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Musk on ‘Massive Incentive’ to Get Money Out of Banks, Dave Ramsey Dismisses De-Dollarization Fears, BTC Network Congestion Eases, and More — Week in Review
14.5.2023
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has shared what he calls a “massive incentive” to get money out of bank accounts, noting “bank depositor flight will accelerate to extreme levels, even for banks that are ‘too big to fail.’” Personal finance coach and author Dave Ramsey, for his part, thinks...
Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Prohibiting Use of Central Bank Digital Currencies in Florida
13.5.2023
On Friday Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that bans the use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the state. Following the bill SB 7054 being signed into law, Florida’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) now explicitly forbids the use of a federally adopted CBDC as money....
Frogs, Fevers and Fees: Bitcoin’s New Governance Challenge
12.5.2023
The creation of Bitcoin-based meme coins using the new BRC-20 standard has driven up Bitcoin fees as they use more data than a basic Bitcoin transaction. But while some developers in the Bitcoin community are proposing a filter to block Bitcoin NFT projects, such censorship could run counter...
Donald Trump Urges Republicans to Let US Default on Debt if Democrats Don’t Agree to Spending Cuts
11.5.2023
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Republican lawmakers to let the U.S. default on its debt obligations if the Democrats do not agree on “massive” spending cuts. Trump, who is also running for president in 2024, stressed that letting the U.S. default is “better than what we’re doing right...
Safaricom M-Pesa receives Ethiopian mobile money license, ending state monopoly
11.5.2023
The Kenya-based company already has 3 million mobile phone users in Ethiopia and plans to make it the 10th country where the payment service will be available
‘Smart Money’ Traders Reduce Pepecoin Holdings by $3M as Meme Coin Mania Cools
11.5.2023
PEPE token has dropped 63% since last week, when it reached a $1.8 billion market capitalization after a staggering rally
Nearly 400 Crypto Firms Lose Their Estonian Licenses Under New Rules
11.5.2023
The majority of crypto companies attracted by the once favorable Estonian regulations have either abandoned or lost their licenses. According to the latest numbers released by the Baltic nation’s anti-money laundering bureau, only 100 businesses are currently authorized to provide digital-asset...
Brazilian Probe Unearths ‘Money Laundering’ at ‘Obscure’ Crypto Exchange – Militias Turning to Crypto?
11.5.2023
A notorious Brazilian militia group reportedly moved thousands of USD worth of money and coins through an “obscure” domestic crypto exchange.
Per reports from O Globo and Portal do Bitcoin, the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) believes that the Tandera Militia “laundered money” through...
Economist Peter Schiff Says ‘Nobody’s Money Is Safe in Any Bank’ — Warns of Financial Crises, Depressions
11.5.2023
Economist Peter Schiff expects a lot more banks to fail, warning that “nobody’s money is safe in any bank.” He stressed: “When the Fed sets interest rates too low and prints a lot of money … it unleashes massive inflation, creates tremendous economic imbalances that result in financial crises...
BoE fintech head says crypto doesn’t ‘fulfill any of the functions of money’
9.5.2023
At a recent event, Tom Mutton, the Bank of England’s head of fintech, touted the privacy benefits of CBDCs while denouncing the anonymity of cryptocurrencies
Ron Paul States Federal Reserve’s ‘Decade of Near 0% Rates’ Caused Today’s Financial Crisis
9.5.2023
Former House Representative Ron Paul has presented his stance when it comes to the financial crisis that the U.S. is currently facing. Paul stated that the continued application of quantitative easing (QE), a policy used to increase the money supply, and the decades of almost null interest rates...
Elon Musk Shares ‘Massive Incentive to Move Money out of Bank Accounts’
9.5.2023
Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has shared a “massive incentive” to move money out of bank accounts, citing a significant interest rate gap created by the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve. “As more people & companies realize this, bank depositor flight will accelerate...
Warren Buffett Sees ‘No Option’ Other Than US Dollar as Reserve Currency, but Warns Fed Can’t ‘Just Print Money Indefinitely’
8.5.2023
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the most renowned investors in the market, stated that he saw no viable option to become the world’s reserve currency besides the U.S. dollar. However, he warned about the dangers that printing too much money could bring to the strength...
Privacy Project Railgun DAO Adopts Chainway’s ‘Proof of Innocence’ Tool
8.5.2023
Railgun DAO’s new functionality – initially developed by the developer Chainway for use on Tornado Cash – could allow users to mathematically demonstrate that coins involved in transactions did not come from blacklisted addresses. Digital Currency Group, owner of CoinDesk, is an investor in Railgun...
Estonia’s Registered Crypto Firms Drop 80% as Tough New Checks Reveal 'Suspicious' Behavior
8.5.2023
Regulators in the tech-friendly nation say they’ll return to business-as-usual monitoring after money laundering fears led it to take a tough line
The Need for Clarity in Washington – Not Just on Crypto
5.5.2023
The recent ambiguous messaging from the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting, which left markets struggling to interpret signals from the FOMC statement and Chair Jerome Powell's comments, is typical of the abstruse signals that can be found in central bank policy-setting. But new tools, such...
Ukraine, US Shut Down 9 Cryptocurrency Exchanges
4.5.2023
Supported by U.S. law enforcement, police in Ukraine have disrupted a network of crypto exchange services suspected of laundering criminal proceeds. The platforms were allegedly processing dirty money obtained from ransomware attacks and various fraud schemes. Cyberpolice, US Investigators Bust...
Ex-Coinbase Exec Balaji Srinivasan Closes Out $1 Million Bitcoin Bet
4.5.2023
Former Chief Technology Officer at Coinbase, Balaji Srinivasan, closed out early a bet that the price of bitcoin would hit $1 million by mid-June amid hyperinflation of the U.S. dollar. Srinivasan paid a total of $1.5 million, more than the initially committed $1 million, with two-thirds of...
Rainbow Six Kickstarter Asks For More Money From People Who Already Backed
4.5.2023
In 2021 Mythic Games, with the backing of Ubisoft, announced a Kickstarter campaign for an officially-licensed board game adaptation of Rainbow Six: Siege. Two years later, Mythic are asking people who already paid for the game to pay a bit—and in some cases a lot—more.Read more
Ex-OpenSea Exec Convicted of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering in Insider Trading Case
3.5.2023
Nate Chastain, the former head of product at non-fungible token (NFT) platform OpenSea, was convicted of money laundering and wire fraud in a New York court on Wednesday, according to a report from Reuters