U.S Congressman Bill Foster said laws should be passed allowing federal courts to identify crypto holders and reverse transactions if deemed necessary. Legacy invested boomers setting crypto policy doesn’t compute Foster made the remarks in commenting on calls for greater regulatory clarity on crypto, including taxation policy. Not only are they tinged with misconceptions, but …
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Centre, the consortium behind the issuance of USD Coin (USDC), announced it will launch the popular asset on 10 more blockchains. This would expand the reach of USDC to other environments and could make it more popular as a commercial and staking currency. While Centre made the announcement only recently, USDC surprisingly launched on Tron …
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While dogecoin and the ERC20 token shiba inu have surprised the masses with phenomenal gains this year, another dog token has entered the fray. A coin project called “Baby Doge” has risen 228.3% during the last 24 hours and even more so after Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk tweeted about the crypto asset. Another Canine Crypto …
A recent survey of financial advisors and their investing strategies shows “a significant shift to embracing cryptocurrencies.” More than 26% indicated that they plan to increase their recommendation of cryptocurrencies over the next 12 months. Furthermore, 49% of advisers said that clients have asked them about investing in cryptocurrencies in the last six months. Financial …
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The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has reportedly told investors that the country’s currency is overvalued by 10%. The governor’s remarks, which have been confirmed by two unnamed sources, suggest that the central bank is planning to devalue the naira again. Another Naira Devaluation Loading As previously reported by Bitcoin.com …
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Billionaire fund Soros Fund Management, owned by George Soros, and trading fund Point72 separately revealed their moves into the Bitcoin space yesterday, becoming the latest entrants in an expanding list of institutional funds interested in cryptocurrencies. Inroads into crypto Soros, 90, who famously shorted the British Pound in 1992 and made a billion dollars on …
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With South Africa receiving more than its fair share of cryptocurrency-related scams, a report suggests that regulators are responding to this challenge by fast-tracking the process of creating a new regulatory framework. As a result, regulators now expect this process, which was preceded “by the publication of proposals earlier in June,” to be complete “in …
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Beijing subway has officially launched a new program that allows passengers to pay for rides with the central bank digital currency (CBDC) also known as the digital yuan. The news follows the subway system in East China’s Jiangsu province in the city of Suzhou which also allows digital yuan payments for subway fares. Digital Yuan …
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Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan will pay more than other consumers for the electricity they use to mint digital coins. The country’s president has signed a law that imposes an additional fee for the power utilized by the energy intensive industry. Coin Miners in Kazakhstan to Pay Extra Fee per Kilowatt-hour of Electricity Crypto mining entities …
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El Salvador’s congress voted to accept the cryptocurrency and won a supermajority of 62 out of 84 votes. Starting in September, El Salvador will soon have two official currencies: the U.S. dollar (USD) and bitcoin (BTC). In what is likely an unprecedented move for any nation worldwide, both USD and BTC can be used interchangeably …
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Digital asset management firm New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) and enterprise payments corporation National Cash Register (NCR) joined efforts in facilitating massive crypto exposure, enabling 650 US community banks and credit unions to offer Bitcoin (BTC) purchases, according to Forbes magazine. Thanks to their collaboration, financial institutions that are getting fed up by observing …
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The market capitalization of all 10,722 cryptocurrencies in existence is around $1.42 trillion on Wednesday and during the last 24 hours, all of these crypto-assets combined lost 3.92%. Meanwhile, bitcoin captures 45.73% of the entire $1.42 trillion capitalization and ethereum commands 17.8%. As both of these leading assets have improved this week, seven-day changes against …
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The Federal Reserve’s vice chairman of supervision and the chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), Randal K. Quarles, doubts the benefits of the digital dollar but says it “could pose significant and concrete risks” to the U.S. banking system. Fed Vice Chair Speptical About Digital Dollar Federal Reserve Vice Chair of Supervision Randal Quarles …
