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US House Committee on Financial Services Issues Ultimatum to SEC Chair Gensler

The ultimatum highlights the growing pressure on the SEC to take a more transparent approach to its regulatory activities. The US House Committee on Financial Services has given the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, Gary Gensler, an ultimatum to respond to its requests. The committee is asking for access to internal

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BIS issues comprehensive paper on offline CBDC payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is actively exploring opportunities for offline payments involving a central bank digital currency, or CBDC.On May 11, the BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre published a comprehensive handbook exploring how CBDCs could work for offline payments.The guide is written in collaboration with technical consultancy Consult

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Binance Announces Lightning Network Withdrawal Implementation Amidst Bitcoin Network Congestion Issues – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Binance has announced its intention of implementing Lightning Network, a layer 2 Bitcoin scaling protocol, on its platform after experiencing an episode of congestion regarding withdrawals on the Bitcoin network. The exchange had to pause bitcoin withdrawals twice due to a large backlog of operations stuck as a consequence of

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Bitcoin BTC Price Falls Below $27.5K as Investors Weigh Meme Mania, Binance Congestion Issues

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at around $27,350, down over 5.5% in the past 24 hours, according to CryptoX data, as investors continued to mull over a surge in interest in the PEPE meme coin and Binance congestion issues that forced the exchange giant to temporarily

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China issues first arrest over fake news created with ChatGPT: Report

A suspect identified only as “Hong” was detained by local authorities and arrested in the Gansu district of China after allegedly using ChatGPT to generate fake news stories. According to a report from the South China Morning Post, Hong was detained after an investigation into an unsubstantiated article relating to a train

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RFK Jr. Raises Crypto Mining Tax, Regulations as Issues in Opening Days of 2024 U.S. Presidential Race

Kennedy, an environmental lawyer who is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy and son of former U.S. attorney general and senator, Robert F. Kennedy, has raised several points about the digital assets industry in the early days of a 2024 presidential contest that hasn’t yet begun in earnest. Source

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