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Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo: A Privacy-Protecting U.S. CBDC Could ‘Take Over the World’
27.3.2023
If the U.S. were to design a digital dollar that protects the privacy of its users and is free of surveillance tools, it could reach mass adoption, the Digital Dollar Project co-founder said
Ubisoft Is Skipping E3 2023 As The Show Continues To Fall Apart
27.3.2023
Ubisoft has confirmed that the company won’t be attending E3 2023 in Los Angeles this summer. This is a reversal for the publisher, as it confirmed last month that it would be attending the annual trade show. It now joins other large video game companies, like Microsoft, in skipping the upcoming...
Twitter Suspends Official Arbitrum Account
27.3.2023
Twitter’s reasoning remained unclear at press time
Binance Depositors Flee Following CFTC Charges, On-Chain Data Shows
27.3.2023
Crypto users have withdrawn roughly $400 million on Ethereum from Binance in the past 24 hours, while Paxos, issuer of the Binance USD, has burned more than $155 million BUSD in the past four hours
U.S. Bank Regulators Investigating Leaders of the Failed Tech Banks
27.3.2023
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is investigating the actions of the leaders of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank to hold them accountable for their collapses, said Chairman Martin Gruenberg, who detailed their mismanagement and dangerous business concentrations – especially in digital...
Experts Predict More Bank Failures in the US Following Interest Rate Hike and Unsettled Banking Crisis
27.3.2023
After the recent bank collapses in the U.S., a number of people believe that more failures are coming following the Federal Reserve’s increase of the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps). American journalist Charles Gasparino insists that Wall Street’s “low-rate”...
US Crypto Firms Eye Overseas Move Amid Regulatory Uncertainty
27.3.2023
Citing an ongoing regulatory crackdown, crypto companies are considering shifting to more favorable jurisdictions. Jeff Wilser reports
The ‘Skull of Satoshi’ Proves Bitcoin Mining Discourse Isn’t Dead
27.3.2023
An artist made great art and learned about Bitcoin
Lending Platform MakerDAO Approves ‘Constitution,’ Moves Forward With ‘Endgame’ Plan
27.3.2023
The approved proposal aims to set a new foundation for the largest decentralized lending protocol’s major restructuring called “Endgame.”
DigiToads ICO edges out FightOut and Metacade for top crypto presale of March 2023
27.3.2023
It is ICO season, and new projects scramble to be the best. Funding rolls in, and investors wait in anticipation, but which project will come out ahead? DigiToads ICO has outperformed two prominent crypto projects that launched their presales in March: FightOut and Metacade. DigiToads (TOADS) Both...
Binance's Bitcoin Trading Volume Hits Lowest Level in 8 Months Following Termination of Zero-Fee Trading
27.3.2023
Zero-fee trade volume accounted for 66% of Binance’s trading volume in mid March prior to the decision to eliminate the zero-fee promotion
Binance Sued by CFTC for Alleged Violations of Trading and Derivatives Rules
27.3.2023
The world’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, Binance Holdings Ltd., has been sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been named in the lawsuit and the charges claim the crypto exchange broke several trading and derivatives rules....
Illia Polosukhin: Building Near's Blockchain, Embedding AI
27.3.2023
NEAR's cofounder, a speaker at CoinDesk’s Consensus festival, is taking on Ethereum and he already boasts 25 million accounts and 446,000 daily transactions
Crypto-Related Stocks Drop Alongside Bitcoin on CFTC Binance Suit
27.3.2023
Shares of rival crypto exchange Coinbase fell by the most since Wednesday
Biggest Movers: XRP Nears 5-Month High to Start the Week, Despite Crypto Market Consolidation
27.3.2023
Xrp moved back towards a five-month high on Monday, as prices surged for a third straight session. The token formerly known as ripple was one of the very few gainers to start the week, as markets mostly consolidated. Polygon edged closer to a multi-week low to start the week. XRP XRP, formerly...
CFTC Sues Binance, CZ Over 'Willful Evasion' of U.S. Laws, Unregistered Crypto Derivatives Products
27.3.2023
Crypto exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao has been sued by the Commodity and Futures Trade Commission (CFTC)
Gucci and Yuga Labs Are Bringing High Fashion to the Otherside
27.3.2023
The luxury fashion brand said on Twitter Monday that it’s teaming up with Yuga Labs, “blurring the boundaries between the physical and digital.”
EU Lawmakers to Vote on Limited Ban on Self-Hosted Crypto Payments
27.3.2023
Anti-money laundering plans have slightly liberalized but are set to bring NFT platforms into the regulatory fold
Microstrategy Buys 6,455 More Bitcoin — Now Holds 138,955 BTC
27.3.2023
Microstrategy has purchased 6,455 bitcoins for approximately $150 million at an average price of $23,238 per coin. With its latest purchase, Microstrategy now holds 138,955 bitcoins acquired at an average of $29,817 per coin. Moreover, the company also paid off its loan from troubled Silvergate...
Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
27.3.2023
The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era