The U.S. government is behind on innovation by a wide margin, says official. Speaking at the digital LA Blockchain Summit, Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman, Heath Tarbert, said U.S. regulation lags behind crypto and blockchain. “I would be the first to agree with you that innovation is unlikely to come from the government,” Tarbert told interviewer […]
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Bitcoin’s newly found bullish momentum has traders targeting $12,000 and above. Bitcoin (BTC) price had been acting inside a narrow range for the last few weeks but the momentum and trend shifted as a bullish breakout occurred on the announcement that Square had allocated 1% of its cash reserves to BTC. This bullish breakout even […]
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“It may have extrinsic value in the sense that people want it,” said Bailey. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey’s position on crypto apparently hasn’t changed despite the economic fallout of the pandemic in the United Kingdom. According to an Oct. 12 report from Reuters, Bailey spoke at a Bank of England, or BoE, question […]
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Could the DeFi market be a bubble as both market capitalization and indices crash? The decentralized finance market seems to be deflating after the DeFi summer craze when tokenized versions of Bitcoin and protocols, such as Uniswap and SushiSwap, outperformed the rest of the market. Earlier in October, the two main DeFi indices, Binance’s DeFi […]
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YFI price is still in a downtrend and many investors believe all attempts at recovery are being suppressed by Alameda Research. Yearn Finance (YFI) price has been in a serious rut during the past 2 weeks and many in the crypto community blame the sharp correction on Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the CEO of Alameda Research […]
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Gemini crypto exchange is streamlining fiat currency wire transfers for British clients. The Winklewoss twins’ crypto exchange Gemini is continuing to consolidate its regulated services for clients in the United Kingdom. On Oct. 12, Gemini announced a partnership with BCB Group — a European crypto-focused payment processor that already works with major platforms such as […]
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The hire comes after BitMEX’s founders were charged with failing to prevent money laundering and operating an unregistered trading platform illegally in the United States. The operator of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, 100x Group, has hired a seasoned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) specialist, Malcolm Wright, as its chief compliance officer. In an announcement on Oct. 12, […]
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Analysts warn that U.S. dollar could return to its 2018 lows as Bitcoin fundamentals steam to new records this week. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the week above $11,000 as fresh gains continue to hold — is $12,000 next or will bears gain control? Cointelegraph takes five factors that could help decide whether this week is bullish […]
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Losses due to crypto scams are on the rise in Belgium. Belgium’s financial watchdog has reported scammers stole up to $12 million from investor in the country using fraudulent ads. In an Oct. 5 warning from the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the watchdog estimated that investors in Belgium had lost at least 10 […]
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The futures contracts premium and the long-to-short ratio show that top traders feel bullish about Bitcoin price. On Oct. 7 Cointelegraph reported that top crypto traders had kept a bearish stance since mid-September and at the time the Bitcoin (BTC) long-to-short ratio had reached its lowest level in 10 weeks. All of this changed in […]
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