Kraken and Binance accelerate hiring drive amid crypto industry’s job cuts
    16 Jun 2022
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    Crypto exchanges Binance and Kraken, reportedly along with layer-2 sidechain Polygon, are looking to add staff amid crashing crypto markets. While Coinbase, BlockFi, and Crypto.com are among the crypto-related companies announcing layoffs this week. The US-based crypto exchange Kraken revealed on June 15 that it has not altered its recruiting strategy and does not expect…

    Bitcoin surges following the US Fed raise rates at the highest level since 1994
    16 Jun 2022
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    Bitcoin’s price fluctuated after the Federal Reserve announced further monetary tightening on June 15, falling to as low as $20,270 after the Fed’s statement. But an hour after the announcement, the cryptocurrency was traded at $21,444. As a long-awaited step, the Fed announced that it will raise the fed-funds rate, the interest rate at which…

    Despite ‘crypto winter,’ billionaire Steven Cohen keeps investing in DeFi
    15 Jun 2022
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    While the crypto market has lost $2 trillion in value since November 2021, the venture arm of the $22 billion hedge fund run by Steve Cohen, the man who inspired the “Billions” TV show, last week announced it had invested in its fifth crypto company, a decentralized finance firm that provides data and trade execution…

    Mike Novogratz says the crypto market is nearing a bottom
    15 Jun 2022
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    Mike Novogratz, the CEO of the institutional crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital, said that the bottom might be near after the recent market turmoil. He is drawing parallels between crypto and Long Term Capital Management, a highly leveraged hedge fund that blew up in the late 1990s. “We’ve gone to a level that should be…

    Web3 DeCode: Future of the internet at the Gulf News event in Dubai
    15 Jun 2022
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    Gulf News has announced that it will be hosting Web3 DeCode, a two-day exhibition at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai, on June 25 and 26. To raise awareness of Web3 technology, its ascension in emerging markets like the UAE plus its impact on innovation, and life, as we know it, Gulf News is hosting Web3…

    NFT prices sink, but overall NFT sales are on the rise
    14 Jun 2022
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    Due to the crypto market being down, Bored Apes, Moonbirds, and other top NFT collections are losing value, but NFT sales are rising as collectors appear to be taking advantage of lower prices. As the crypto market is down with a 14% drop in overall value over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin lost 16%, and…