“Bitcoin means trusting a SHA256 algorithm more than the U.S Treasury,” quipped Blockfolio. Crypto players were quick to respond to the news that hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department. According to a report from Reuters, a “sophisticated hacking group” backed by a foreign government — reportedly Russia, according to three people familiar with the investigation […]
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Ah, Christmas — A time for joy! Merriment! And devouring the brains of the living with an insatiable bloodlust… because let’s face it, this is 2020. Darren Kleine, known to most by his handle DKleine, is an NFT artist with a decidedly specific niche — Zombies. We’re talking crypto zombies, political zombies, mustachioed Salvador Dali […]
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Regulators around the globe are increasingly turning hostile to the social media behemoth. The United States Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc., where it alleges that the corporation has been engaging in anti-competitive practices ever since acquiring a dominant global position at the turn of the 2010s. According to public case […]
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Another crypto player has taken steps to go mainstream, but a lot of work still remains ahead. Bitcoin (BTC) payments giant BitPay aims to form a national trust bank, based on its recent filing with the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. “We confirm BitPay has filed an application with the United […]
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Many are calling for Donald Trump to grant clemency to the Silk Road founder before Trump leaves office on Jan. 20. With just 44 days before Joe Biden’s inauguration as President of the United States, players in the crypto space are imploring Donald Trump to use his pardoning power for Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much […]
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Forthcoming regulations are “going to be a lot less bad than people will worry about.” Brian Brooks, the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said regulators are not looking to “kill” Bitcoin (BTC) but instead ensure its smooth integration into the financial system. In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on […]
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Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks continues his work to reach across the aisle with pledges from major players to support minority-owned banks. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is expanding an outreach program designed to provide access to minority depository institutions, or MDIs. Per a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the OCC’s […]
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There could now be a career-risk for a portfolio manager to not have Bitcoin in their portfolio — the CoinShares chairman talks Bitcoin sentiment on CNBC CoinShares chair and former JP Morgan commodity trader Danny Masters told CNBC that the financial landscape has changed to the point where not having exposure to Bitcoin could be […]
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“For all the reasons it’s a strong developing asset class, it may fail,” said the former Goldman Sachs president. Gary Cohn, the former president of Goldman Sachs and former chief economic adviser to Donald Trump, believes that Bitcoin may not hold long-term prospects for investors. In an interview with Bloomberg released today, Cohn said that […]
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