Will the US Launch a Crypto Dollar? Coinbase CEO Ponders
Facebook’s attempted foray into the crypto world certainly grabbed the world’s attention. Meanwhile, China’s intentions to launch its own stablecoin grabbed the attention of US...
Banking Committee Chairman Crapo: US Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin
Yesterday saw yet another U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and blockchain. Libra got another bashing, and Chairman, Mike Crapo...
Latest Libra Survey Shows Mistrust Has Replaced Apathy
We hear so much about what various experts, countries and politicians think about Libra. But a month on from Facebook’s official announcement of its...
Binance CEO: A US Crypto Ban Would Not Shatter The Industry
There has been a lot of speculation recently as to whether US president Donald Trump’s recent tweets on bitcoin and crypto were good or bad for the industry. The doom merchants will...
Now Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Thinks Bitcoin is a Store of...
The crypto community is still reacting to US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s recent commentary on bitcoin and its brethren. The asset itself reacted strongly with a 6% pump on the...
‘A Geographic Breakdown of Crypto Twitter’: Research
About 38.9% of Bitcoin-related tweets are posted by US residents and 10.5% come from the UK, according to crypto-oriented data analytics platform, The TIE, and its latest research. The...
Facebook’s ‘Cryptocurrency’ Libra Finds Love In...
Despite overarching suspicion in the west, Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ does seem to be finding some love in China. Facebook Launches A Titanic White Elephant So...
Stocks Plunge, Bitcoin Up as US-China Trade War Escalates
Stocks are sinking and bitcoin is moving higher as the US-China trade war appears to be escalating. Stocks Slide as Trade War Bites On Friday, President Trump’s administration...
Why Trump’s Clampdown on Remittances Will Force Mexicans to...
The US White House is reportedly planning to target remittance payments made by illegal Mexican immigrants in an attempt to curb the inflow of illegal arrivals through the southern...
Russia: Cryptoruble Coming ‘Within 2-3 Years,’...
Russia could introduce the Blockchain-based alternative to its fiat currency, the ‘Cryptoruble’, within “two to three years,” a senior politician has said. Aksakov: Cryptoruble...
SWIFT Kicks Out Iran – One Of The 3 Cheapest Countries To Mine...
The Society For Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has begun blocking access to international transfers for Iranian member banks as new US sanctions take effect. SWIFT...
First U.S. Congresswoman Reveals Holding Cryptocurrency (And...
After the US government made federal workers declare cryptocurrency holdings in June this year, filings have begun to emerge about which politicians own which coins. Filing Reveals Up...