Bitcoin bull run’s ‘most important chart’ hits new $94T all-time high

Cointelegraph looks back on the best and worst-performing cryptocurrencies of 2022 among the top 100 assets by market capitalization. We used the highest and the lowest year-to-date (YTD) returns through the close of Dec. 25, 2022.Overall, Cryptoindex.com 100 (CIX100), an index that tracks the 100 best-performing cryptocurrencies, fell nearly 68% YTD, suggesting most top coins…

AB InBev, the company behind the Budweiser brand, is helping local African farmers to prove their income using blockchain, Yahoo Finance reports on Jan. 21. A blockchain-based system developed in partnership with BanQu tracks all the local suppliers of AB InBev, replacing the paper trail.AB InBev is a multinational conglomerate born out of the merger…

The former CEO of defunct Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, could spend ten years in jail over alleged embezzlement, Japanese daily news outlet Nikkei reported Dec. 12.Karpeles, who presided over the major hack of Mt. Gox in 2014 that resulted in the loss of 850,000 BTC ($2.87 billion), has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.In…

The FCA is throwing the book at the head of Gidiplus Limited for operating an ATM network after being denied registration.

The U.S. equity markets, gold, crude oil and the crypto markets are all up today. This shows that the U.S. investors have returned from the holiday weekend charged up and ready to buy assets to fight the likely devaluation in the U.S. dollar due to the Federal Reserve’s current monetary policy. Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew…

International banking authority the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has issued a warning statement on crypto assets on March 13.The BCBS is a committee of banking supervisory authorities hosted and supported by the Switzerland-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS) —  an organization made up of 60 of the world’s central banksIn today’s statement, the…

The deal, teased in January, could create a national digital currency for a country that now uses the euro. 749 Total views 13 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe Central Bank of Montenegro announced on April 11 that it had signed an agreement with Ripple for the development…

In June 2019, the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) introduced its revised set of standards for virtual asset service providers. The document establishes the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements that regulated VASPs —  the term mainly referring to cryptocurrency trading platforms — must eventually implement in their day-to-day operations. The guidelines are framed…

The OCC said it will incorporate its six-year-old Office of Innovation into a new agency that will help it deepen its understanding of fintech and promote responsible innovation. 66 Total views 1 Total shares The United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Oct. 27 that it will create an Office of…