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Some cryptocurrency analysts, experts, and researchers believe we are already in a bull market since 2023. Others believe cryptocurrencies have just started rising from consolidation, while some think there is a long way ahead before getting optimistic. Dr. Martin Hiesboeck, Head of Research at Uphold, belongs to the second group. Particularly, Dr. Hiesboeck declared this cycle’s bull market start ing on January 24 through a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Today begins the biggest bull market in crypto history. Just a thought.” – Dr. Martin Hiesboeck, Head of Research at Uphold Uphold’s top researcher declares start of major crypto bull market. Source: X (@MHiesboeck) In retrospect, bear and bull markets are identified by zooming out the charts, spotting tops and bottoms in long time frames. However, the shorter the time frame, the harder to properly identify these cycles’ marks through startings and endings. Bull market? Crypto total market cap analysis Techno...

Microsoft has pulled it off. The company that tried to push for the reinstatement of ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just announced he was now joining the tech giant. On Monday November 20, the OpenAI board maintained Altman would not return as CEO, with his role handed to Emmett Shear – the former CEO of Twitch. And now Satya Nadella, the Ch AI rman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation just announced Altman will join the company. He is also set to lead the tech giant’s new advanced AI research team. “ We’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success ,” Nadella noted in a  post on X: Not only has Microsoft pulled off this, it has revealed it remains committed to their partnership with OpenAI. “ We remain comm...

U.S. consumers sending international bank transfers pay more than $12 billion annually in remittance fees alone. A recent blog post from cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase indicates the vast majority of U.S. remittance fees for international transfers wouldn’t apply to similar transactions conducted using cryptocurrency.  According to the exchange’s research, “The US average fee rate of 6.18%, means Americans' average yearly spend is likely close to $12 billion on remittance fees.” The post goes on to state that the average transaction time for such remittances ranges from one to 10 days, while similar cryptocurrency transactions usually take around 10 minutes. Remittance Payments represent a sort of ‘double whammy’ for international transactions as, typically, they require both a sending fee and a conversion fee to exchange between currencies. Cryptocurrency transactions, however, tend to cost significantly less. Per Coinbase, Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees average approximately...