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Nasdaq Refiles Valkyrie's Bitcoin ETF Application with Coinbase Surveillance-Sharing Agreement
6.7.2023
Stock exchange giant Nasdaq has refiled Valkyrie’s application for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with Coinbase as its “surveillance-sharing” partner.
As per a July 3 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the stock exchange submitted a proposed rule change...
Chinese Banks Join Beijing’s Efforts to Integrate CBDC With Social Security Cards
6.7.2023
Chinese state-owned banks are set to join efforts to integrate the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan, with government-issued social security cards.
Late last month, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said it wanted to “explore and promote”...
Crypto Twitter will see less exposure on Google due to rate limit slash
5.7.2023
Another impact of Elon Musk’s Twitter limits is lower search visibility on Google, according to SEO experts
US Representative Warren Davidson: ‘CBDC Corrupts Money Into a Tool for Coercion’
5.7.2023
Warren Davidson, U.S. representative and part of the House Committee on Financial Services, has disregarded issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the country. Davidson explained that CBDCs corrupt money into a “tool for coercion” and detailed that there was no legal way...
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads to launch July 6, but will the crypto community budge?
5.7.2023
Meta's microblogging platform is set for launch, with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey pointing out the apps centralization and data harvesting
Coinbase Shares Skyrocket Over 30% After Nasdaq and Cboe Amend Bitcoin ETF Applications
4.7.2023
During the initial half of 2023, Coinbase shares experienced a significant surge, rocketing over 30% this week as Nasdaq and Cboe refiled spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications on behalf of numerous fund managers. The revisions highlighted that, upon ETF approval, Coinbase has been...
Nasdaq Resubmits Blackrock Spot Bitcoin ETF Application, Inks Agreement With Coinbase for Surveillance-Sharing
4.7.2023
After the four firms that filed for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) resubmitted their applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the asset manager Blackrock followed suit with an amended application. Similar to Cboe’s refiling of registrations from...
BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF filing names Coinbase as 'surveillance-sharing' partner
3.7.2023
The application included a Nasdaq-Coinbase agreement “intended to supplement the exchange’s market surveillance program” following the SEC reportedly saying the filing was unclear
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Application Refiled, Naming Coinbase as ‘Surveillance-Sharing’ Partner
3.7.2023
The refiled application by Nasdaq to list a BlackRock bitcoin ETF follows a report last week that the SEC deemed earlier proposals "inadequate" since they didn't specify the name of the underlying market in so-called surveillance-sharing agreements
5 blockchain-based social media platforms to know
3.7.2023
Discover five blockchain-based social media platforms that are reshaping online interactions
Elon Musk Sparks Controversy With Twitter Rate Limits — Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’
3.7.2023
Social media giant Twitter has imposed limits on user accounts due to “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,” said Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk. The billionaire “has no idea the DARPA rattlesnake he just stepped on by doing this,” a censorship...
Cboe Resubmits Spot Bitcoin ETF Filings With Coinbase as Surveillance-Sharing Partner Amid SEC Dissatisfaction
1.7.2023
In response to reports suggesting that the recent wave of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) filed in recent weeks did not meet the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) standards, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has resubmitted four 19b-4 filings for these ETFs....
China Looks to Add Digital Yuan Functionality to Social Security Cards
30.6.2023
China may add digital yuan functionality to government-issued social security cards, in a possible new breakthrough for the central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Per the 21st Century Business Herald (via NBD), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security wants to “explore and promote” ways...
Change the Code Blasts Wall Street for Propping Up Bitcoin Initiatives
30.6.2023
Change The Code, a Greenpeace-backed initiative that seeks to change Bitcoin’s consensus algorithm, has blasted Wall Street companies for the support they are showing to Bitcoin-related activities. On social media, it has called out companies like Fidelity, Blackrock, JPMorgan, and Goldman...
Cathie Wood’s ARK Adds Surveillance-Sharing Agreement to Bitcoin ETF Application
29.6.2023
Cathie Wood's investment management firm, ARK Invest, is on the growing list of US-based firms that filed for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) approval with the SEC.
The investment manager, alongside crypto asset manager 21Shares, filed an amended spot BTC ETF proposal and added...
Report: FTX Management Seeks Investors to Revive Defunct Crypto Exchange; Exchange Token FTT Surges
29.6.2023
FTX management is actively seeking potential participants to revive the formerly defunct crypto exchange, as reported by sources knowledgeable about the situation. CEO John J. Ray III and other FTX executives have reportedly engaged in preliminary discussions with prospective investors, who could...
Shooter Dev Threatens To Ban Anyone For Sharing Game Secrets
29.6.2023
No one likes a spoiled surprise. But if you’re Battlestate Games, developers of the indie extraction shooter Escape From Tarkov, then you really, really, really don’t like it. Recently, the dev has threatened to ban anyone who datamines or even shares datamined content from the game. The threatens...
AI Eye: AI travel booking hilariously bad, 3 weird uses for ChatGPT, crypto plugins
29.6.2023
ChatGPT and Bard can help you book fictional hotels and awful 29-hour flights, 3 bizarre uses for AI, and do crypto plugins actually work?
ARK Amends Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing to Include Surveillance Sharing, Similar to BlackRock
28.6.2023
ARK's application may now be in pole position to be approved first as as it was filed earlier than BlackRock's
A brief history of the internet
28.6.2023
Gain insights into the key milestones and trends that have shaped the internet into the global phenomenon it is today