The DailyLeo #245: MicroStrategy buys more Bitcoin, LeoFinance announces full Launch of Project Blank, Splinterlands unveils Land 1.0

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US Job Growth Slows as Employers Freeze Hiring

Just one day after job openings plummeted to a nearly two-year low, payroll processor ADP reported that private employers added fewer jobs than expected last month as they also started to scale back on wage increases—adding to concerns the US economy could face a worse-than-feared recession as the Federal Reserve works to temper stubbornly high inflation. Private employment increased by 145,000 jobs from February to March as industries such as finance, professional services and manufacturing lost tens ...

Fedex Restructures to Cut Costs

FedEx has announced a restructuring of its business segments into one unit. The restructuring geared at cost-saving is expected to reduce $4 billion in costs by 2025. This is in response to the recent earnings at the company which have suffered from slower demand and inflationary pressures. The logistics company has also included in its plans to reward its shareholders with a 10% increase in dividends. FedEx will...

MicroStrategy buys additional 1,045 Bitcoin

Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy, an American business intelligence firm, announced on April 5 through a tweet, the latest acquisition of an additional 1,045 Bitcoin into MicroStrategy's growing crypto treasury. This purchase worth 29.3 million at an average price of $28,016 per BTC, sums MicroStrategy's total BTC holdings to 140,000. MicroStrategy now holds...

Binance Declines Offer to buy Justin Sun’s Huobi Stake

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, recently turned down an offer to acquire Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun’s ownership stake in rival exchange Huobi, according to a person familiar with the matter. Binance wasn’t interested because of rumors that Huobi has ties to mainland China, which Binance wants nothing to do with, according to...

Binance Self-custody Wallet launches crypto-to-fiat off-ramp

Trust Wallet, the noncustodial and multichain crypto wallet, has partnered with Ramp and MoonPay to introduce seamless crypto-to-fiat withdrawals for its users. This partnership will allow wallet users to convert their crypto to fiat directly within the wallet app, without using any centralized exchange. The feature eliminates...

Swiss Bank to offer Bitcoin trading

PostFinance, a retail bank fully owned by the Swiss government, is preparing to offer its customers cryptocurrency trading and storage services. PostFinance has partnered with the local cryptocurrency bank Sygnum to offer its customers a range of regulated digital asset banking services, the firms announced on April 5. The partnership will...

LeoFinance announces full Launch of Project Blank!

The development of Project Blank, a web3 microblogging app created by LeoFinance on Hive blockchain, has been following a fast pace. The team annoucned that the goal for end of Quarter which was to reach 1,000 Monthly Active Users was surpassed. In a recent AMA, the team has stated that Leofinance's ad revenue has grown exponentially which marks a whole new era for the LeoVerse. Tune in and see the future. The date for the full Production launch of Project Blank has been...

Splinterlands unveils Land 1.0 - The Secret of Praetoria

The Splinterlands team has unveiled the phase 1.0 of the heavily anticipated land expansion, entitled The Secret of Praetoria! By adding a release in before phase 1.5 (buildings & resources) players can now to start utilizing their land, begin to get the benefits of massively increased utility for cards and DEC, and playtest some of the core systems and mechanics before the release of the phase that will introduce the ability to stake cards on player’s land. The goal for phase 1.0 is...

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