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United States banking regulators have reportedly been sent to Silvergate's headquarters in La Jolla, California — looking for ways to save the crypto-friendly bank from a possible shutdown. A Mar. 7 Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with the matter” said Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officials have been discussing ways to
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Some companies in Venezuela are using the stablecoin tether as a way of sidestepping sanctions and settling payments with foreign customers and providers. Local reports indicate that, while the most popular use case for the stablecoin involves its purchase for devaluation shielding purposes, a handful of companies are also harnessing
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The price of Ethereum's native token, Ether (ETH), has surged by more than 40% year-to-date to around $1,750, the highest level in seven months. However, ETH price is not out of the woods yet despite several bullish cues such as the Shanghai upgrade in the pipeline. Ethereum price bull trap?Ether's rise has
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As we’ve seen the number of DeFi users stagnate, and its total value locked decline, it is clear that widespread popular adoption isn’t happening on its own. Without a fundamental raison d'etre, DeFi looks less like a financial revolution and more like a pyramid scheme. To build lasting value, DeFi
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The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, has advised investors to avoid crypto and stick with gold if they “seriously want a real hedge against inflation or economic chaos.” He added that bitcoin is too volatile to use as a currency. “Imagine business owners trying to conduct transactions with shares
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However, the court has objected to the BlockFi request noting that every penny used to pay employees denies the creditors their right to be reimbursed.Distressed cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed with the bankruptcy court in the District of New Jersey wanting to get bonuses approval for retaining experienced employees. According
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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) division chief and deputy managing director are calling for more action to be taken in the regulatory aspect to avoid crypto’s ups and downs affecting banks and traditional financial institutions. Nobuyasu Sugimoto, deputy division chief of the financial supervision and regulation division of the IMF,
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Troubled crypto miner Argo is set to sell Helios to Galaxy Digital for a much-needed $65 million as insolvency looms.Argo Blockchain has reportedly agreed to sell its Helios mining facility to digital asset and blockchain-centric company Galaxy Digital. Argo will sell the Helios mining plant to Galaxy Digital for $65 million
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"Over the last few months, we have been looking for a way to continue mining through the bear market, reduce our debt load, and maintain access to the unique power grid in Texas," Argo's CEO Peter Wall told CryptoX. "This deal with Galaxy achieves all of these goals, and it
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Bitcoin detractor and economist Peter Schiff has taken another swipe at the digital asset and MicroStrategy, a public company that is heavily invested in the digital asset. Schiff has always been vocal about his disdain for bitcoin and has now turned his attention to MicroStrategy and its former CEO, Michael
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