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Howie Mandel’s Son-In-Law Behind Disastrous ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Meme Coin Launch
10.12.2024
The coin quickly crashed and lost most of its value in a matter of hours. ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Meme Coin HAWK Goes Kaput Within Hours of Launch Haliey Welch, more commonly known as “Hawk Tuah Girl” on the Internet, launched a much-hyped-about Solana-based meme coin HAWK on Dec. 4. Within hours,...
Bitoasis Secures Full VASP License From Dubai’s VARA
10.12.2024
Bitoasis, a leading virtual asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has received a full virtual asset service providers (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). Securing the full VASP License marks the final step in VARA’s licensing...
Community Notes Challenges Coinbase’s Response to Account Complaints
9.12.2024
Coinbase’s support account on X tackled grievances regarding alleged account restrictions. In a post, the company emphasized, “don’t believe everything you see on twitter.” However, an attached X Community Notes clarification pointed out that Coinbase is “indeed restricting accounts.” Locked...
Sell It All—Peter Schiff Urges Biden to Ditch US Bitcoin Reserves Before Trump’s Return
9.12.2024
Gold advocate and economist Peter Schiff is not exactly cheering from the sidelines when it comes to a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve. On Monday, he sparked conversation on social media, declaring that the smartest move President Joe Biden could make before leaving office is to offload all the U.S....
President-Elect’s Son, Eric Trump, Discusses US Crypto Leadership in Interview
9.12.2024
Eric Trump, son of President-elect Donald Trump, detailed ambitions to establish the United States as a global leader in cryptocurrency during a CNBC interview in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Eric Trump Tells CNBC That the Trump Administration Aims to Establish U.S. as a Crypto Superpower...
Riot Platforms raising $500M to buy Bitcoin amid price surge
9.12.2024
If it follows through with its proposal, Riot Platforms will join many of its colleagues in paying top prices for BTC
Bitcoin ASIC Maker Bitmain Shifts Gears With US Production Line Amid Incoming Trump Administration
9.12.2024
The bitcoin mining machine maker Bitmain is gearing up to roll out a new production line in the U.S., focusing on its application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) equipment. Bitmain Launches U.S. Production Bitmain shared on Monday through an X post that it plans to kick off a new production line...
Beijing’s “Moderately Loose” Policy Sparks Bitcoin Speculation
9.12.2024
For the first time since 2010, China has announced a shift toward a “moderately loose” monetary policy, aiming…
XRP Technical Analysis: Could $2.91 Be the Launchpad for a Rally to $3.50?
9.12.2024
XRP has experienced a notable decline of 5% in the past day, trading at $2.42 as of this analysis. Despite the drop, technical indicators across multiple timeframes point to the potential for bullish momentum, with key levels and patterns offering insights for traders and investors. XRP On...
Bitcoin Permabull Max Keiser Hints at Muslim World Petrobitcoin Announcement
9.12.2024
Max Keiser, an international journalist and cryptocurrency advisor to the Bukele administration in El Salvador, has hinted at an upcoming announcement for the Muslim world regarding bitcoin. On social media, Keiser, now in Abu Dhabi, recalled the first time he declared that bitcoin complied with...
Iranian Crypto Holdings Equal a Third of National Gold Market
9.12.2024
Iranian crypto holdings, valued between $30 billion and $50 billion, constitute about a third of the national gold market, according to economist Mohammad Sadegh Alhosseini. Daily cryptocurrency trading in Iran is approximately $143 million (100 trillion rials). The Central Bank of Iran (CBI)...
Iran Embraces Crypto Regulation to Counter Economic Sanctions
9.12.2024
Iran is shifting its stance on digital currencies, focusing on regulation rather than imposing restrictions, according to Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati. Speaking at a Tehran event, Hemmati highlighted the government’s plan to mitigate the economic risks of digital currencies while leveraging...
A Crypto Tax Paradise? Czech Republic Pioneers Tax-Free Crypto Policies
8.12.2024
Czech lawmakers have approved a groundbreaking tax reform exempting bitcoin and other digital assets from capital gains tax if held for over three years, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Additionally, annual crypto income below CZK 100,000 ($4,000) will be tax-free. Prime Minister Petr Fiala highlighted...
Latam Insights: Bolivian Crypto Market Overheats, Chile Belittles Bitcoin
8.12.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this issue, the Bolivian cryptocurrency market keeps growing after the repeal of a blanket ban, the Central Bank of Chile rejects bitcoin, and Bolivian attorneys propose...
Argentina Opens Foreign Crypto ETF Investment Opportunities
8.12.2024
Argentina is opening its stock market to crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) opportunities. The Argentine SEC equivalent greenlighted the introduction of prospects to allow investments in crypto—bitcoin and ethereum—foreign ETFs under the figure of Argentine deposit certificates....
US vs. China: Trump’s Aide Predicts New Bitcoin Space Race
8.12.2024
The rise of bitcoin as an international reserve asset might ignite a new space race. David Bailey, a cryptocurrency policy aide of President-Elect Trump’s campaign, stated that this new paradigm will pit the U.S., China, and a few other countries in a battle for supremacy. Trump’s...
Former Silvergate Bank CTO and Trump’s ‘Crypto Czar’ David Sacks Speak Out on Operation Choke Point
7.12.2024
Operation Choke Point 2.0, a campaign of regulatory pressure against cryptocurrency firms, has sparked a fresh wave of criticism from notable industry figures, including former Silvergate Bank Chief Technology Officer Chris Lane and entrepreneur David Sacks, recently appointed “Crypto Czar”...
US Treasury Acknowledges Bitcoin as ‘Digital Gold’ in Fiscal Report
7.12.2024
The U.S. Treasury’s Fiscal Year 2024 Q4 Report describes how “digital assets have witnessed rapid growth albeit from a small base,” highlighting bitcoin’s “primary” function as a “store-of-value.” Treasury’s Bitcoin Remarks Ignite...
Ryan Selkis Contemplates SEC Blacklist
7.12.2024
The idea to blacklist former SEC regulators who have been openly hostile to the crypto industry was recently brought up by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. Coinbase’s Call to Arms To Blacklist SEC ‘Bad Actors’ Heeded by Winklevoss and Selkis Cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Gemini said they will...
Bitcoin ETFs Now Hold More BTC Than Satoshi, Experts Say
7.12.2024
The funds have purchased 1,104,534 BTC since January, surpassing the 1,100,000 in Satoshi’s public addresses. U.S. Spot ETFs Surpass Satoshi in Bitcoin Held The spot bitcoin ETFs approved by the SEC earlier this year now collectively hold more bitcoin (BTC) than anyone else in the world...