Stablecoin issuers have spent over $1.3M lobbying Congress since 2022
Tether and Circle have been leading lobbying efforts among stablecoin issuers as they push for legislation and regulations for stablecoins....
Month: May 2023
OpenAI launches official ChatGPT app for iOS, Android coming ‘soon’
While it is currently only available in the United States, a full global rollout could see more than a billion...
Australian stock exchange officially abandons blockchain plans: Report
ASX abandons blockchain rebuild to explore conventional options to achieve the desired business outcomes as it sends RFP to potential...
Bitcoin Price Drops To $26,900- Fed Chair Powell’s Words May Rouse BTC
Bitcoin (BTC) price started experiencing massive volatility in mid-March, navigating the bearish market, tough regulatory corridors, crises in traditional finance,...
Bitcoin Price Prediction for Today May 18: BTC Price Crashes above $26K as Bulls Halt the Slide
Bitcoin Maintains Its Current Range above $26K as Bulls Halt the Slide – May 18, 2023 Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has...
Blockchain arms race risks being won by ‘adversarial nations’ — US crypto lobby group
The Chamber of Digital Commerce has urged Congress to set up a Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Solarium Commission to...
Coin Cafe to repay $4.3M in fees that ‘wiped out’ investors’ Bitcoin accounts
The platform was charging investors ‘exorbitant and undisclosed fees’ with one user being charged recurring fees of $51,000 over a...
FTX pursues $244M clawback from ‘wildly inflated’ Embed acquisition deal
FTX lawyers want to claw back $243.7 million from Embed insiders and executives, claiming its former leadership paid a “wildly...
Wells Fargo to pay $1B in shareholders lawsuit settlement
A Redditor highlighted the recurring violations of regulations by banks, expressing their frustration at the relatively muted response from the...
Binance Australia partner hints at rising ‘scams’ after debanking exchange
Cuscal, the company that handles the Australian dollar on- and off-ramping for the exchange, declined to comment specifically on why...
I run a Ledger competitor — but I support them in blow-up over keys
Ledger’s latest update — aimed at making private seed phrases on its wallets recoverable — was simply an attempt to...
Crypto adoption is booming, but not in the US or Europe — Bitcoin Builders 2023
At the Bitcoin Builders Conference, Daniel Fogg from IOV Labs spoke with Cointelegraph about how emerging markets are shaping the...
Coinbase launches zero trading fee subscription service
Coinbase’s new subscription service, “Coinbase One," is expected to roll out across 35 countries in the near future. Cryptocurrency exchange...
Ripple, Visa join HK CBDC pilot, Huobi accusations, GameFi token up 300%: Asia Express
Mastercard and Visa join Hong Kong’s CBDC pilot, new instalment in Justin Sun’s Huobi soap opera, and a GameFi token...
IMF sees room for eNaira improvement in first year assessment
The world’s second-ever CBDC has yet to reach 1% of Nigeria’s population, according to the IMF assessment. Nigeria’s eNaira central...
