Twitter Closes Down on Session as Musk Calls for Shareholder Vote
Here’s what happened today in regards to Elon Musk’s effort to buy Twitter. Source
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Thiel calls Buffett ‘sociopathic’, Mexican billionaire has 60% in BTC
Day two of the Bitcoin 2022 in Miami was as colorful as we’ve come to expect, with Pay-Pal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel offering up his Bitcoin “enemies list” while Mexico’s third-richest man, Ricardo Salinas revealed he has 60% of his portfolio in Bitcoin. Thiel, one of the keynote speakers,
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Calls Crypto ‘Transformative’ in Wide-Ranging Speech
Any potential CBDC design would have to address its impact on the financial system, ability to address financial crime and national security questions, privacy implications, ability to address macro policy and how it might interact with existing fiat currencies, stablecoins or other CBDCs, Yellen said. Source
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Calls Off Bitcoin 2022 Conference Appearance
Bukele had previously teased that he would be making an important announcement at this year’s conference. Source
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Spanish Securities Watchdog Calls for Search Engines, Social Network Operators to Stop Promoting Unregistered Investment Platforms – News Bitcoin News
The CNMV, the Spanish securities regulator, has called for large search engines and social networks to stop offering advertising services for platforms that are not registered to offer investment or financial services. The regulator has also stated that it will take matters into its own hands by promoting regulation on
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Elon Musk Promises to Make ‘Significant Improvements’ to Twitter — Calls Crypto Spam Bots ‘Single Most Annoying Problem’ – Featured Bitcoin News
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has joined Twitter’s board of directors and promised to “make significant improvements” to the social media platform. Some changes he is considering include adding an edit button and solving the crypto spam bot problem, which he sees as the “single most annoying problem on
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Elizabeth Warren Calls for US to Create a CBDC
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) says it's time for the U.S. to create its own central bank digital currency Warren spoke with Chuck Todd on his show Meet the Press Reports, scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. NBCUniversal shared a partial transcript of the conversation with CryptoX. Source
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Bank of Japan official calls for G7 nations to adopt common crypto regulations
A senior official from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has warned G7 nations that a common framework for regulating digital currencies needs to be put in place as quickly as possible. G7 refers to the Group of Seven, an inter-governmental political forum made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the
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Bitcoin sentiment hits ‘greed’ in 2022 first amid calls for $45K BTC price pullback
Bitcoin (BTC) sentiment is seeing its first significant test of the rally to year-to-date highs as bullish gains dry up.The start of Wall Street trading on March 30 failed to induce a fresh advance on BTC/USD, which threatened to lose support at $47,000. From "extreme fear" to "greed" in one
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ECB Official Calls for ‘Less Tolerant’ Approach to Bitcoin ‘Gambling’
“It would be ideal from a social viewpoint to intervene and have a less tolerant approach towards these activities,” said Panetta, who is a member of the ECB’s executive board, to a meeting of the European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee, saying that Bitcoin-type activities were “pure gambling, wasting enormous amounts
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