North Dakota bill seeks to cap crypto ATM transactions to tackle fraud

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is opening a school specializing in startups aiming to develop cryptocurrency-related projects.Andreessen Horowitz unveiled its Crypto Startup School in an announcement on Oct. 3, saying that it intends to “encourage more tech entrepreneurs to start crypto projects and help crypto-curious builders navigate the idea maze.”Referring to the so-termed idea…

There’s widespread public confusion around much of what the crypto industry does and is hoping to achieve, but it’s likely there’s no facet of the space that has attracted as much negative attention as nonfungible tokens. From environmental concerns about the tokens’ carbon footprint to the “you don’t really own anything” disdain of so-called “right…

Recent research shows a correlation between crypto prices and their underlying code. 1430 Total views 32 Total shares A new report preprint shows a correlation between crypto asset prices and their code developers. "We reveal that the first coding event linking two cryptocurrencies through a common developer leads to the synchronization of their returns in the…

Qatar has been told by the global money-laundering watchdog to improve its “understanding of more complex forms” of financial crime. 80 Total views 1 Total shares The global watchdog fighting money laundering and terrorist financing has slammed Qatar Central Bank (QCB) for making little effort to enforce its own regulations prohibiting virtual asset service providers.In…

Tesla initially hinted at accepting Bitcoin for payments in an SEC filing earlier this year. 360 Total views 2 Total shares Elon Musk has announced that Tesla cars can now be purchased using Bitcoin (BTC). The electric car company’s CEO and “Technoking” said the firm would operate Bitcoin nodes directly, and would hold on to…

After rallying 207% since Black Thursday, Tezos pulled back 5.69% but is the rally to a new all-time high over? 515 Total views 28 Total shares Since dropping to a 2020 low at $0.93 on March 12, Tezos (XTZ) had been absolutely on fire, gaining 207% and within close distance of its all-time high at…

Vitalik Buterin called the early Ethereum scaling solution Plasma “underrated” and a “significant security upgrade” for chains that would otherwise be validiums. 345 Total views 4 Total shares Plasma, a once-prominent Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution, should be revisited by teams currently working on zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines (EVMs), says Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.Invented in

Julian Bridgen, the co-founder of the macroeconomic research firm MI2 Partners, believes Tesla stock (TSLA) shows signs of a bubble. He compared the stock Bitcoin (BTC) in 2017 when it hit $20,000 and dropped 58% in two months.From the yearly high to the month’s bottom, TSLA price dropped by 33.74%. The stock has recovered in…