Digital assets should be valued as ‘proper property’ — Sandbox co-founder
16.5.2023
Around 5 billion people are online and digitally-bound assets should get the same treatment as any other type of property, says Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget
Bitcoin Mining in 2023: 18 Profitable ASIC Devices and the Dominance of Three Major Manufacturers Revealed
16.5.2023
According to statistics from mid-May 2023, 18 different application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining devices are profitable using today’s bitcoin exchange rates. Additionally, the top bitcoin mining machines today are made by three prominent ASIC manufacturers,...
Apple's new headset could put a rocket under metaverse tokens
16.5.2023
Metaverse tokens surged earlier this year amid rumors about Apple's new virtual reality headset, will this time be different?
Former Signature Bank Chairman Said the Bank Cut Back on Digital Asset Deposits in Wake of Volatility
16.5.2023
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank “significantly’ cut back on digital asset deposits in the wake of increased volatility and regulators' concerns at the end of last year, said the former chairman and co-founder of the now-shuttered bank.
“Unfortunately, a series of truly extraordinary...
Matrixport Integrates With Copper’s ClearLoop on Prime Brokerage Offerings
16.5.2023
The collaboration will see Matrixport integrating with Copper’s ClearLoop to offer its institutional clients off-exchange settlement
Celsius moves $781M in stETH just as Lido withdrawals open
16.5.2023
The bankrupt crypto lender has been moving its massive stash of staked Ethereum
Despite Transfers Lingering in the Mempool, Bitcoin’s Daily Transaction Rate Taps All-Time High
16.5.2023
Bitcoin is on a roll in 2023, breaking records left and right. For instance, on May 2, at block height 787,895, the cryptocurrency’s hashrate soared to 491 exahash per second (EH/s). Moreover, on April 20, at block height 786,240, the difficulty hit a new high of 48.71 trillion....
SEC rebukes need for imminent crypto rulemaking, seeks denial of Coinbase petition
16.5.2023
Coinbase’s chief legal officer Paul Grewal expressed his concerns over the SEC's response, asserting that they will happily continue overseeing the sector via regulation as enforcement
SEC chair Gensler claps back at Coinbase, says crypto rules already exist
16.5.2023
Speaking at the Financial Markets Conference, the SEC chair asserted that the rules for crypto are already in place and that the crypto sector has been largely non-compliant
US Senators Reintroduce ‘Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act’
16.5.2023
U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Bob Menendez have reintroduced the “Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act,” known as the “ACES Act,” for discussion in the Senate. The piece of legislation seeks to examine the level of adoption of bitcoin as a legal tender in...
US Secret Service holds crypto, praises blockchain tech in Reddit AMA
16.5.2023
In a crypto-themed AMA session on Reddit on May 15, the U.S. Secret Service answered a wide range of questions and revealed their little-known NFT collection
G7 Nations Must Do More to Stop North Korea Crypto Hacks, Japan Suggests
16.5.2023
Not enough is being done to stop North Korea hacking crypto, Japanese government leaders have hinted at the latest G7 central bank governors and finance ministers’ summit.
Per Nikkei, an unnamed “high-ranking official” from the Japanese Ministry of Finance explained that North Korea is currently...