Here we go folks, Best Buy’s Day 1 Black Friday Doorbuster deals are now live! Yesterday we featured the brand’s Black Friday sneak peak online ad as well as some of the early Doorbuster deals as part of Best Buy’s early access sale for Plus and Total ...
Apple finally included a telephoto lens in its iPhone 15 Pro Max last year, with the upgrade extended to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. This is just one of the many examples of how the Cupertino firm adopts various standards much later than the competition, likely because it wants to offer the best configuration to customers. One other technology that the company is said to bring for the iPhone 18 that rivals like Samsung introduced years ago is variable aperture for the main camera, and according to one analyst, another supplier will provide these parts. Sunny […]
The use of TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process for the M4 series has made Apple’s latest chipsets more thermally efficient, but that does not mean that a capable cooling solution should be ignored from the rest of the hardware configuration. In fact, depending on how robust that solution is, we can actually get more performance from the M4, as demonstrated in the latest Premiere Pro 4K Export test, where the redesigned Mac mini is faster than Apple’s updated 14-inch MacBook Pro. However, one other hardware ends up taking the crown, and we will discuss why this is happening. The 24-inch M4 […]
The gloves are truly off. In what is nothing other than a scathing attack on the crypto sector in general and Bitcoin in particular, the Minneapolis Federal Reserve President, Neel Kashkari, has tried to bludgeon the very ethos of Bitcoin in a recent public talk. Yet, with the US Dollar losing ~90 percent of its value in relation to Bitcoin over the past 5 years alone, we would continue to recommend a hefty dose of caution and humility to the purveyors of our modern monetary system. ₿𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Neel Kashkari explains why he […]
After wrestling with the relentless selling pressure from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC), combined liquidations of around 60,000 BTC by the German and the US governments, distributions to Mt Gox creditors amounting to over 100,000 BTC, and additional distributions related to the collapse of Celsius, Gemini, and Genesis Trading, Bitcoin is still trading at a $64,000 price handle. And, as we approach the strongest month for Bitcoin, as per historical precedents, the chorus around new all-time highs is building up to a near-deafening crescendo. Bitcoin Bulls Have Successfully Absorbed A Selling Pressure Of Around 1.2 Million BTC So Far […]
Much has been written on Bitcoin's hard-coded scarcity over the past few years and the resulting potential for supercharged capital gains in a rising demand environment. But now, Bitcoin holders can amplify their gains via the passive income-enabling staking mechanism. Babylon's Self-Custodial Bitcoin Staking Mainnet 🚀 REVOLUTION. IS. HERE! 🔶🔒 🔸Self-custodial Bitcoin staking—has finally been unlocked. 🔓 🔗 Participate in Babylon Bitcoin Staking Mainnet Phase-1: https://t.co/on18unO9iY 🔸The Babylon Bitcoin Staking Mainnet launch leads to the third native use case for #Bitcoin, the… pic.twitter.com/onBS5ZIHKb — Babylon (@babylonlabs_io) August 22, 2024 To wit, the provider of a number of security-sharing protocols for […]
With its hard-coded supply limits, disinflationary characteristics enforced by the periodic halving events, and growing financialization via futures and spot ETFs, Bitcoin is on the cusp of underpinning a new global hurdle rate, which is generally defined as the minimum rate of return required by investors. Concurrently, the US Treasury will need to issue a growing quantum of t-bills and bonds in the upcoming years to finance the burgeoning deficit of the world's largest economy. Now, one Bitcoin maximalist has posited that the US can leverage Bitcoin's unique characteristics to partially fund those deficits. Prinicpal-Protected Bitcoin Bonds If a gov, […]
There are a plethora of ETFs for investors who are rather staid and risk-averse. And then there are a select few that cater to the veritable adrenaline junkies who live by the slogan You Only Live Once (YOLO), throwing every possible caution contained in Financial Investment 101 to the proverbial wind. As it happens, we might soon witness the launch of a holy-grail of sorts investment vehicle for just such investors: the T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF that aims to double-leverage MicroStrategy's already-leveraged exposure to Bitcoin. For the benefit of those who might not be aware, MicroStrategy is […]
Peeved by the relentless redemptions from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which are a direct function of the ETF's elevated fee structure, Bitcoin's bulls had been yearning for a so-called flippening event, where one of the other newly launched spot Bitcoin ETFs are able to surpass GBTC's coin holdings, thereby substantially decreasing the constantly bleeding ETF's dampening effect on Bitcoin's price. ✅ Ladies & Gentlemen!! The Bitcoin ETF flippening 👇@BlackRock 's Bitcoin ETF, $IBIT overtook @Grayscale 's $GBTC pic.twitter.com/EJI0aAPim9 — HODL15Capital 🇺🇸 (@HODL15Capital) May 29, 2024 Well, moments ago, the hoped for flippening event finally materialized. As of today, the […]
We noted at the start of May that Bitcoin was towing its 2016 analog almost tick for tick. Today, as that analog's so-called danger zone ends, the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency is back on firmer footing again, helped by an overall risk-on mood that was precipitated by GameStop's frenzy-inducing gains. Bitcoin's 2016 Analog And Institutional Interest #BTC Bitcoin has repeated 2016 history perfectly, offering a downside wick below the bottom of its current Re-Accumulation range within a three-week window after the Halving$BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin https://t.co/5GHCnZrmB1 pic.twitter.com/QauIFZtX9p — Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) May 11, 2024 In what has been a near-perfect echo of […]
Bitcoin hit its lowest price level since the 27th of February earlier today, constituting the current bull cycle's deepest retrace so far, as lagging institutional adoption dampens the uber-bullish sentiment around the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency. Yet, Bitcoin's 2016 bull cycle analog gives investors some much-needed historical context, one that can play a pivotal role in establishing a sustainable base at the current price levels. Spot Bitcoin ETFs and Lagging Institutional Adoption The requisite Form 13F filings for Q1 2024 are due by the 15th of May. While hedge funds typically wait till the last day or so to file their […]
Bitcoin's periodic halvings are its most anticipated yet disruptive events, heralding disinflation, miner upheaval, a plunge in the network's hash rate, and expectations of rip-roaring gains in the months ahead. Bitcoin's Fourth Halving Event Bitcoin undergoes a halving roughly every four years when the reward for mining a block is cut in half. This time around, the halving was scheduled to occur at block number 840,000. As is evident from the above snippet, the halving-inducing block has now been mined. This means that the reward for mining a block on the Bitcoin blockchain has now been cut in half to […]
Ordz Games has revealed a new retro-inspired handheld gaming console that will allegedly let players earn Bitcoins while playing games that are connected to the larger blockchain network. The console isn’t out yet, but will likely cost around $500, acc...
As part of its Q2 FY 2025 financial presentation, SEGA has announced the sale of Amplitude Studios, the Paris-based studio known as the developer of Endless Space, Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless, Endless Space 2, Humankind, and more recently, Endless Dungeon. SEGA explained this concludes its wave of restructuring the European business, which previously included the sale of Relic Entertainment and substantial layoffs. The Group recorded an extraordinary loss of approximately ¥5.9 billion ($38.7 million) in the second quarter for the fiscal year due to the sale of overseas development studio Amplitude Studios SAS through a management buyout. [...] […]
The Target 3-day early Black Friday sale is now live but we are also now onto Day 8 of its Black Friday Deals of the Day. There are now “thousands of deals” live over at Target alongside the now live Best Buy early Doorbuster sale, and the daily deals ...
The gloves are truly off. In what is nothing other than a scathing attack on the crypto sector in general and Bitcoin in particular, the Minneapolis Federal Reserve President, Neel Kashkari, has tried to bludgeon the very ethos of Bitcoin in a recent public talk. Yet, with the US Dollar losing ~90 percent of its value in relation to Bitcoin over the past 5 years alone, we would continue to recommend a hefty dose of caution and humility to the purveyors of our modern monetary system. ₿𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Neel Kashkari explains why he […]
After wrestling with the relentless selling pressure from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC), combined liquidations of around 60,000 BTC by the German and the US governments, distributions to Mt Gox creditors amounting to over 100,000 BTC, and additional distributions related to the collapse of Celsius, Gemini, and Genesis Trading, Bitcoin is still trading at a $64,000 price handle. And, as we approach the strongest month for Bitcoin, as per historical precedents, the chorus around new all-time highs is building up to a near-deafening crescendo. Bitcoin Bulls Have Successfully Absorbed A Selling Pressure Of Around 1.2 Million BTC So Far […]
Much has been written on Bitcoin's hard-coded scarcity over the past few years and the resulting potential for supercharged capital gains in a rising demand environment. But now, Bitcoin holders can amplify their gains via the passive income-enabling staking mechanism. Babylon's Self-Custodial Bitcoin Staking Mainnet 🚀 REVOLUTION. IS. HERE! 🔶🔒 🔸Self-custodial Bitcoin staking—has finally been unlocked. 🔓 🔗 Participate in Babylon Bitcoin Staking Mainnet Phase-1: https://t.co/on18unO9iY 🔸The Babylon Bitcoin Staking Mainnet launch leads to the third native use case for #Bitcoin, the… pic.twitter.com/onBS5ZIHKb — Babylon (@babylonlabs_io) August 22, 2024 To wit, the provider of a number of security-sharing protocols for […]
With its hard-coded supply limits, disinflationary characteristics enforced by the periodic halving events, and growing financialization via futures and spot ETFs, Bitcoin is on the cusp of underpinning a new global hurdle rate, which is generally defined as the minimum rate of return required by investors. Concurrently, the US Treasury will need to issue a growing quantum of t-bills and bonds in the upcoming years to finance the burgeoning deficit of the world's largest economy. Now, one Bitcoin maximalist has posited that the US can leverage Bitcoin's unique characteristics to partially fund those deficits. Prinicpal-Protected Bitcoin Bonds If a gov, […]
There are a plethora of ETFs for investors who are rather staid and risk-averse. And then there are a select few that cater to the veritable adrenaline junkies who live by the slogan You Only Live Once (YOLO), throwing every possible caution contained in Financial Investment 101 to the proverbial wind. As it happens, we might soon witness the launch of a holy-grail of sorts investment vehicle for just such investors: the T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF that aims to double-leverage MicroStrategy's already-leveraged exposure to Bitcoin. For the benefit of those who might not be aware, MicroStrategy is […]
Peeved by the relentless redemptions from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which are a direct function of the ETF's elevated fee structure, Bitcoin's bulls had been yearning for a so-called flippening event, where one of the other newly launched spot Bitcoin ETFs are able to surpass GBTC's coin holdings, thereby substantially decreasing the constantly bleeding ETF's dampening effect on Bitcoin's price. ✅ Ladies & Gentlemen!! The Bitcoin ETF flippening 👇@BlackRock 's Bitcoin ETF, $IBIT overtook @Grayscale 's $GBTC pic.twitter.com/EJI0aAPim9 — HODL15Capital 🇺🇸 (@HODL15Capital) May 29, 2024 Well, moments ago, the hoped for flippening event finally materialized. As of today, the […]
We noted at the start of May that Bitcoin was towing its 2016 analog almost tick for tick. Today, as that analog's so-called danger zone ends, the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency is back on firmer footing again, helped by an overall risk-on mood that was precipitated by GameStop's frenzy-inducing gains. Bitcoin's 2016 Analog And Institutional Interest #BTC Bitcoin has repeated 2016 history perfectly, offering a downside wick below the bottom of its current Re-Accumulation range within a three-week window after the Halving$BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin https://t.co/5GHCnZrmB1 pic.twitter.com/QauIFZtX9p — Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) May 11, 2024 In what has been a near-perfect echo of […]
Bitcoin hit its lowest price level since the 27th of February earlier today, constituting the current bull cycle's deepest retrace so far, as lagging institutional adoption dampens the uber-bullish sentiment around the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency. Yet, Bitcoin's 2016 bull cycle analog gives investors some much-needed historical context, one that can play a pivotal role in establishing a sustainable base at the current price levels. Spot Bitcoin ETFs and Lagging Institutional Adoption The requisite Form 13F filings for Q1 2024 are due by the 15th of May. While hedge funds typically wait till the last day or so to file their […]
Bitcoin's periodic halvings are its most anticipated yet disruptive events, heralding disinflation, miner upheaval, a plunge in the network's hash rate, and expectations of rip-roaring gains in the months ahead. Bitcoin's Fourth Halving Event Bitcoin undergoes a halving roughly every four years when the reward for mining a block is cut in half. This time around, the halving was scheduled to occur at block number 840,000. As is evident from the above snippet, the halving-inducing block has now been mined. This means that the reward for mining a block on the Bitcoin blockchain has now been cut in half to […]
Ordz Games has revealed a new retro-inspired handheld gaming console that will allegedly let players earn Bitcoins while playing games that are connected to the larger blockchain network. The console isn’t out yet, but will likely cost around $500, acc...