Stablecoin market cap surpasses $200B as USDC dominance rises

This could help raise cryptocurrency education, insulate consumers against scams and increase the potential for wealth generation in crypto. 195 Total views 1 Total shares A trio of researchers from the University of Cincinnati recently developed a crypto literacy scale (CLS) to help standardize and measure economic and financial knowledge as it relates to consumer…

The new legislation will bring a licensing regime for the virtual asset service providers requiring them to pass strict AML and money laundering guidelines. Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTHong Kong’s legislative council has passed a new amendment to its anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing system to include virtual…

The sudden $1,500 drop in Bitcoin (BTC) price on August 2 caused over $1 billion worth of liquidations on futures contracts and also led to a sharp decline in the price of many top altcoins. This massive figure represents 18% of the total $5.6 billion open interest and undoubtedly caused the exaggerated move down to $10,560.Interestingly,…

Bitcoin-based NFTs recorded a sales volume of $148 million in the last 30 days, according to CryptoSlam.

Bitcoin (BTC) miners emit a lot of heat. Some miners use that heat to warm swimming pools, dehydrate meat to make beef jerky or even dry out timber at a Swedish hydropower Bitcoin farm. In Ireland, the “Bitcoin Farmer” joked that he hangs out laundry to dry in front of his Bitcoin miner.S9 #bitcoin beef jerky…

Switzerland-based crypto bank Seba Crypto AG has signed an agreement with Swiss mortgage bank Hypothekarbank Lenzburg AG to use its core banking system, Finstar, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports on Jan. 31.The partnership will allow for the implementation of Seba’s decentralized software into Finstar, as well as allowing Seba to use Finstar’s conventional services.  Additionally, Seba…

American crypto investment manager Bitwise released a paper claiming that fake trading volumes by crypto exchanges do not impact bitcoin’s (BTC) price. Released on May 24, the white paper is an extended version of Bitwise’s March presentation alleging that 95% of volume on unregulated exchanges is fake.Published on the official website of the United States…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) classification has been a controversial and difficult topic for crypto-enthusiasts, investors, and regulators to reach a consensus on. The digital asset has been compared to a currency, a commodity, an investment asset or even said to have no underlying value. However, from the perspective of regulators, Bitcoin has been mostly associated and studied…