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Ordinals’ Based Genesis Cat Collection Revived NFT Market Value — Now Based on Ordinals Protocol
Jan 29, 2024
The NFT market hasn't collapsed at all: it's just that buyers are moving away from Ethereum artworks in favor of dr...
The U.S. National Debt Broke a Record Again, Topping $34 Trillion.
Jan 08, 2024
It took only 3 months to reach new highs. Back in June 2023, Joe Biden suspended the national debt limit until Janu...
Bitcoin NFT Market Surprisingly Upstaged the Ethereum NFT Market
Dec 22, 2023
Bitcoin-based NFTs, also known as Ordinal Inscriptions, have been selling at an impressive pace over the past one m...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Outlines Three Scenarios for Bitcoin, All of Which Imply Significant Gains by 2030
Dec 15, 2023
Ark Invest has released a Bitcoin valuation model outlining three pricing scenarios the digital currency could foll...
New Israeli-Hamas Events Point to Increasing Chances of Further Oil Price Spikes
Oct 18, 2023
Tension escalated in the Middle East after hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital, sparking concerns ab...
DXY Dollar Index Little Changed Despite Stalling Talks about Debt Ceiling Increase
May 10, 2023
The DXY Dollar Index Spot is trading nearly unchanged today at 101.72, seemingly ignoring the latest news about sta...
Bitcoin Daily Transactions Hit All-Time High With 3 Million Ordinals Inscriptions
May 04, 2023
Ordinals is a new Bitcoin protocol endeavoring BTC to gain some useful features – for example, sourcing NFT creatio...
Biden’s CHIPS Act Prompts to Take a More Detailed Look at Semiconductor Stocks and ETFs
Dec 01, 2022
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), an exchange-traded fund holding 30 hot semiconductor stocks.
Diesel Fuel: Crunch Time Is Coming, Unless Something Changes
Oct 26, 2022
After a short pause, Diesel futures trading in New York surged almost back to the highest level in records going ba...
ITA: Defense Stocks as Apparent Pick amidst Escalation of Geopolitical Wars
Oct 12, 2022
The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF is up 191% over the past 10 years but has been relatively flat over the pa...
OPEC+ To Cut Production By Two Million Barrels a Day
Oct 06, 2022
OPEC+ announced a much larger-than-expected production cut. The recommendation from the panel of OPEC+ ministers fo...