Indonesia’s Election Results May Be Good for Crypto, Industry Watchers Say
Indonesia’s presidential election in February initially ended in controversy when the winning duo claimed victory before official results were released.
Indonesia’s presidential election in February initially ended in controversy when the winning duo claimed victory before official results were released.
The volume of ether exchange-traded funds came in at over $13 million, while bitcoin ETFs came in at $7.5 million.
Industry watchers are hoping for a younger, tech-savvy cohort of politicians that can push innovation-friendly policy forward.
Bitcoin’s dominance rate has risen past key level, signaling further upside, according to Fairlead Strategies.
The $2.8 billion coal giant said that it is mining bitcoin with the excess power it generates.
Despite muted anticipation for the new products, an executive of one of the issuers reportedly expects that the first-day issuance of the Hong Kong offerings will exceed the U.S. debut in January.
NEW YORK — Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges tied to creating and marketing the privacy-focused bitcoin wallet application and mixing service in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday.
Following DOJ action against Samourai Wallet and a possible Metamask investigation, Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix are closing their U.S. offerings. Is non-custodial crypto under threat?
Zhu Haokang is head of digital asset management and family wealth at one of the ETF providers, ChinaAMC.
Some 45% of the EIGEN token supply will go towards the EigenLayer community, while investors will be allocated 29.5% of the token supply, and 25.5% will go towards early contributors.
The biggest risk factors in the new era of decentralized finance may be economic, not technical, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO of IntoTheBlock.
Also, the CFTC wants to bar Americans from betting on elections – even though it’s already illegal in most U.S. states.
Financial nihilism is a common philosophy in Web3 but, ultimately, there’s no way to build long-lasting value without finding real customers for real products and services that solve actual problems, says Lex Sokolin.
The Lummis-Gillibrand stablecoin bill subordinates state regulation to federal control, giving Washington too much power as to which entities can issue these important digital assets, say Jack Solowey and Jennifer J. Schulp at the Cato Institute.
Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao now faces the genuine possibility that he’ll spend three years in federal prison in the U.S. – well above the possible 18 months laid out in his plea agreement.
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The investment will fund the roll-out and commercialization of the company’s medical devices.
More than 160 of Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s loved ones, friends and colleagues have written to a Washington judge ahead of the Binance founder and former CEO’s sentencing tomorrow, asking for leniency and painting a picture of Zhao as a devoted father and friend, and a “geeky” tech nerd who shuns luxury purchases despite his immense … Read more
The Japanese yen swung wildly on Monday, recovering 500 pips from over three-decade lows on suspected BOJ intervention.
Investment platforms will take some time to establish the necessary compliance framework to sell bitcoin ETF products, the report said.
U.S citizens residing abroad are also banned from using the service
Brandt’s latest view is based on a statistics concept called “exponential decay.”
South Africa’s upcoming election isn’t expected to derail the country’s agenda for digital assets, several members of the crypto community told CoinDesk.
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), which accounts for 90% of Australia’s equity market, is expected to approve the first spot-Bitcoin {BTC} exchange traded funds (ETFs) before the end of 2024, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
FBI Computer Analysis and Response Team agents first found the material during a search of Eisenberg’s devices in January 2023
With MiCA stablecoin rules taking effect in June, CoinDesk reached out to regulators in all 27 EU member states to show where countries are at with implementation.
The crypto market is balancing the threat of stagflation against a liquidity injection from the Treasury General Account (TGA), and the launch of Hong Kong’s bitcoin ETFs.