Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal
My reasons for disbelieving that there is coordinated ill-intent are twofold, one rooted in idealism and the other cynicism. First, this is the U.S., the land of opportunity and freedom. A deliberate attack against the economic freedom that crypto represents would run against this country’s values. Second, this is the
Read More
Lawmaker Arthur Delaporte, one of the architects of the legislation, last week said it would help value the work of legitimate influencers. His proposal was to forbid promotions for crypto firms unless they hold a license, which no company does in France. Source
Read More
Regulated stablecoins are currently in the spotlight of policymakers as a panel of professionals in the digital regulatory space unpacks their predictions on the use of regulated stablecoins in the future at the World of Web (WOW) Summit in Hong Kong. In the panel titled “Digital Assets: Policies & the Road
Read More
DeFi execs at the World of Web3 (WOW) Summit in Hong Kong argued that implementing “Know Your Customer” (KYC) measures will tackle the “biggest issue” in decentralized finance (DeFi), which is hackers laundering millions of stolen funds into “clean money.”During a panel session at the summit on March 29, titled
Read More
In its early days, crypto enthusiasm was fuelled by the promise to cut the rigged banking system out of the people’s basic need to exchange goods and funds. To some degree, it still is. But as digital assets become more and more intertwined with a larger financial market, this tension
Read More
Paris Blockchain Week 2023 brought together some of the biggest names in the blockchain and crypto industry. Starting on March 21, the three-day event turned out to be a net positive for the crypto industry, with prominent industry players coming together to discuss and share their thoughts on the decentralized
Read More
“The silver lining, to the extent there is one of this type of development, is that it will force the establishment of case law that will inform how crypto is regulated and it will set some rules of the road for crypto to comply with,” Quick said. Source
Read More
Crypto executives have expressed irritation over the latest White House economic report — which notably features an entire chapter dedicated to casting doubts on the merit of digital assets.The Economic Report of the President, released March 20, marks the first time the White House has included a section on digital
Read More
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is set to be announced as the body that will oversee and regulate the virtual asset industry. According to a report, the collapse of crypto exchanges like FTX prompted Taiwanese officials to seek ways of protecting users against similar events should they recur. Virtual Asset Industry’s
Read More
USD Coin (USDC), the world’s second-largest stablecoin, may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. The place was Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a commercial bank with $209 billion in assets, where USDC issuer Circle had deposited $3.3 billion of its cash reserves for safekeeping. The time was
Read More