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Bitcoin has reached a two-year high today (Monday 4 March) as it jumped to above $65,000 in the early hours in Europe.
Monday (Mar. 4) has seen the price rise to $65,537 which is the crypto asset’s highest level since late 2021 when its all-time record of $68,999.99 was reached.
This substantial increase represents a 300% change since Bitcoin crashed to $15,000 after the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
Over the last few weeks, the currency has reached new peaks in various places in local terms, including in financially robust countries like China, Japan, UK, and India, as well as in emerging markets like Argentina, Turkey, and Egypt.
Most of this rise is said to have been seen this year, with U.S.-listed Bitcoin funds having surged in the last few weeks. Traders speaking with CoinDesk say ‘the asset is on the track to cross its lifetime highs of $69,000 in March.’
When what will happen after the Bitcoin Halving in 2024?
This is all happening ahead of the ‘halving’ which is to take place in April 2024 which happens roughly every four years (or 210,000 blocks) and sees the total number of bitcoin that miners can potentially win is halved. This last happened in May 2020, with the number of Bitcoins entering circulation dropped by half, going from 12.5 to 6.25.
Although no one knows what will happen after this event, there’s hope it’ll lead to a price increase. There have been three halving in total, occurring in 2012, 2016, and 2020.
In 2012, the price of Bitcoin started to rise shortly after the event took place. At the second one, in 2016, the price dropped by 10 percent but then went back to where it was before. At the last halving, bitcoin performed bullishly a full year after the event took place.
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Back To The Future’s vision of flying cars whizzing through our skies is set to be made into reality as a two-seater ‘car’ has been pre-ordered by 2,850 people.
Alef Aeronautics, based out of San Mateo, California, hopes to start production on the first of its flying cars at the end of 2025. Known as the ‘Alef Model A,’ the car will weigh 850 pounds and have a cruise speed of 110 miles per hour while in the air. On the road, it will be limited to between 25 to 30 miles per hour.
Speaking to CNBC, CEO Jim Dukhovny said: “As of today we have a little bit more than 2,850 preorders with deposits down, which makes it the best-selling aircraft in history, more than Boeing, Airbus, Joby Aviation, and most of the eVOTLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles) combined.”
This model will be available to purchase at $300,000, with a deposit of just $150 to trigger a preorder.
The company has seen interest from the technology space and they’re backed by Tim Draper who invested in Tesla near the beginning and Elon Musk’s space exploration firm SpaceX.
Designed to look like an actual road car, the Alef Model A will then turn onto its side with the cockpit turned so that the driver continues facing forward once it begins to lift off. 
Dukhovny hopes to have the first one up and running in a year: “If everything goes right, we plan to, and if we have enough funding, if the law is at least not going to be worse, it’s going to be existing as it is, we plan to start production of the first one by the end of 2025.”
How will Alef’s flying car look?

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The two-seater vehicle will fit into a regular driving lane, parking space, and garage – just as any normal car. It will then have the ability to take off in the air vertically, with the driver and cabin being stabilized by a gimbaled rotating design.
The driver should be able to fly in any direction, with the aim being to ‘bypass the problematic areas on the ground, by flying over them.’
It’ll be 100% electric and will be classed as a Low-Speed Vehicle (LSV) with the assumption being that if a driver needs a faster route, they’ll use the flight capabilities.
Featured image: Alef Aeronautics
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Another new week, another new stack of goodies to choose from on the Nintendo e-shop. It can be hard these days to keep up with what is arriving on the Nintendo Switch, such is the popularity of the machine, so let’s have a quick look at this week’s arrivals to see if anything catches our attention
Switch new releases week commencing 4th March
As we fast head into Spring and leave the darker nights behind us, some of us may find our gaming time gets some competition from, you know, like actually doing other stuff like leaving the house.
Because of the return of the sun, maybe we need to pick and choose our next games a little more carefully. With that in mind, what might catch our attention this week?
One of the biggest launches this week, if you are into Japanese tactical RPGs especially us Unicorn Overlord.
Liberate your kingdom and reclaim your destiny in this tactical fantasy RPG from the makers of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Fight against fate by embarking on a royal adventure alongside trustworthy allies, performing heroic deeds, and becoming renowned throughout the five nations. There is a free demo available already so you can check and see if it is for you.
Other release highlights this week include:

Heavenly Bodies 
Picross S+
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

Recommended DLC
If you are a fan of one of the most chill games of recent times, Powerwash Simulator, then it is well worth picking up the crazy DLC collab with Warhammer 40k which is released this week.
Upcoming Switch releases March 2024
There are more decent Switch games incoming this month to keep an eye out for. You will definitely want to check at least some of these out.

Contra: Operation Galuga – March 12th
STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection – March 14th
Princess Peach: Showtime! – March 22nd
SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! – March 26th

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