Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. The halving came and the halving went, which means that miners now only get 6.25 Bitcoins for each block and we only have about 1450 days to wait until the next one. That’s something to look forward to, especially as this halving didn’t seem to do much harm. […]
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ErisX rolls out CFTC-regulated, physically-settled ETH futures contracts to U.S. traders, but positive spot price action is not a certainty. Crypto exchange platform ErisX is bringing Ether (ETH) futures trading to the United States, becoming the second cryptocurrency derivatives product on offer in the country. The announcement came only a few days after the Chicago-based, […]
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Qiwi co-founder Sergey Solonin has confirmed that he is taking the option to reissue his $17 million investment in Telegram’s TON as a loan, repayable at 110% next April, over an immediate 72% refund. Sergey Solonin, co-founder of the Qiwi group, and TON investor to the tune of $17 million has decided to reissue his […]
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An amended complaint accuses Nvidia of misrepresenting over $1B in sales to downplay the firm’s reliance on sales to crypto miners. An amended class action complaint filed against Nvidia Corp has accused the firm of violating the Securities Exchange Act by downplaying the extent to which its gaming revenues relied on GPU sales to cryptocurrency […]
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Telegram’s TON network and coin were destined to fail with regulators, experts say. So, what’s left of the project? Telegram Open Network is off to a very uncertain future. Earlier this week, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced his company’s “active involvement with TON” was over, following a drawn-out legal battle with the United States Securities […]
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The People’s Bank of China proposed a blockchain trade financing information platform for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A number of governing entities in China recently came together to issue an official document, proposing the development of a blockchain-based trade finance platform. Contributors included the People’s Bank of China, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, […]
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Institutions continue to show interest in Bitcoin and digital assets amid the third Bitcoin halving, data shows. Having recently gone through the third halving, one of the most important events in the ecosystem, Bitcoin (BTC) continues to establish itself as a new asset class and a worthy contender to gold as a new store of […]
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Peter Van Valkenburgh speaks on the value of decentralization and how it plays into Coin Center’s mission in U.S. policy. Formed in 2014, Coin Center was the first non-profit to focus on defending the independence of decentralized blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies in front of regulators in the United States. Peter Van Valkenburgh was one of […]
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The Proof of Stake Alliance has engaged in dialogues with U.S. regulators regarding industry-driven standards for PoS protocols. The Proof of Stake Alliance revealed that it is taking critical steps toward improving the regulatory space around the Staking-as-a-Service (STaaS) market, including dialogues with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the announcement, the POSA met […]
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Overstock is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing the firm of market manipulation and issuing misleading information regarding tZERO. Online retailer and early Bitcoin adopter Overstock has filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit that accuses the company of misrepresenting the nature of its ‘digital dividend’ token. The dividend is a security token airdrop […]
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