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First US State where you can no longer mine crypto: Law Decoded, Nov. 21-28
29.11.2022
New York governor Kathy Hochul signed the moratorium, prohibiting any new mining operations that aren’t based on 100% renewable energy
Amid Civil Unrest in China, Gold and Silver Prices Hold Steady — Equity, Crypto Markets Flounder
28.11.2022
Reports on Monday detail that the zero-Covid policy protests in China have lowered market sentiment as U.S. equity markets show the top four Wall Street indexes are struggling. The global crypto market cap is down 3.5% and getting awfully close to dropping below the $800 billion mark. Precious...
Binance CEO explains 127K BTC transfer, points at proof-of-reserve audit
28.11.2022
A few weeks ago, Binance CEO declared that exchanges moving large amounts of crypto to prove their wallet address is not good news
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Back Above $1,200, as Federal Reserve Set to Pivot Policy
24.11.2022
Ethereum moved back above $1,200 on Thursday, as markets continued to react to the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes. Yesterday’s report hinted that the U.S. Federal Reserve could pivot to smaller interest rate increases “soon.” Bitcoin was largely unchanged...
Kraken’s Jesse Powell Takes Aim at Newly Launched Proof-of-Reserve Lists, POR Audit ‘Requires Cryptographic Proof’
23.11.2022
On Tuesday, amid the many conversations concerning crypto exchange proof-of-reserves, Kraken executive Jesse Powell shared a screenshot of coinmarketcap.com’s newly launched proof-of-reserves (POR) dashboard. Powell said he planned to be “more assertive with calling out problems,” and he stressed...
Report: China Suspected of Stockpiling Gold to ‘Cut Greenback Dependence’
22.11.2022
During the first week of November, the World Gold Council’s (WGC) report that covered last quarter’s global gold demand noted that central banks worldwide purchased close to 400 tons of gold in Q3 2022. The study highlighted that it was the “most on record,” and the WGC researchers also...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Slips Below $1,100 Ahead of FOMC Minutes Report
22.11.2022
Ethereum fell below $1,100 on Nov. 22, ahead of tomorrow’s much anticipated United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes release. Many are looking toward this report for hints from the U.S. Federal Reserve, in terms of when it could pivot from current policy. Bitcoin was also...
CoinMarketCap launches proof-of-reserve tracker for crypto exchanges
22.11.2022
The tool allows users to monitor exchanges’ reserves through displays of total assets and public wallet addresses, along with the balance and value of the wallets displayed
The Reserve Bank of India to launch a retail CBDC pilot in December
22.11.2022
The digital rupee is intended as a supplement to the current payment system and not its replacement
Federal Reserve Bank President Says ‘Entire Notion of Crypto Is Nonsense’
22.11.2022
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, says crypto exchange FTX isn’t “one fraudulent company in a serious industry.” Stating that the “Entire notion of crypto is nonsense,” the Fed president claimed it is “just a tool...
Binance’s Bitcoin Reserve Stash Nears 600,000, Company’s BTC Cache Is Now the Largest Held by an Exchange
20.11.2022
While there’s been a lot of discussions concerning proof-of-reserves, self-custody, and the more than $5 billion in bitcoin and ethereum that left exchanges between Nov. 7 through Nov. 14, 2022, Binance’s bitcoin stash has grown significantly since Nov. 12. In fact, metrics from...
$333 Million in Bitcoin Vanished from FTX Days Before the Company Filed for Bankruptcy Protection
20.11.2022
While it’s widely reported that hundreds of millions of dollars in Ethereum-based tokens were siphoned from the FTX wallet after the company filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, 2022, another $333 million worth of FTX-related bitcoins somehow vanished as well. At one point, FTX held $3.3 billion...
New York Fed and 9 Major Banks to Test ‘Interoperable Network of Central Bank Wholesale Digital Money’
19.11.2022
Nine major financial institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have started to experiment with a digital dollar proof of concept to see if distributed ledger technology can improve settlement between central banks, commercial banks, and regulated non-banks. The New York Fed details that...
Proof-of-reserves: Can reserve audits avoid another FTX-like moment?
19.11.2022
Crypto exchanges are actively releasing proof-of-reserves audits in order to build transparency but experts believe it would take more than that to regain investor trust
Moving From Crypto Winter To Winter Spring: Lessons from Bear Market and When the Winter Will End
19.11.2022
Lex Sokolin is Head Economist at major blockchain company ConsenSys.__________...
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Fed paper looks at theoretical role of remuneration, convenience in CBDC design
17.11.2022
The discussion paper reviews the literature on the impact of CBDCs in large, developed economies and draws some conclusions and specific design elements
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC, ETH Decline as USD Strengthens Following Retail Sales Data
17.11.2022
Bitcoin was in the red for a second consecutive session, as markets continued to digest the latest U.S. retail sales figures. Sales rose by more than expected in October, coming in at 1.3%, versus expectations of a 1% increase. The result fueled market belief that the U.S Federal Reserve will...
Bybit releases reserve wallet addresses amid calls for transparency
16.11.2022
The wallets seem to indicate that over $1billion worth of BTC, USDT, ETH, and USDC are held by the exchange
MasterCard, Citigroup and Other Global Banking Giants Start Digital Dollar Pilot With New York Federal Reserve
16.11.2022
Global financial services giants such as MasterCard, Citigroup, and others are joining hands with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to start a 12-week-long pilot for a digital dollar system.
The pilot dubbed the “regulated liability network,” will be conducted in a test environment using...
Yellen Says FTX Collapse Shows Weaknesses of Entire Crypto Sector — Fed’s Brainard Pushes for Strong Regulation
16.11.2022
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard have stressed the need for strong crypto regulation. Yellen said the FTX collapse shows “the weaknesses” of the entire crypto sector while Brainard cautioned that failures from one platform...