Last Christmas’ $100 in Bitcoin and Ethereum is now significantly higher

If you decided to invest $100 in each BTC and ETH last Christmas, how much would they be worth today? As the market is seemingly out of a prolonged crypto winter that began in early 2022, on Christmas day, we’re witnessing a significant contrast in the value of major cryptocurrencies, notably Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH),...

Mt. Gox creditors finally getting paid after 10 years

Creditors of long-failed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox have finally started receiving payments for their Bitcoin (BTC), which has been locked up on the exchange since February 2014. On Dec. 25, on the mtgoxinsolvency Reddit page, users speculated that Mt.Gox was sending refunds in Japanese yen through PayPal – almost ten years after the funds were blocked on...

Trader earns $5.7m after investing 30 SOL

An anonymous trader turned a $2,220 investment of 30 Solana tokens (SOL) into over $5.7 million in just six days, achieving a staggering 2,570 percent return through a series of strategic trades. According to blockchain analysts Lookonchain, on Dec. 20, an unknown user purchased 16 billion ANALOS, a new meme coin based on the Solana with...

Modest investors turned into millionaires via Solana rally

Solana’s over 87% surge in December has made several millionaires in the past weeks, some on less than a $100 investment. Analysis from Lookonchain reveals several extraordinary cases of significant financial gains from modest investments in Solana-based tokens. A trader began with a mere $92 worth of Solana (SOL) and astonishingly turned this into approximately $1.55 million in 16...

The Best Crypto Books of 2023

In 2016, former New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper published Digital Gold, an early account of Bitcoin that holds up as one of the best books on crypto. Since then, there have been a flood of other titles as publishers rushed to cash in on a subject defined by easy riches, outrageous characters, and a mind-boggling array of scams. This past...

Starting on January 1 next year! Electricity bills for “such users” in Malaysia will increase by up to RM32 per month!

2023 Attention everyone! Starting next year, some residential users will need to pay more for electricity! Effective January 1st - June 30th next year According to Sin Chew Daily, from January 1 to June 30, 2024, residential users with high electricity consumption will no longer need to pay the Imbalance Cost Pass-through Mechanism (ICPT) surcharge, but...

Bitcoin Dips Below $42,000 While Memecoin Rally Shows Signs of Stalling

Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin dropped below $42,000 for the first time in a week and the recent rally in memecoins has started to show signs of stalling. Most Read from Bloomberg Tesla Plans Revamp of Smash Hit Model Y From China Plant Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker Apple’s iPhone Design Chief Enlisted...

ARK Buys Tesla Stock; Musk Says He Ignores Crypto

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest is betting big on Tesla Inc., the electric vehicle company led by entrepreneur Elon Musk, who acknowledged last week that despite rising interest in a spot bitcoin ETF, he’s not terribly focused on cryptocurrencies. A long-time bullish voice supporting Musk’s carmaker, Wood purchased 111,000 Tesla shares on Wed. Dec. 20. The flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) bought 93,965 shares,...

MicroStrategy’s BTC investment yields over 300% investor gain in 2023

MicroStrategy’s big investment in Bitcoin has yielded considerable gains for its investors, as the company’s stock has experienced a remarkable 308% increase over the course of this year. MicroStrategy has come out as one of the biggest gainers in the US among companies valued at $5 billion or more in terms of share prices. According to a report by CNBC...

Single mother charged with CBT involving more than RM350,000

BUTTERWORTH: A single mother pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday(Dec 27) to 29 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving more than RM350,000 belonging to a company. M. Vijairani, 44, made the plea after all the charges were read out before Judge Zulhazmi Abdullah. On all the charges, she was charged, as...