As it happens, the Middle East and North Africa region has recorded an increase in crypto transaction volume of 48% in the period between June 2021 and June 2022, the largest in the world, according to the new ‘The 2022 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report’ published by crypto analytics platform Chainalysis on October 20. MENA countries lead the way In second place is Latin America with YoY crypto transaction volume growth of 40%, followed by North America with an increase of 36% and Central and Southern Asia at 35%....

Results published by the lender indicate that revenues surged 6.8% to $14.52 billion, beating the $14.6 billion estimates. Earnings also increased 9.2% from a year earlier to $3.7 billion, or $2.01 per share. Additionally, Morgan Stanley recorded $5.49 billion in compensation expenses which remains almost stagnant compared to the $5.98 billion posted a year ago. Compensation expenses were driven by higher discretionary compensation on higher revenues alongside increased salaries and benefits....

A report by NASA’s Office of Inspector General notes [PDF] that the mission is further derailed by other key shortfalls in the agency’s major programs. The report indicates that the delays entail a 20-month shortfall in delivering the design, verification, and testing suite, two qualification suits, and two lunar flight suits. The agency mainly attributes the delays to the impact of Covid-19 alongside technical challenges. Interestingly, the report highlights that the agency has suspected for a while the moon landing will not be possible in 2024....

On Friday, the US space agency released images captured by the cameras onboard the Perseverance, including a high-resolution image taken from the video footage of the landing. The Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) onboard also captured images of the rover’s front and rear after touching down on the Martian surface. Seeing colors in Mars Perseverance has the most number of cameras a rover brought to Mars. It came with 25 cameras, albeit four of these were expected to fly away and crash with the landing hardware....

Indeed, on November 14, Nike filed three trademark applications for its .SWOOSH Web3 platform launched on the same day, including the ‘dotSwoosh’ name and logo, as revealed by a licensed trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis in a tweet on November 21. Filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the applications cover downloadable virtual goods, including footwear, apparel, sports equipment, digital content creation software, virtual collectibles and trading cards, virtual and crypto goods marketplaces, custom manufacture of real-world versions of digital footwear, clothing, jewelry, and gear, online forums, entertainment services, and more....

On February 16, the company will report its fourth-quarter results (for the fiscal year that ended on January 31); in particular, investors will be hoping for a solid showing that will help the stock regain its momentum following a poor start to the year. As a result of a multitude of factors, including a general sell-off in technology equities as a result of a hawkish Fed, rising inflation, and the failure of the Arm Limited agreement that cost the chipmaker $1....

Within the first half of January, about 8.8 million U.S. workers were forced to stay at home due to the health crisis, growing over two million people compared to a year earlier, data by Statista indicates. The workers missed out after either being infected or caring for someone battling the virus. The shortages emerged despite the ongoing massive vaccination campaign in the country. Most of the affected workers are in the essential services sectors like healthcare, logistics, retail and manufacturing....

According to data compiled by Finbold, between January 1st and November 21st, 2021, an average of 1.77 million Bitcoin-related pages were published online monthly. January 2021 recorded the highest publications at 4.9 million. In 2021, November has so far recorded the least publications at 0.36 million. The 2021 average published Bitcoin-related stories of 1.77 million represent year-over-year growth of 92.39% from last year’s figure of 0.92 million. In 2019, the figure was at 0....

Evidently, Bitcoin’s on-chain transaction value has fallen to a three-month low based on the hourly chart seven-day monthly average, according to the most recent data given by on-chain metrics platform Glassnode. Glassnode tweeted: Bitcoin’s trading volume below $6 billion Interestingly, the transaction volume equates to just over $5.94 billion on the dollar chart. It’s worth noting that the last time Bitcoin’s transaction value was this low was when BTC was trading over $61,000 and just a week before it reached its all-time high....

Indeed, more than one million people have signed up for Robinhood’s newly revealed cryptocurrency wallet waitlist, illustrating the growing relevance of cryptocurrencies, in particular for the stock trading app. The CEO added: Last month, Robinhood said that it was experimenting with a cryptocurrency wallet function and that trading, sending, and receiving digital currencies will all be possible via the Robinhood app’s wallet, which will enable investors to transfer funds in and out of the app....

Samsung, the South Korean electronics and software giant, announced on October 13 the implementation of a “private blockchain” style security system for its smart devices. The purpose of the system, which has been given the name Knox Matrix, is to enhance the safety of an environment that contains several devices by having each smart device monitor the activity of the others and share access data in order to make the process of logging in more enhanced through “multi-layered mutual monitoring....

Amid an impressive recent performance, the token competitor to Dogecoin (DOGE) has witnessed twice as much trading volume in the last 24 hours despite having a market cap roughly three times smaller at $11.5 billion in comparison to Dogecoin $30.7 billion. Indeed, SHIB has seen over $4.47 billion traded in volume over the last 24 hours, which is significantly more than double the amount traded in Dogecoin with $1.75 billion, according to CoinMarketcap....

The majority of investors from 19 U.S. states are searching for different methods to sell SHIB, including states like Florida, Nevada, New York and Tennessee, according to data shared with Finbold from a Google Trends analysis conducted by Los Muertos. As Bitcoin struggles to stay above $20,000, the study revealed that investors in 17 states wish to sell the flagship cryptocurrency. Some of the states include Oregon, Kansas, Illinois and Pennsylvania....

As most of the cryptocurrency market is struggling to continue the momentum of the previous weeks, Solana (SOL) is no exception. However, the crypto community is somewhat bullish on the future price of the decentralized finance (DeFi) asset. Specifically, the votes cast using the Price Estimate tool on CoinMarketCap demonstrate the crypto community’s expectations that Solana would be changing hands at a median price of $34.29 on November 30, 2022, as per the latest data retrieved by Finbold on November 7....

The growth comes after the company announced it had received authorization to sell its TapouT performance drink in Florida. The company will begin with 47 Walmart stores located in major metropolitan regions of the state. By press time, the stock was trading at $4.18 and had crossed the 200-day moving average. For SBEV, surpassing the 200-day moving average is pointing at a trend reversal for the stock that also surged three days in a row....

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That said, the crypto community over at CoinMarketCap is not losing optimism about the state of Terra Classic by the end of the year, predicting it to trade at a median price of $0.0002582 on December 31, 2022, as per data retrieved on November 25. Should the predictions of the community members, the result of 1,356 votes cast by press time, prove correct, this would represent an increase of $0....

This is the first time the “Digital Assets Committee” has been officially announced. The committee is expected to create regulations and supervise the crypto industry until the Digital Assets Framework Act is approved and a government agency is founded, according to a report from the South Korean news outlet NewsPim. An official from the ruling party said: Terra ecosystem collapse As a result of the Terra (LUNA)ecosystem collapse, the necessity for a trustworthy control tower to represent the virtual asset business arose, prompting the party to hastily establish the Digital Assets Committee....

Speaking during an interview with Bloomberg Technology on July 15, Breitman cited the case of crypto lending platform Celsius noting that the decision to file for bankruptcy is expected in the cryptocurrency market since some entities are established on weak foundations. According to Breitman, the market correction is beneficial in the long run for weeding out businesses with no chance of survival. Crypto businesses with weak foundation She noted that the number of entities likely to collapse would increase, stating that they are founded based on a theory with no practical aspect....

Indeed, TRX has been touted as deflationary after the TRON community agreed to make it such by introducing a burning mechanism that decreases its total circulating supply over time, making the coin more scarce as opposed to inflationary currencies. That said, the price of TRON has been moving in a choppy pattern since the year’s turn, hitting a high of $0.08841 on June 1, after which it started its relatively turbulent descent....