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Crypto Can’t Be Used as Money Due to ‘Inherent Flaws,’ BIS Tells G20
11.7.2023
Central bankers, wary of displacing their own fiat currencies, pointed to the past year's prominent hacks and collapses
UK Regulator Ramped Up Campaign Against Crypto ATMs in May and June
11.7.2023
The financial watchdog conducted inspections in conjunction with the South West Regional Organized Crime Unit and the police forces of Greater London, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Bitcoin NFTs Back in Spotlight as Ordinals Cross 350K Daily Inscriptions
11.7.2023
Bitcoin Ordinals, a method of generating non-fungible tokens (NFT) through a process called inscribing, debuted in January, bringing the NFT and smart contract narrative to the Bitcoin blockchain
China Should Consider Yuan-Backed Stablecoins Instead of CBDCs, Circle's Allaire Says
11.7.2023
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire touted the advantages of stablecoins over central bank digital currencies (CBDC), in an interview with South China Morning Post
Crypto Catalyst Watch: June CPI, PPI Readings Hold the Spotlight
11.7.2023
The CPI sank to 4% in May and has been trending downward, although the Federal Reserve seems likely to follow through on an intended rate hike later this month
First Mover Asia: Individual Wallets Holding 1 Bitcoin Hit All-Time High as BTC Maintains $30K
11.7.2023
PLUS: Binance.US has a free money problem, but there's not enough trust in the platform to exploit it
Bitcoin Falls Back Below $31K After Late Monday Surge
11.7.2023
The head of research for digital asset manager 3iQ wrote that the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is still riding tailwinds from multiple spot bitcoin ETF filings and other June events
Apple May Not Like It, but ‘Zapple Pay’ Finds Workaround for Bitcoin Tipping on Damus
10.7.2023
The new third-party payment service claims to be independent of the Damus iPhone app that Apple has tried to restrict, and lets users tip one another on any app that runs on the Nostr protocol
Crypto Startup Arkham Has Apparently Been Doxxing Users for Months
10.7.2023
The company had already angered the crypto community Monday with a service that unmasks anonymous crypto users. Then came allegations it used an easy-to-decipher method for hiding customers’ email addresses
DOJ Charges Moroccan Man With Stealing $450K in OpenSea Spoofing Scam
10.7.2023
What Mastodon’s Critical Bug Fixes Say About Crypto’s Security Vulnerabilities
10.7.2023
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Discount Narrows to Lowest Since May 2022
10.7.2023
The discount has been narrowing on hopes the SEC might soon approve a spot bitcoin ETF
Grayscale Argues Leveraged Bitcoin Futures ETF Approval Shows Spot ETF Should Be Approved
10.7.2023
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U.S. Senator Tuberville Asks DOJ, SEC to Investigate Crypto Broker Prometheum
10.7.2023
U.S. Senator Thomas Tuberville (R-Ala.) wrote an open letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler asking them to investigate Prometheum, a special-purpose broker that recently secured federal permissions to offer crypto trading services
An Orb, a Token and Money for Everyone: Worldcoin’s CEO on Crypto’s Most Daring Project
10.7.2023
Alex Blania on collaborating with Sam Altman on a universal basic income for eight billion people
Starbucks Teams Up With Micah Johnson's Aku NFT Project
10.7.2023
The latest Starbucks Odyssey Journey launch will feature a Stamp "designed by Aku" and include a $100,000 donation to Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit tackling food insecurity among children
CoinDesk Market Index Q2 Review: Quiet Appreciation, Regulatory Uncertainty
10.7.2023
On the positive side, the SEC started approving crypto ETF products, buoying markets for bitcoin and ether. On the other: major crypto exchanges were sued by regulators, increasing regulatory uncertainty around the sector
Bitcoin Could Rise to $120K by End-2024: Standard Chartered
10.7.2023
The bank previously said it expected the cryptocurrency to reach $100,000 by then
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holding Above $30K After Quiet Weekend
10.7.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 10, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Arkham Intelligence Rolls Out Crypto Data Marketplace; Privacy Advocates Cry Foul
10.7.2023
On-chain data provider Arkham Intelligence has announced the release of a marketplace that allows people to buy and sell on-chain cryptocurrency data