Buoyed by the continuing uptrend in the crypto market, the stock of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) is up a head-spinning 375% this year. Largely, this has been due to improving sentiment about crypto in general, and what that means for trading volume on the Coinbase trading platform. It's not rocket science: The more...
After a brutal year-long bear market, it looks like crypto may have turned a corner. The total crypto market cap has nearly doubled in 2023, adding much-needed optimism that seemed all but gone in the crypto winter. With exuberance back in full swing, many investors might wonder if Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) can ride this momentum and return to...
Looking back at 2023, a key development has been the resurgence of the cryptocurrency market. The industry's current valuation of over $1.6 trillion is about 100% higher than it was nearly 12 months ago. Unsurprisingly, the most valuable digital asset, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), has also benefited tremendously. But bigger gains could be on the horizon. Even though Bitcoin has climbed 154%...
Even with the sharp run-up in crypto prices this year, it's still possible to find top cryptocurrencies trading for less than $1. In fact, six of the top 20 cryptos, as ranked by market capitalization, are still available for less than a buck as we head into 2024. But are any of these bargain-priced cryptos really...
After tumbling 65% in 2022, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been a monumental winner this year. The world's leading digital asset has skyrocketed about 160% in 2023, a gain that beats the stock market's gains by a huge margin. As of this writing, this top cryptocurrency's price sits at about $43,700. However, I believe there's a very real possibility that it...
From the end of 2021 into mid-2022, the money faucet for crypto projects was on full blast. Startups raised $10.7 billion in the first quarter of 2022 alone, according to Crunchbase. But that stream turned to a trickle in 2023, as crypto founders raised approximately $6.7 billion across all four quarters. A regulatory crackdown from the U.S....
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Another vessel has been hijacked near the coast of Somalia, a British sea trade monitoring agency said Friday, raising more concerns that Somali pirates are active again, nearly a decade after they caused chaos for international shipping. A dhow trading vessel was seized by heavily armed people near the town of Eyl...
ACOLMAN, Mexico -- María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio while measuring pieces by feel. “The measurement is already in my fingers,” Ortiz Zacarías says with a laugh. She has been doing this since she was...
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first local elections since President Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that voters approved last year. Voting will determine the composition of a new National Council of...
At least 14 people were killed and 25 were injured in a shooting at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, according to Prague's head of police. The suspect -- a 24-year-old student at the university -- died by suicide, according to police. His body was found at Charles University's faculty of the arts, the Prague head...
