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How a Flurry of ‘Digital Dollar’ Proposals Made It to Congress
27.3.2020
Law professors who've long pushed for a digital dollar worked with Congress to bring the concept to a series of coronavirus relief bills earlier this week
Aspiring CME Director Wants Exchange to Mine Bitcoin and Issue Tokens
27.3.2020
A nominee for a CME director position argued for tokenizing certain shares and building renewable energy sources which could also mine crypto
US County Extends Rule Making Bitcoin Mining Firms Invest in Renewable Energy
27.3.2020
The newly extended rule that crypto mining farms must offset energy consumption with renewables might also be made permanent
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 27, 2020
27.3.2020
A scam in the UK targets crypto while Venezuela's president is charged with money laundering. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast
Singapore Temporarily Exempts Crypto Firms, Including Coinbase, From New Licensing Regime
27.3.2020
Cryptocurrency firms can continue operating but must apply for a license by summer under new rules
Bitwise Looks to Retail Market for Its Crypto Index Fund
27.3.2020
Bitwise is hoping to draw a retail market for its Bitwise 10 Index Fund, which it intends to list on a regulated alternative trading system later this year
Bitcoin Price Decline Prompts US Mining Firm to Shut Down ‘Indefinitely’
27.3.2020
Digital Farms is halting operations due to low bitcoin prices, its owner says
After Coronavirus ‘War,’ Bretton Woods-Style Shakeup Could Dethrone the Dollar
27.3.2020
Seismic shifts might be in the offing for the global monetary system — a phenomenon that historically has occurred in the wake of world wars
Don’t Apply 2008 Thinking to Today’s Crisis
27.3.2020
Economists, analysts and big bank CEOs tell us that there is nothing to fear because this time is different from 2008. If only it were so simple
Investors Regained Confidence in Bitcoin Amid Price Recovery, Data Suggests
27.3.2020
Bitcoin may not be out of the woods yet, but prospects of another sudden price crash now look to have diminished
UK Counties Warn of Bitcoin Scams Using Coronavirus as a Hook
27.3.2020
U.K residents are being warned against scammers claiming to offer information on locals infected with coronavirus for payments in bitcoin
Coinbase’s Retail Payments Wing Crosses $200M in Transactions
27.3.2020
Coinbase Commerce's 8,000 retailers have processed more than $200 million since its launch two years ago
HSBC Puts $10B of Private Placements on R3’s Corda Blockchain
27.3.2020
HSBC is using blockchain as opposed to a traditional database because it plans to tokenize the $10B in private placements after it digitizes them
Plastics Recycling Looks Promising to Enterprise Blockchain Startups
27.3.2020
New recycling technologies and mandates have blockchains playing a role: measuring action and demonstrating it to the public
Block.one Absorbs Team Behind Now-Defunct Block Producer EOS New York
27.3.2020
EOS creator Block.one has acquired the team behind once-prominent block producer EOS New York, which has now entirely ceased operations
Bankruptcy Trustee to Hand Quadriga Users’ Information to Canadian Taxman
27.3.2020
The bankruptcy trustee overseeing the winding up of crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, will be turning all user information over to the Canada Revenue Agency
US, European Stocks Up but Crypto Traders Remain Cautious
26.3.2020
American and European equity markets extended their gains on Thursday while major cryptocurrencies made only slight moves on the day
Geopolitical Crisis May Benefit Oil, Gold and CBDCs, Not Bitcoin
26.3.2020
Demand for gold is skyrocketing and the clamor for scarce assets in a remote-first world was precisely where bitcoin was supposed to shine. But it's complicated
How BlackRock Ended Up on Both Sides of the Bailout, Feat. Meltem Demirors
26.3.2020
As BlackRock gets appointed to oversee bailouts to companies including BlackRock, how do we make an insane moment lead to good?
Miners Are Selling More Bitcoin Than They Are Mining
26.3.2020
While bitcoin looks set to prolong its recent bullish moves, those responsible for making new bitcoin have increased their selling