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Police Catch South Korea’s ‘$3.5m Nursing Care Fund Crypto Thief’
11.1.2024
Source: papii/Adobe Police in the Philippines have arrested a South Korean man suspected of stealing some $3.5 million from a nursing care fund – and spending the money on crypto. Officers think the 44-year-old man, unnamed for legal reasons, embezzled the money from April 2022 to September 2022....
China Looks to Ramp up ‘Cross-border’ Digital Yuan Spending
1.1.2024
Source: Keitma/Adobe Chinese bank chiefs are looking to start 2024 by driving up “cross-border” digital yuan spending. Per the Haikou Municipal Commerce Bureau (via Hainan News), the tourism hub of Haikou has begun issuing over $706,000 worth of “offshore tax-free coupons” for digital yuan-paying...
Economist Harry Dent’s Grim Prediction — 2024 Market Crash to Eclipse Great Depression
21.12.2023
In a recent interview with Fox News, renowned economist Harry Dent issued a dire prediction for the global economy, forecasting 2024 to be the year of the most significant financial crash in living memory. Citing a combination of overvalued markets, excessive stimulus spending, and artificial...
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz Says He Was ‘Dead Wrong’ About XRP and Ripple
13.12.2023
Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz has admitted that his past perception of XRP and Ripple was “dead wrong.” Novogratz now sees Ripple as an institution and the XRP army as a “real” organization that cares about the ecosystem and the coin. The billionaire...
FCA Slow to Take Crypto Enforcement Action, UK's Public Spending Watchdog Says
11.12.2023
Even when the financial regulator has the power to act, years can go by before it takes enforcement action, the U.K.'s National Audit Office said
Singapore, China to Begin Piloting Digital Currency in Tourism Spending Push
7.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Proxima Studio Singapore’s regulatory body the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plans to begin piloting the digital currency “E-CNY” – also known as the digital yuan, in collaboration with China to encourage tourism spending. The two countries first signed a Memorandum...
Cryptocurrency Industry Spends Record $18.96 Million in Federal Lobbying So Far in 2023
5.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock The cryptocurrency industry has spent a staggering $18.96 million in federal lobbying in the first three quarters of 2023. The figure surpasses the $16.1 million spent during the same period in 2022, Reuters reported, citing data from nonprofit research group OpenSecrets. ...
Coinbase CEO Alleges Bitcoin May Be the “Key to Extending Western Civilization”
4.12.2023
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong claims Bitcoin “may be the key to extending Western Civilization,” according to a series of posts made from his X account Sunday night. “An antidote to inflation” “The natural trend of whichever country has the reserve currency is to inflate the money supply...
Social Media Speculates if F2Pool is Censoring Transactions, Founder Responds
22.11.2023
0x10BC, a Bitcoin development blogger, has unveiled data potentially suggesting that F2Pool has censored a number of recent transactions. What 0x10BC’s data says 0x10BC, who runs a mining pool observation project with the aim of detecting potential unrecognized potential Bitcoin transactions...
U.S. Crypto Lobby Spending Surpasses $20 Million in 2023, On Track to Beat 2022 Record
17.11.2023
Adobe Over $20 million has been spent on crypto-related lobbying in the United States this year, a new report shows. According to a recent CoinGecko report, the amount spent on cryptocurrency lobbying was $20.19 million, a figure set to break last year’s $22 million mark as recent data does...
Crypto lobby spending in U.S. set to beat 2022 record: Report
17.11.2023
With more than a month left before the end of 2023, the United States crypto industry has already spent $20 million on lobbying efforts
Grineo Unveils the Exciting Future of Digital Spending at Australian Crypto Convention
16.11.2023
PRESS RELEASE. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA / November 16, 2023 / Grineo, the groundbreaking Australian FinTech startup, made waves at the highly anticipated AusCryptoCon in Melbourne on November 11-12, 2023. The highly coveted event, boasting over 15,000 attendees and co-hosted by industry giants such...
Moody’s Downgrades US Credit Rating to ‘Negative’ on Fiscal Deficits and Debt Concerns
11.11.2023
The credit agency Moody’s has revised the United States credit outlook to “negative” from “stable” due to concerns over persistent large fiscal deficits and diminishing debt affordability. The announcement follows a previous downgrade by Fitch and reflects ongoing...
U.S. House's Spending Bill Aims to Hamstring SEC's Gensler Amid His Crypto Crackdown
9.11.2023
As the U.S. House of Representatives weighs legislation on next year's spending, a provision was added on Wednesday that would deprive funding from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions against crypto businesses
Fate of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Co-Defendants Uncertain: Prison Sentences Loom?
4.11.2023
With Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted founder of FTX, facing the prospect of spending decades in a federal prison, some are wondering what lies ahead for his former colleagues and co-defendants. Nishad Singh, FTX’s director of engineering, Gary Wang, the exchange’s chief technical...
Senator Rand Paul: Out-of-Control Government Spending Threatens ‘the Very Existence’ of US Dollar
2.11.2023
U.S. Senator Rand Paul has cautioned that the government’s “out-of-control spending” is threatening the very existence of the U.S. dollar and even the country. Commenting on the government spending billions of dollars to help multiple countries, Paul warned: “They’ll...
Celebrating 15 Years of Bitcoin: Unraveling Satoshi Nakamoto’s Seminal White Paper
31.10.2023
Fifteen years ago, on a memorable Halloween night, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the world to Bitcoin through a white paper that laid the foundation for decentralized digital currencies. Published on a cryptography mailing list, this seminal document provided a comprehensive solution to...
SBF says spending FTX customers' money was part of 'risk management': Report
31.10.2023
At the time of bankruptcy, FTX faced a shortfall of $8 billion owing to its customers
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Consolidate Ahead of US Consumer Sentiment Report
27.10.2023
Bitcoin slipped below the $34,000 level earlier in today’s session, ahead of the upcoming consumer sentiment report in the United States. Data on Thursday showed that the U.S. economy grew at a rate of 4.9% in Q3, largely driven by consumer spending. Ethereum moved below the $1,800 level...
Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Warns US Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status at Risk Due to Rising National Debt
20.10.2023
Renowned billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, also known as the “Bond King,” has raised concerns over the potential risk to the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status due to rising national debt. “The future of the U.S. dollar, and possibly out-of-control inflation, depends...