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A University of Tehran professor and member of Iran’s Presidential Delegation to China has stressed the importance of de-dollarization for the international community. “The dollar has been used as a weapon by the U.S. against different countries. It is unreliable and it is dangerous,” the professor warned. Iranian Professor Stresses the Importance of De-Dollarization Professor Mohammad Marandi discussed de-dollarization and Iran’s relations with Saudi Arabia and China in an interview with Chinese government-owned news outlet Global Times, published Wednesday. He is an Iranian American academic who is the University of Tehran’s Vice President for International Affairs and a member of Iran’s Presidential Delegation to China. Commenting on the de-dollarization trend in several parts of the world, Marandi emphasized: De-dollarization is very important for the international community, because the dollar has been used as a weapon by the U.S. against different countries. It is unreliabl...

Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior commodity strategist, Mike McGlone, has warned that the U.S. economy is “heading towards a severe deflationary recession,” emphasizing that the Federal Reserve is still tightening. “Typically, when you have commodities collapsing at this velocity in the past, the Fed has already been easing, and they’re still vigilant against that,” he cautioned. Strategist Says We’re ‘Heading Towards a Severe Deflationary Recession’ Mike McGlone, a senior commodity strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), the research arm of Bloomberg, warned in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live last week that the U.S. economy is heading towards a severe deflationary recession. He described: I see what we’re doing is heading towards a severe deflationary recession, as indicated by commodities, by the Fed still tightening. “Now we have a pretty serious credit crisis going on with just pulling back of deposits from the major banks. That means it’s just starting to get started...

Fewer nations are willing to hold the U.S. dollar as America’s share in the global economy becomes smaller while China’s role in international trade expands, billionaire Ray Dalio noted. The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund also said that Western sanctions on Russia have highlighted new risks of keeping dollar assets. ‘Dollar Is Debt,’ Central Banks Are Less Inclined to Hold It The importance of the U.S. fiat in international trade is decreasing and as a result the dominance of the dollar is fading, billionaire investor Ray Dalio said in recent interviews on Youtube. He also pointed out that sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have exposed new threats for governments keeping assets in the American currency. Central banks around the world are less inclined to hold the greenback, the founder of Bridgewater Associates remarked on the Julia La Roche Show last week. “Dollars are debt. In other words, when one holds a dollar — a central bank — they hold a d...

A new token named after Pepe the Frog, the infamous meme, and cartoon character created by Matt Furie, has entered the meme coin economy. The token is called Pepe (PEPE), and at the time of writing, it has become the sixth-largest meme coin asset in terms of market capitalization, valued at just over $130 million. However, amidst the fast rise, both the website coinmarketcap.com and the Web3 security startup Gopluslabs have warned that the contract owner may have the ability to modify the transaction tax and blacklist function. PEPE Market Booms Despite Warnings of Contract Modification Doge and the other dog friends in the meme economy have a new companion, but this time, the newcomer is a frog, specifically Matt Furie’s Pepe the Frog. The coin pepe (PEPE) has not been around for long, appearing on the scene on April 18, 2023. According to current statistics, PEPE is up more than 400% from the coin’s all-time low on the day it started trading. Two days later, on April 20, PEPE’s m...

Bitcoin dropped for a second consecutive session on Thursday, as price moved towards a key point of support. Today’s sell-off has sent the cryptocurrency below $29,000, with the coin now trading at a ten-day low. Ethereum fell to a one-week low in today’s session. Bitcoin Bitcoin ( BTC ) was once again in the red on Thursday, as traders continued to secure gains from last week’s bull run. BTC /USD fell to an intraday low of $28,596.91 earlier in today’s session, which comes a day after hitting a high of $29,509.35. This is the lowest point that bitcoin has hit since April 10, when price traded at a bottom of around $28,100. Looking at the chart, Thursday’s move saw BTC fall under a recent floor at $28,600, with the relative strength index (RSI) also dropping toward a floor of its own. At the time of writing, the index is now tracking at 51.47, which is marginally above the aforementioned support at 50.00. BTC has already moved away from earlier lows, and is currently trading ...

In 2022, African blockchain businesses raised a total of $474 million, a 429% increase from what was raised in the year earlier, the latest CVVC African blockchain funding report has revealed. The custody and exchanges category raised over $250 million, which is equivalent to more than 50% of funds raised by blockchain companies. South Africa and Seychelles Accounted for More Than 80% of Funds Raised According to the latest CVVC Africa Blockchain funding report , blockchain businesses from the continent raised $474 million in 2022, a year-on-year funding increase of 429%. The report states the continent’s 2022 total blockchain funding was realized from some 29 deals, about four more than the 25 that were sealed in 2021. Regarding individual countries with the biggest share of the total funding, the report showed that South Africa (37.3%) and Seychelles (43.9%) alone received more than 80% of the total. Nigeria, which accounted for the second-highest share in 2021, had nine deals wi...

On Wednesday, Sotheby’s, one of the world’s largest brokers of fine and decorative art, announced its plans to auction a number of non-fungible token (NFT) assets that were previously owned by the now-defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC). The auction, called the “Grails” NFT collection, will take place during Marquee Sale Week at the firm’s New York location. Sotheby’s Introduces the ‘Grails’ NFT Collection In July of last year, the crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) filed for bankruptcy protection, and Teneo took over as the liquidator for the firm. In February, Teneo announced its intentions to sell a significant non-fungible token (NFT) collection that the now-insolvent company had amassed. Sotheby’s, the luxury auction house founded in 1744, will auction several of 3AC’s blue-chip NFTs under the name “ Grails Collection .” On Wednesday, Sotheby’s tweeted about the upcoming auction, which will begin on May 19, 2023. The auction house’s metaverse divi...

According to Trezor, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer, owners of the Trezor T model can now use a Coinjoin feature to preserve their privacy. Trezor had announced the Coinjoin feature’s impending arrival on the hardware wallet seven months ago, and the feature went live on April 19. Trezor Adds Coinjoin to Software Suite Owners of the Trezor T model can now use a new Coinjoin service that was added to the device’s features on Wednesday. Trezor announced in September 2022 that the Coinjoin feature was coming after the company revealed its collaboration with the developers of the Wasabi wallet. Essentially, Coinjoin enables bitcoin users to obfuscate their UTXOs by mixing their funds with a pool of other users. The technology has been available since 2013, and several other blockchains have utilized the scheme to mix UTXOs. Hardware Wallet Coinjoins. Coming April 19th, 2023. pic.twitter.com/cVilSYXBBO — Trezor (@Trezor) April 12, 2023 The use of Coinjoin with the Tre...