Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
US Congressman and popular crypto advocate Tom Emmer has stated his intentions to introduce an appropriations amendment that limits the ability of the US Securities and Exchange Commission to deploy funds on digital asset enforcement.
SEC Chairman Ab...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin miners in Texas are facing a temporary setback as they power down their operations in response to the state’s ongoing energy crisis. The scorching heatwave that gripped the Lone Star State forced the Electric Reliability Council of Texa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted a new filing pushing for the approval of its request to appeal the court’s judgment in the lawsuit against Ripple Labs. This comes exactly a week after the payment technology platform...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) has recently sent a cautionary signal to cryptocurrency investors, with Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior macro strategist, Mike McGlone, issuing a stark warning amid the renewed hopes for exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Despite the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Michael Barr, a high-ranking official at the US Federal Reserve, expressed concern over the growing use of “unregulated” stablecoins pegged to the dollar. Many popular stablecoins are designed to mirror the value of the USD.
Stablecoin Ad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The recent bearish trend in the crypto market have prompted many to speculate about the market’s next movements. Among these speculators, analyst Dan Gambardello’s latest insights suggest a bullish future for the market.
Gambardello’...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Here’s, in numbers, how much transaction volume the Bitcoin network has handled in total during its entire history so far.
Bitcoin Total Cumulative Volume According To Three Different Models
In a new post on X, the lead on-chain analyst at Glas...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ripple, a prominent cryptocurrency firm, has announced its acquisition of Fortress Trust, a financial institution that offers Web3 financial, regulatory, and technology infrastructure for blockchain innovators.
With a focus on providing back-end inf...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) intensified its focus on the digital asset decentralized finance (DeFi) space, issuing simultaneous orders against Opyn, ZeroEx, and Deridex, Inc.
The charges stem from allegations of offering illegal...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A little over a year ago, Faruk Fatih Ozer, founder and CEO of crypto exchange Thodex was arrested by Turkish authorities. After a long trial, Fatih was sentenced to over 11,000 years in prison after being found guilty of several financial crimes.
O...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Crypto accounting is undergoing a seismic shift in the United States as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) unanimously approves new rules governing the fair valuation of companies’ cryptocurrency holdings, according to recent repor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin exchange supply has registered an increase of 3.1% during the past two weeks. Here’s what this could mean.
Bitcoin Supply On Exchanges Has Been Going Up Recently
According to data from the on-chain analytics firm...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In a rapidly evolving global landscape, where nations are vying for dominance in the Bitcoin mining sector, Oman has emerged as a dark horse with its ambitious plans. The nation aims to capture a staggering 7% of the global Bitcoin hash rate by June...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The crypto market faces a stormy horizon as a prominent analyst and a report send warning signals about the future of both digital assets and big tech stocks.
In a recent strategy session, Nicholas Merten, the popular host of DataDash, cautioned tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is on the brink of a significant evolution, with the XLS-30 AMM amendment now open for voting on the mainnet. Ripple CTO Schwartz has expressed his enthusiasm for this feature, retweeting RippleX’s announcement and comment...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Popular crypto influencers in China are facing a harsh reality as Beijing-based social media giant Weibo recently purged 80 of its most prominent crypto influencers. This move comes as China maintains its strict crackdown on cryptocurrency activitie...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of the crypto trading platform Gemini Trust Co, has been interviewed by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), staff from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and New York City prosecutors in re...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to Bloomberg, decentralized finance (DeFi) projects operate through automated contracts and are usually helmed by collective entities rather than single individuals.
This collaborative nature of governance has often posed challenges for reg...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As international regulations change, individuals are increasingly interested in preserving their privacy. One of the co-founders of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, and others released a research paper. The authors explored the intersection of blockchain t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In a recent interview with Bloomberg Television, Chris Larsen, the co-founder and executive chairman of Ripple Labs, expressed his views on the regulatory environment in the United States and its impact on the blockchain industry.
Larsen claimed tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Strica, the software powerhouse behind Cardano-centric tools such as Cardanoscan.io, Typhon Wallet, and Flac Finance, has introduced Warp Transactions. This innovation promises to revolutionize the way ADA token transfers are conducted on the Cardano...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bitcoin block rewards are becoming lesser and lesser with each halving. Will transaction fees eventually be able to fill up this void?
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Has Been Trending Up With Each Cycle
One of the most innovative features of the Bitcoi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame is set to make a highly anticipated appearance in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, a proceeding that typically indicates a defendant has reached a plea deal, according to a Reuters report.
The court hearing will...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has joined forces with core developer Ameen Soleimani, Chainalysis researcher Jacob Illum, and industry scholars Fabian Schar and Matthias Nadler to co-author a groundbreaking research paper.
In a move aimed at bo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Crypto analytics platform Arkham Intelligence claims to have found on-chain addresses associated with the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. This revelation comes amidst the ongoing battle between asset management firm Grayscale and the United States Securitie...