The Merge Doesn’t Solve Ethereum’s 'Atomic Composability'
What that is, and why it matters. Source
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‘Wall Street’ Doesn’t Need Bitcoin; Bitcoin Doesn’t Need ‘Wall Street’
But before that, I need to level for clarity’s sake (and to get something off my chest): There’s an inherent ideal in Bitcoin that claims the existence of bitcoin will make all financial institutions obsolete. The idea is that the decentralized, peer-to-peer, outside money that is bitcoin will make all
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China has seen blockchain’s future and it doesn’t include cryptocurrencies
China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), a major state-backed digital infrastructure company, on Tuesday launched BSN Spartan Network, which it said was a new international network for public blockchains with no cryptocurrency involved.BSN, regarded by some as leading the digital equivalent of Beijing’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road infrastructure plan, was founded
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MAS doesn’t trust retail crypto investments, mulling more regulations
The managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ravi Menon, addressed the agency’s mixed signals on crypto in the public sphere at a seminar on Aug. 29.The public claimed that local regulators were spreading crypto-positive sentiments while simultaneously threatening more regulations. According to the new statement from Menon,
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It Doesn’t Matter If They’re Wrong, Central Bankers Set Guidance for Crypto, Too
Sure, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which central bankers and the Biden administration have noted to explain rising prices, wasn’t something anyone could have predicted, but that’s the point. In an economy that’s so heavily dependent on the broader, global economy, something unexpected happening is almost inevitable. Source
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Selling Bitcoin doesn’t mean you’re not bullish: Cypherpunk CEO
Despite a massive wave of liquidations on the cryptocurrency market, some companies that sold their crypto over the past few months are not bearish on Bitcoin (BTC) at all.Canada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings was one of the companies that opted to sell crypto amid the crypto winter of 2022, liquidating
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Downplays Ethereum PoW Fork, Hopes It ‘Doesn’t Lead to People Losing Money’ – Bitcoin News
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently discussed what he thinks about the recent Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) fork topic that’s been finding its way into a number of conversations within the crypto community. Buterin remarked at the ETH-Seoul conference over the weekend, that he believes the people introducing the forked token concept
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Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Yield When Holding Will Suffice
Voyager had also successfully attracted loads of yield-hungry depositors, but it made poor decisions on whom to lend that money. Its biggest lending customer, Three Arrows Capital, had large exposure to the LUNA token. When LUNA imploded, it caused a domino effect that led to the bankruptcy of Three Arrows
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US Senate Bill Will Give CFTC Crypto Market Oversight – but Doesn’t Say How Much
“Right now, there's really a patchwork of state regulations and no federal agency to conduct oversight over the cryptocurrencies, and we know that needs to change,” said Sen. Debbie Stablenow (D-Mich.), the committee’s chairwoman, who unveiled the bill Wednesday with the panel’s ranking Republican, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.). “The money
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Philosophically, It Doesn’t Matter Whether Cryptos Are Securities; Practically, It Does
Of course, if this practicality applies to you specifically, then yes, it does matter. In that case, you should weigh the probability of bitcoin or ether being labeled as securities (which seems low at this point) and weigh the probability of other cryptocurrencies being labeled as securities (which seems higher
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