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This month, the European Union (EU) agreed on the text for a unified licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges to operate across the EU bloc as part of its Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). The United States — despite being a traditional global leader in legal frameworks for technological innovation
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has shared with Congress its plans to regulate the crypto market with “full oversight capabilities” if the proposed Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act becomes law. The regulator claims to have the right experience and expertise and believes that “Many digital assets constitute commodities.” Meanwhile,
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The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says he is certain bitcoin and ether are commodities. He outlined how his agency is working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate the crypto sector, noting that “there are no customer protections right now in the
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The barter system, where you trade your cow for someone else’s grains, for instance, is probably older than you think. It has its roots dating back to 6000 BC when Mesopotamian tribes first made exchanges with other groups. Those methods of exchange worked well before things like the Internet or decentralized
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Once the loan is approved, tokens will be sent to an escrow, which is a third-party smart contract, until the credit is repaid with fiat or tokens, Scaliter said. If a farmer repays the loan with tokens, Santander will automatically convert them to Argentine pesos on the Agrotoken platform, Scaliter
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While the cryptocurrency prices dropped toward the end of the week, precious metals, energy stocks, and global commodities skyrocketed in value amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. The price of one ounce fine gold is nearing the $2K mark, benchmark coal prices have been surging, aluminum values broke records and
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This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW does an extended brief, covering:The CFTC Chair arguing for more power to regulate cryptoComments from the FDIC chair saying that banks need to be allowed to participate in crypto marketsThe latest CBDC efforts from Europe and NigeriaBakkt hooks up
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EasyFi, the popular DeFi lending protocol that recently made news by integrating support for Binance Smart Chain has announced a partnership with Mirror Protocol – another DeFi powerhouse that is leading the way with synthetic assets. The partnership will introduce a whole new class of assets to the EasyFi ecosystem,
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