Arkham, a cryptocurrency analytics platform, has put a bounty of 100,000 ARKM, valued at $150,000, for information leading to the reveal of the creator of DJT, a Solana token linked to the former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. While the token was issued with Trump’s involvement according to sources, there has not […]
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized the involvement of Fairshake, a crypto-focused super PAC, in New York’s 16th congressional district democratic party elections. Ocasio-Cortez qualified the media campaign against incumbent Jamaal Bowman, valued at over $2 million, as “corruption” and a “core threat to American democracy” on social media. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tells Crypto PAC
The U.S. Homeland Security Investigations has charged two men for operating Empire Market, a dark web marketplace, facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions. The defendants face severe penalties, including life imprisonment. “During the investigation, federal law enforcement seized cryptocurrency valued at $75 million at the time of the seizures, as well as cash and precious
The Bank of Thailand might be increasing its gold reserves to power a de-dollarized trading system, according to Jan Nieuwenhuijs, a gold market analyst. Nieuwenhuijs states that the Bank of Thailand’s constant gold purchases might indicate the nation is preparing to address the possible trade imbalances derived from using Mbridge, a CBDC cross-border settlement project.
In a resurfaced video clip, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated that his crypto firm is collaborating with around 10 governments globally on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “A central bank digital currency is a stablecoin. It’s just issued by the government,” the executive described. Ripple CEO on Working With Governments Worldwide A video clip surfaced
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In the last three days, bitcoin miners have experienced an 8.4% drop in profits, echoing a decrease in bitcoin prices. Since then, the network’s hashrate has fallen below the 600 exahash per second (EH/s) mark. Price Drop Squeezes Bitcoin Mining Profits Revenue for bitcoin miners has declined as the hashprice, the revenue from 1 petahash
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges are set to reevaluate more than 600 digital assets, and those failing this process will ultimately be delisted. Once the process is completed, crypto exchanges will be required to conduct maintenance reviews quarterly. The reputation of the issuers and user protection tools are among the factors related to virtual assets that
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Adam Ficsor, the lead developer of Wasabi Wallet, a privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet, has revealed his position regarding the slow adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador. In a recent interview, Ficsor stated that Bitcoin developers have failed El Salvador, having been unable to improve the situation of Bitcoin as a means of exchange, even with the
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Plenary met in Toronto on June 14 to discuss various financial stability issues. Key topics included the financial stability outlook, lessons from the March 2023 banking turmoil, and enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI). The FSB also reviewed progress on implementing its global regulatory framework for crypto asset
Fidelity Investments’ Director of Global Macro sees bitcoin as “exponential gold” and “an aspiring player on the store of value team.” According to his analysis, bitcoin’s price is “driven primarily by the growth in its network, which is in turn driven by bitcoin’s unique scarcity feature, as well as the monetary and fiscal policy cycle,
