Argentine President Milei arrives in US amid fallout from LIBRA scandal

When you think of a crypto-friendly U.S. state, Washington is hardly the first to come to mind. Yet, a lot has been happening on the ground in the Pacific Northwest lately. Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill, SB5544, into law on March 30. The new legislation creates a working group of seven state officials…

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance has teamed up with a company called EastNets to build a real-time blockchain-based watchlist feed. This watchlist identifies high-risk third parties for business deals and helps maintain a business’s regulatory compliance. This blockchain-based product currently lets users solve problems associated with manually updating these watchlists and protecting data from cyber…

Warren Buffett may still view cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin (BTC) as “rat poison squared,” but he is generating big profits from his position in a crypto-friendly bank in 2023.Warren Buffett’s “crypto bet” up $130 million in 2023The “Oracle of Omaha” purchased 107 million shares of Nu Holdings, a Brazil-based fintech company and owner of the crypto-friendly

Bitcoin's (BTC) open interest on derivatives exchanges experienced a sudden surge of $1 billion on Sep. 18, prompting investors to question whether whales were accumulating in anticipation of the unsealing of Binance's court filings. However, a closer look at derivatives metrics suggests a more nuanced picture, as the funding rate did not exhibit clear signs

Slovenia’s Finance Ministry is considering a possible 25% tax on crypto trading profits for residents in the country under a new draft law now open for public consultation.  The bill proposes to tax traders when they sell their cryptocurrency for fiat or pay for goods and services, but crypto-to-crypto and transfers between wallets owned by

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is continuing to range between $56,000 and $60,000, as the so-called "Kimchi premium" is surging to yearly highs.Kimchi premium forms when Bitcoin is trading at a higher price in South Korea over other major markets like the United States.In 2017, the Kimchi premium surpassed 20%, causing Bitcoin to trade at…

Dr. Ali Loveys says the biggest challenge in the blockchain space is not about the tech, but rather defining the right business value. 1058 Total views 19 Total shares During a Unitize panel on Wednesday, Ali Loveys commented that the biggest challenge in  the blockchain space is not the technology itself, but rather whether the…

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency presented the growing role of crypto in general and stablecoins in particular to the Senate today. 513 Total views 11 Total shares As part of his statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks, prepared a whole section on…

Up to 800,000 internet-connected databases could be vulnerable to crypto-mining malware that will use their computing capacity.