Ethereum short positions surge 500% as hedge funds bet on decline

Where does the right to financial privacy end? Privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies like Monero (XMR) do not conflict with Anti-Money Laundering laws, according to a major global law firm.Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based international law firm, published a report devoted to the AML regulation of privacy coins on Sept. 15. In the report, Perkins Coie aims to dispel…

Jerome Powell, the head of the United States Federal Reserve, has said that he recognizes both potential benefits and risks to Facebook’s recently-unveiled Libra cryptocurrency project . Powell made his remarks during a press conference broadcast on PBS news hour on June 19.During the conference, the Fed chair was asked whether he was concerned as…

The first of his name, king of the punks and the first regulators, protector of the seven tokens, the keeper of the great CBDC, the breaker of blockchains and father of crypto. 69 Total views 1 Total shares The French government has given former United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Chris Giancarlo, also known…

In his 1971 speech ending the gold standard, Richard Nixon promised to stabilize the dollar, but instead, nearly everything has gone up in price.

The U.S. is slowly increasing its share of the Bitcoin hashrate. 2172 Total views 27 Total shares Although the majority of Bitcoin mining is still based in China, there are signs it is beginning to shift elsewhere.Chun Wang, the co-founder of one of Bitcoin’s largest mining pools, F2Pool, reported that China represented less than half…

Satoshi Nakamoto announced the Bitcoin whitepaper on a cryptography mailing list on Halloween 2008. It could be the case that this was a meaningless coincidence, but when we take into account the meticulous planning behind Bitcoin’s launch party, the chosen date begins to look more meaningful.Halloween is the carnival time, a ritual day when one…

Hardware wallet provider Ledger said its marketing database was breached between June and July. 2097 Total views 19 Total shares Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July.In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on…