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The arrival of the first bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. in January was a turning point for the convergence of traditional and digital assets. For the first time, investors were granted exposure to bitcoin through their traditional brokerage account.The core technology associated with bitcoin, cryptography, is not new but it has re-emerged with blockchain and

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Today’s episode is nominally about Worldcoin. The project launched this week with ambitions to airdrop a new cryptocurrency on everyone in the world. To do so, it’s using biometric eye scanning to identify people and the entire cryptosphere – bitcoiners, ethereans and beyond – are sort of not having it.…

NEW YORK — Sam Bankman-Fried tangled with New York’s top political and financial power brokers in the months preceding FTX’s collapse and his subsequent arrest. He even had one soiree at New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ favorite late-night haunt.Despite living in the Bahamas, the erstwhile crypto titan frequented the Big Apple in 2022, according

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.On this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW covers:SEC Chair Gensler’s recent comments on crypto enforcementThe OCC concludes its crypto sprintWhy the crypto community is so concerned about Infrastructure Bill amendment 6050I“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research…

feature Bitcoin’s recent bull run has juiced demand for new mining equipment, putting pressure on manufacturers to produce enough machines to meet demand. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap is currently trading at above $11,000 after it surpassed the $10,000 level over the weekend – a nearly 200 percent jump since February.  “The surge in…

news Cryptocurrency data provider CoinMarketCap has launched its first Android app and revamped its Apple iOS product. Notably, the apps offer features not yet available on CoinMarketCap’s website, including portfolio tracking, candlestick charts and side-by-side cryptocurrency comparisons, as well as price alerts and user accounts, the data provider announced Tuesday. “We believe that our users…

Mar 18, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Mar 18, 2020 at 09:04 UTCCoronavirusThe Chinese government is censoring criticism of its handling of the coronavirus, particularly any mention of Dr. Li Wenliang, the doctor who warned of the disease and later died of it. Citizens are turning to decentralized protocols to share news and sentiment as a…

Proposals requiring crypto companies to report transactions amount to "mass surveillance" and flout the Fourth Amendment. (THINK A/Shutterstock)Jan 13, 2021 at 7:55 p.m. UTCFinCEN’s Crypto Surveillance Rule Violates the US ConstitutionIn the late afternoon on the Friday before Christmas, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a regulation introducing data collection and…

Feb 21, 2020 at 11:15 UTCViewBitcoin's daily money flow index has turned bearish, supporting the case for deeper a price pullback put forward by Wednesday's bearish engulfing candle. On the downside, support is seen at $9,400, a level that restricted downside in the previous two days. A violation there would expose the higher low created…