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US Treasury official beckons new stablecoin regulations
The United States Treasury made further hints at new laws for stablecoins on Dec. 17. Nellie Liang, the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, fueled more stablecoin regulation speculation with comments on investors ‘potentially big risk’ when using stablecoins. Following on from the Financial Stability Oversight Council November 2021 report on stablecoins, the top…

Coinbase Not Currently Investing in Decentralized Exchange Sector, Executive Confirms
United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is not planning to launch a decentralized exchange (DEX), a senior executive told cryptocurrency news media outlet The Block in an interview on May 29.Speaking on a range of topics around Coinbase’s activities, Emilie Choi, the company’s vice president of Business, Data & International, said that despite acquiring P2P platform…

A RUNE with a view: How smart crypto traders caught a 48% price pump
Disparities in information access and data analytics tech are what give institutional players an edge over regular retail investors in the digital asset space.The core idea behind Markets Pro, Cointelegraph’s crypto intelligence platform powered by data analytics firm The TIE, is to equalize the information asymmetries that permeate cryptocurrency markets.Markets Pro bridges the gap with…

Ethereum balance on crypto exchanges hits new lows as ETH price retakes $3K
The total amount of Ether (ETH) held by all the crypto exchanges fell to its lowest levels, just as its prices rose back above $3,000 per token on Sept. 23.Data collected by CryptoQuant, a blockchain analytics platform, showed that exchanges' net Ethereum token reserves dropped to 18.533 million ETH, compared to 23.92 million ETH a…

Cuba Bitcoin community hosts BTC-only meetup
Cuba Bitcoin hosted the meetup at the Bitcoin-friendly bar and restaurant Pazillo. Cuba Bitcoin is a lively group of Bitcoin advocates and activists whose discussions on Telegram between anonymous social media accounts that hide people’s identities, had yet to make it into the real world.The Cuba Bitcoin community complete with emojis to hide faces.Cuba’s foray…

Gambling is on the rise — So why is investing still restricted?
Americans aren't allowed to make certain investments unless they earn $200,000 annually or they're worth more than $1 million — but they are free to gamble.

Breaking: Historic day for crypto as Ethereum Merge to proof-of-stake occurs
The Ethereum Merge has officially taken place, marking the full transition of the network to proof-of-stake (PoS). On Sept. 15 at 06:42:42 UTC at block 15537393, the long-awaited Merge saw the merging of the Ethereum mainnet execution layer and the Beacon Chain’s consensus layer at the Terminal Total Difficulty of 58750000000000000000000, meaning the network will no…

Russian crypto advocates urge Putin to stop regulatory hostility
Russia’s existing regulatory stance on the cryptocurrency industry would potentially lead the country to “direct financial losses,” the RACIB argued. 740 Total views 9 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAs Russia continues to delay adopting cryptocurrency regulations, local advocates have appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to change…