by Michael
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler reiterated his support Wednesday for a narrow class of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would invest in futures contracts instead of the crypto itself.Gensler, a key digital assets regulator,...
by Michael
Investors can now attempt to profit from the future price movements of Ethereum’s main crypto token, ether (ETH), on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).On Feb. 8, ether futures went live on the CME – the world’s largest derivatives exchange – 53 days after the...
by Michael
Americans are not only worried about future inflation, but they are also dealing with dwindling purchasing power in real-time. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell plans to address the Senate Banking Committee and discuss inflation. In the...
by Michael
Yesterday afternoon, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele posted a short video of workers installing a shipping container full of cryptocurrency mining rigs at a geothermal power plant surrounded by thick jungle. “First steps … #Bitcoin,” the president tweeted.First...
by Michael
Beijing has been playing around with the notion of cryptocurrencies and blockchain for more than a decade. While the Chinese government never embraced digital currency, its opposition to the new asset class has often remained theoretical and not performative, as the...
by Michael
The launch of the Beacon Chain network in December introduced the first iteration of protocol-level staking for Ethereum investors.Put simply, Ethereum staking is the process of locking up an amount of ETH – the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain – for a...
by Michael
Organizers of various crypto communities on WeChat are shutting down their private groups following the latest crackdown from China’s central bank, according to screenshots obtained and authenticated by CoinDesk.Among these groups are Hong Kong-based exchange giant...
by Michael
There’s a chasm between the fast-developing world of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the old-school world of regulated TradFi, or traditional finance. The core rationale of DeFi is that there is no central entity in charge of authorizing or overseeing transactions....
by Michael
Cool Valley, Missouri, a small town of about 1,500 in the St. Louis County area, found itself the subject of international attention recently after its mayor, Jayson Stewart, announced that he planned to give each resident up to $1,000 in Bitcoin. Stewart, a...
by Michael
Those familiar with the crypto industry will understand that China’s latest crypto ban is not entirely a surprise. The country has maintained a hostile relationship with its local crypto industry since 2013, when it rolled out its first set of crypto restrictions.And...
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Even the best anonymous chains were only as secure as their users- until now.Privacy coins have become a fixture in the crypto market. Their white papers are paeons to the libertarian, Austrian School of economics, anarcho-capitalist streak at the heart of the...
by Michael
Bitcoin is long overdue for a “FOMO rally” to new all-time highs that could touch $200,000 or more, say one of its oldest investors. In an interview with Bloomberg on Sept. 29, Bobby Lee, former CEO of exchange BTCC, cast aside any suggestion that the price of Bitcoin... Page 3,984 of 4,512« First«...102030...3,9823,9833,9843,9853,986...3,9904,0004,010...»Last » Translate »