Crypto exchanges race to soothe clients’ nerves after FTX collapse

Digital asset exchanges are rushing to reassure clients that their funds are safe as the collapse of collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange ricochets through the industry. Binance, the world’s biggest crypto trading venue, as well as smaller rivals including Crypto.com, OKX and Derebit have vowed to publish proof that they hold sufficient reserves … Read more

Bitcoin price dips under $17.6K June low as FTX nerves liquidate nearly $1B

Bitcoin (BTC) liquidated $200 million of long positions on Nov. 8 as BTC price briefly tumbled to two-year lows. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC price sets new two-year low Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView revealed carnage across crypto price charts as exchange FTX kept the mood low. After initially rebounding over … Read more

In France, fuel crisis frays nerves and workers’ resilience

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press John Leicester Publishing date: Oct 15, 2022  •  35 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Even close to midnight on a school night, the tipoff was too important to ignore: A nearby gas station … Read more

Ethereum’s Bellatrix upgrade hiccups jangle nerves, but it’ll be right on the night

The Bellatrix upgrade preparing Ethereum for the Merge was successfully completed on Tuesday. However, concerns were raised over an almost one in ten missed block rate across the last 600 slots. The Bellatrix upgrade updated Ethereum consensus layer clients at epoch 144896 on the Beacon Chain prior to the upcoming Merge scheduled for sometime next … Read more

Severed nerves in arm, Salman Rushdie is put on ventilator, ‘may lose an eye’

After author Salman Rushdie was stabbed on Friday at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, state and federal investigators were trying to determine the suspect’s motivation, plans, communication and movements as Rushdie remained in a precarious condition on Saturday. Rushdie, who had spent decades under proscription by Iran, was on a ventilator after undergoing … Read more

Bitcoin braces for US inflation data as CPI nerves halt BTC price gains

Bitcoin (BTC) hit multi-day lows into Aug. 10 as crypto traders braced for impact with fresh United States inflation data.  BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Trader: Market “could get ugly” if CPI keeps rising Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $22,668 on Bitstamp at the most recent daily … Read more