IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath has called on global regulators to be vigilant and take the proper regulatory steps regarding Facebook’s Libra. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on global regulators to pay attention and take proper regulatory action regarding Facebook’s Libra. Speaking with Reuters on July 17, Gita Gopinath, chief economist at the […]
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Algorithms that can decode social media market sentiment are making waves in the institutional crypto landscape. Algorithms that can decode market sentiment are making waves in the institutional crypto landscape, a July 17 report from Reuters claims. An Arms Race for Algorithms With the resounding return of Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility amid an ever-hotter crypto market, […]
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IBM has tripled the number of blockchain-related patents it holds in the U.S. this year, dwarfing other US blockchain bulls. Tech giant IBM has tripled the number of blockchain patents secured in the United States since last year, currently boasting over 100 active patent families. That makes IBM’s growth in US patents the largest of […]
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BitMEx’s Arthur Hayes explained to Cointelegraph the importance of financial privacy in detail and predicted that Bitcoin should hard fork in order to be fully anonymous. At the Tangle in Taipei on July 3, American economist and crypto sceptic Nouriel Roubini (aka “Dr. Doom”) and BitMEX CEO and co-founder Arthur Hayes didn’t agree on anything […]
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The U.S. congressional hearings on Libra may determine the future of the project. Here is what regulators think about Facebook’s crypto… This week is crucial for the future of Libra: Facebook’s cryptocurrency project will be subject to two back-to-back hearings in the United States Congress. First, the Senate Banking Committee will discuss the token on […]
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Everything you need to know about municipal cryptocurrencies and where in the world they are being implemented. States, provinces and municipalities could use cryptocurrencies to fund projects and programs. Municipal cryptocurrencies — that is, cryptocurrencies launched by cities — could offer citizens a new way to invest in a certain location and even buy goods […]
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An Oxford scholar, Supreme Court Justice’s clerk and an international financial regulator: Meet the new CFTC Chairman… July 15 will mark the first day in the office for the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) new chairman, Heath Tarbert. As the crypto community is bidding farewell to the regulator’s outgoing head, J. Christopher Giancarlo, […]
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The Iran-U.S. cold war spills into blockchain: Can America really stop Iran from mining Bitcoin? If there’s one thing the United States has had a history of, it’s imposing sanctions on its enemies. Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Russia and numerous other nations have been subject to restrictions and penalties over the years, with the U.S. harnessing […]
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China’s police confiscated 4,000 crypto mining units that were illegally deployed at nine factories. Police in China arrested 22 suspects allegedly involved in illegal crypto mining activity that led to energy loss worth of about $3 million, local media outlet XinhuaNet reports on July 12. Police in Jiangsu, China’s eastern-central coastal province, have reportedly seized […]
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Fed Chairman Powell has said that a globally prevalent cryptocurrency could conceivably remove the need for reserve currencies. The Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve has said that a globally adopted cryptocurrency system could conceivably remove the need for reserve currencies. Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on July 11, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell […]
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