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North Korean Analyst Warns of Accelerating End to Dollar Dominance — Says BRICS Poses Challenge to US Hegemony
27.6.2023
A North Korean analyst has cautioned that the actions taken by the U.S. to restrict the usage of the dollar and the growing interest of countries to join the BRICS bloc are “accelerating” the decline of the USD as the world’s dominant currency. North Korean State Media...
Indonesia Labels 501 Cryptocurrencies as Commodities, Paving the Way for Regional Adoption
26.6.2023
In contrast to the regulatory stance taken by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (CFTSA) of the Republic of Indonesia has officially labeled 501 cryptocurrencies as commodities. The list of these digital assets includes popular tokens...
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire: ‘Other Governments Are Regulating Digital Dollars Before the US’
26.6.2023
Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, the company behind the issuance of usd coin (USDC), has expressed his worries about the state of stablecoin regulation in the U.S. In a congressional hearing, Allaire stated that other governments were already regulating the issuance of digital dollars (dollar-backed...
Garlinghouse: SEC Official Received ‘Millions’ From Vested Interests, Tradfi Heavyweight Crypto Exchange EDX Launches, Peter Schiff on USD Decline — Week in Review
25.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently asserted that former SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman “received millions of dollars of payments from his law firm” which had a vested interest in a well-known 2018 speech given by the then SEC official. In other news, crypto exchange...
US Treasury Secretary Defends Dollar Dominance as Emerging Markets Push to De-Dollarize
25.6.2023
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has defended the dominance of the U.S. dollar amid rising efforts by emerging countries to de-dollarize. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in particular, is set to raise the issue of de-dollarization at the next BRICS meeting. “There is a very good...
Trader takes $4m short position on TrueUSD as issuer halts mints and redemptions
24.6.2023
An Ethereum user used Aave's V2 lending platform by depositing 7.5 million USDC as collateral
Binance US Restores USD Withdrawals, Suggests Users Withdraw or Spend Their Dollars
23.6.2023
The U.S. subsidiary of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, announced it has resolved the issues with U.S. dollar (USD) withdrawals. The trading platform, which recently averted an asset freeze sought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), informed customers...
Anichess obtains $1.5M via oversubscribed seed round
23.6.2023
Anichess, a division of Animoca Brands, announced in a statement that the company had successfully closed the oversubscribed seed round, which had raised around $1.5 million. The Operating Group and GameFi Ventures were among the investors. To name a few, investment firms include Koda Capital...
Binance.US solves USD withdrawal issues but warns it won't last long
23.6.2023
“While USD withdrawal remains fully operational on the platform today, we expect our banking partners to discontinue that service in the near future,” said Binance.US
Federal Reserve Chair Discusses De-Dollarization Threat, Risk of US Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
23.6.2023
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has discussed the threat of de-dollarization and the risk of the U.S. dollar losing its world’s reserve currency status. He believes that the USD hegemony is a consequence of America’s economic dominance. Fed Chair Powell on Threat of De-Dollarization,...
Stablecoin protocol Reserve to fund $20 million
22.6.2023
Stablecoin Protocol Reserve is on the verge of carrying out funding, amounting to $20 million, with regard to the governance tokens of yield framing-related applications. These include Curve (CRV), as well as Convex (CVX), and also Stake DAO (SDT). The funding will go towards the heightening of...
Tether to launch USD₮ on Kava
22.6.2023
Tether has announced that it will soon launch its US dollar-pegged stablecoin on Kava. It is a layer-1 blockchain that helps partners claim much-needed speed and scalability. USD₮ represents Tether’s stablecoin and was last seen being traded just above the one-dollar mark. The launch goes live...
4 things that can spark the next Bitcoin bull cycle
20.6.2023
Bitcoin is down 15% from its 2023-highs, but $40,000 may be closer than you think due to several important factors
JPMorgan Expects Dollar Dominance to Persist Even if China Overtakes US as World’s Largest Economy
19.6.2023
JPMorgan’s strategists have explained that even if China overtakes the U.S. as the world’s largest economy around 2030, the U.S. dollar may remain the world’s dominant currency for the rest of the 21st century. The global investment bank cited the historical experience of when...
Russian President Putin Discusses End of US Dollar Dominance — Claims Russia Has No De-Dollarization Plan
18.6.2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the end of the U.S. dollar dominance, claiming that Russia has nothing to do with the USD’s downfall. “We have never had and do not have the goal of de-dollarization,” Putin also stressed, highlighting global trends that could lead to the end of...
Economist Peter Schiff: US Dollar Decline Will Be ‘Far Greater’ Than Yellen Warns — Fed Chair Powell ‘Clearly Worried’ About Financial Crisis
18.6.2023
Economist Peter Schiff says the U.S. dollar decline will be “far greater” than what Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned. “This portends a significant decline in our standard of living,” he cautioned. Furthermore, the economist stressed that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...
BUSD falls to fourth position among stablecoins
17.6.2023
After a dip of over $1 billion in the past 30 days, BUSD now sits at the fourth position in market capitalization among stablecoins
DAI Emerges as Third-Largest Stablecoin, Overtaking BUSD in Market Capitalization
17.6.2023
Makerdao’s DAI stablecoin is now the third-largest stablecoin by market capitalization, surpassing Binance USD (BUSD), which has officially declined to $4.304 billion. DAI’s market valuation on Friday, June 16, 2023, is approximately $4.394 billion, but the number of circulating...
Curve pool imbalance triggers USDT depeg concerns: Finance Redefined
16.6.2023
The top 100 DeFi tokens had another bearish week, with the majority of tokens trading in the red
‘If You’re Selling BTC for Something, Sell it for Gold Instead of USD’, Says Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino
15.6.2023
In an insightful conversation with Cryptonews, Paolo Ardoino, the CTO of both Tether and Bitfinex, shed light on crucial topics relating to the crypto world.
The dialogue navigated the volatile waters of inflation, the allure of gold as a tangible asset, and the growing fascination with digital...