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As TRUMP Coin Surges Over 100% in a Month, Trump’s Crypto Wallet Swells in Value
16.5.2024
Over the past week, the meme coin known as maga (TRUMP) has increased by more than 45% against the U.S. dollar, and over the past day, the TRUMP token has climbed more than 7%. Statistics reveal that this rise in value has boosted former U.S. President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency holdings...
El Salvador Reportedly Mined Nearly 474 BTC Using Geothermal Energy
16.5.2024
El Salvador, the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, has reportedly added 473.5 BTC to its treasury using geothermal energy. According to reports, official data released by The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador (ONBTC) disclosed that this number of bitcoin was mined since 2021 using 1.5...
El Salvador Launches Treasury Holdings Site, Confirms Daily Bitcoin Purchases
14.5.2024
The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador (ONBTC) has launched a site that allows anyone to confirm the treasury holdings of the country, offering a large degree of transparency in its finances. The site, composed as a custom instance of mempool space, a popular block explorer, confirms that the country...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Warns Gensler’s SEC Crypto Policies Could Cost Biden the Election
11.5.2024
Billionaire Mark Cuban has criticized U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s handling of crypto regulations, suggesting it could harm Biden’s election chances. “Gensler has not protected a single investor against fraud,” he stressed....
House Approves Resolution to Overturn SEC’s Crypto Rules — Biden Threatens to Veto
9.5.2024
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.J. Res. 109, a resolution aimed at overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s SAB 121 regulations on digital assets. The resolution seeks to reduce regulatory burdens and promote safer custodianship of digital assets by regulated banks....
Trump Attacks Biden’s Crypto Awareness, Says ‘Biden Doesn’t Even Know What It Is’ at NFT Gala
9.5.2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump convened with enthusiasts of his non-fungible tokens (NFT) collection on Wednesday and announced to the audience his decision to accept cryptocurrency for campaign contributions. Trump also shared with the group that President Joe Biden “doesn’t even know” what...
Argentina’s Greenback Love Is Being Substituted by a Bitcoin Rush
22.3.2024
The popular savings strategy of exchanging pesos for U.S. dollars in Argentina is being substituted by bitcoin investments, which have had better performance lately. Numbers from Lemon, a local cryptocurrency exchange, indicate bitcoin purchases have risen to their highest number in 20 months...
Latam Insights: Tim Draper’s Bitcoin Prophecy for El Salvador, Bukele’s Bitcoin Rush
18.3.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Tim Draper predicts bitcoin will make El Salvador a rich country, President Nayib Bukele vows to keep buying bitcoin, and Banco do Brazil announces offline...
Donald Trump Calls BTC ‘an Additional Form of Currency’ — Says ‘I Sometimes Will Let People Pay Through Bitcoin’
12.3.2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump says bitcoin is an “additional form of currency,” emphasizing that the crypto has taken on a life of its own. He also lets people pay for his merchandise with cryptocurrencies. “There has been a lot of use of that, and I’m not sure that...
Donald Trump’s Crypto Portfolio Soars to $7.5 Million, Fueled by TRUMP Coin’s Ascension and Ethereum Gains
6.3.2024
After the former 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, saw his cryptocurrency holdings exceed $5 million, just ten days later, the value of Trump’s digital asset collection has escalated to $7.5 million. This increase is largely due to $4.66 million emanating from...
Donald Trump’s Cryptocurrency Portfolio Tops $5M, Thanks to $2.9M in Trump-Branded Tokens
25.2.2024
Just recently, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has expressed a neutral stance towards bitcoin, stating he could live with it “one way or the other.” Meanwhile, Trump’s holdings in crypto assets have seen a significant increase in value. A substantial...
Argentina Tops Latin America in Stablecoin Purchases and Holdings: Report
13.2.2024
Argentina, a nation grappling with a severe economic crisis and a plunging peso, has emerged as the leading purchaser and holder of stablecoins in Latin America over the past six months, as per a report by Mexican-founded crypto exchange Bitso. Bitso’s recently published ‘Crypto...
Argentine President Javier Milei Signals Support for Provinces Launching Their Currencies
16.1.2024
Upon assuming office as the president of Argentina in December 2023, libertarian Javier Milei pledged not to oppose the implementation of national currencies by individual provinces. This statement follows a public exchange between Milei and Ricardo Quintela, the governor of La Rioja province....
US Lawmaker Expects Donald Trump to Become ‘a Lot More’ Crypto Friendly in Second Term as President
14.1.2024
U.S. Representative Tom Emmer expects former U.S. President Donald Trump to become “a lot more” friendly toward cryptocurrency if he returns to the White House. Trump has launched three non-fungible token (NFT) collections since leaving office. Meanwhile, some analysts predict that...
El Salvador Triumphs in Bitcoin Bet — President Nayib Bukele Announces $3.6 Million Profit
4.12.2023
El Salvador’s head of state, Nayib Bukele, recently announced that the nation’s bitcoin investment has turned profitable, rebounding from a prolonged period of losses experienced during the majority of last year’s crypto winter. Bukele revealed that the value of...
Crypto Regulation News Weekly Digest: CZ’s Guilty Plea and Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF Prospectus
29.11.2023
Crypto regulation evolves through CZ plea deal, Grayscale Bitcoin ETF application, Singapore bans, and Lagarde’s personal experience. Image by Titiwoot Weerawong, Vecteezy Last week brought several major developments on the crypto regulation front. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pleaded...
Vivek Ramaswamy Reveals Crypto Policy Framework — Plans to Roll Back Most of SEC Crypto Regulations
17.11.2023
U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has unveiled his “Three Freedoms of Crypto” policy framework. He stated that as President, he will ensure that innovative sectors, including crypto, are “liberated from the shackles of the unconstitutional shadow government.” He expects to rescind most...
Russian President Putin Says US Dollar-Based Global Financial System Is Collapsing
8.10.2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the U.S. dollar-based global financial system is gradually collapsing. “After all, a currency is a derivative of the power of the economy of the country that issues this currency,” Putin noted, emphasizing: “The share of...
Vivek Ramaswamy Plans to Have Crypto Policy Ready by Thanksgiving
22.9.2023
Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is working on a crypto policy framework that he aims to finalize by Thanksgiving. The Republican criticized the regulation-by-enforcement approach of U.S. government agencies like the securities regulator under the administration of President Joe Biden and vowed...
US Presidential Hopeful Ramaswamy to Release “Comprehensive Crypto Policy Framework” Before Thanksgiving
21.9.2023
A major candidate for the US Presidency is on the verge of releasing a “comprehensive crypto policy framework”.
Speaking at a crypto event on Wednesday, Republican Party presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy announced plans to release the framework by Thanksgiving (on 23rd November).
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