Messari CEO Ryan Selkis resigns after political, discriminatory posts
Selkis stepped down as CEO of Messari following statements on social media platform X. Eric Turner will head the company.
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Ripple Lead Developer Advises on Remote Work Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
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PayPal held $604M in Bitcoin and other crypto by the end of 2022
Bitcoin and Ether have the largest share in PayPal’s crypto assets, accounting for $291 million and $250 million in the asset breakdown, respectively. 471 Total views 6 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTGlobal payment giant PayPal holds a significant part of its financial liabilities in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin…

Founder of Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange Mark Karpeles Disputes Lawsuit Filed in Illinois
The founder of now-defunct Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles has filed a motion to dismiss a legal case filed against him in Illinois, according to a report by Financefeeds August 25. The class action in question was originally filed in Illinois by Gregory Greene and Anthony Motto, two former clients of Mt. Gox…

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Bitcoin (BTC) holders were the first to point out flaws in the United States economic data and position themselves for the potential upside, says crypto entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano. “Bitcoiners were the first large-scale group to recognize the economic data was wrong, and they figured out a way to financially capture upside if they were right,”

Law Decoded: Bank payments going global with stablecoins and CBDCs, Jan. 15–22
Editor's noteIt may be too late for resolutions and too early for Lent, but lacking any discrete occasion I would still like to give up U.S. political news for a while, or at least for the duration of one Law Decoded. Fortunately, in the spirit of going international and leaving the bonkers election cycle of the…

US mining companies feel supply squeeze from Bitmain shipment delays
Publicly traded mining companies in the US are now feeling the effects of trade tensions between the United States and China.