The United States crypto mining industry is getting a new lobbying group, with one of its biggest goals to dispel misconceptions about its sustainability from policymakers. Launched on Aug. 15, the Digital Energy Council said its aim is to advance policies that encourage the growth of digital asset mining and energy development. DEC founder and
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The Bitcoin Frontier Fund, formerly Stacks Ventures, launched what it’s calling the first Bitcoin Ordinals accelerator program on Aug. 14. Program Information This program is led by VC @TO & is a 4-month program for builders to raise funding, connect with mentors, & be guided by the best in the industry (sneak peak below). It
Two private banks in Uzbekistan — Kapital Bank and Ravnaq Bank — acquired approval from the National Agency for Perspective Projects (NAPP) to participate in the digital sandbox of crypto regulation. The banks will issue plastic crypto cards powered by Mastercard. On August 14, the NAPP reported the approval for Ravnaq Bank to participate in its
The crypto space is on the verge of another potentially historic moment with the first Ethereum Futures ETF in the US. Volatility Shares, a pioneer in the ETF space, has announced its intention to launch the Ether Strategy ETF (Ticker: ETHU) on October 12, 2023. If all goes as planned, this could mark the first
A recent report by the research firm Delphi Digital illustrates the predictable consistency of price action and trends within the crypto market. The report delves into the interconnectedness between the 4-year Bitcoin (BTC) cycle and broader economic trends. According to Delphi Digital analysts, the ongoing consolidation at $30,000 is similar to the period between 2015
A new financial statement has revealed former United States President Donald Trump owns over $2.8 million in an Ethereum wallet. The statements shared on Aug. 14 by the non-profit watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington show Trump made over $4.8 million from licensing fees tied to nonfungible token (NFT) collections using his image —
United States lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee have demanded answers from the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regarding under what circumstances Prometheum obtained a special purpose broker-dealer license (SPBD). In separate letters dated Aug. 9, House committee chair Patrick McHenry and 20 other members
The latest report from Glassnode Insights, titled “The Week On-Chain,” emphasized that Bitcoin (BTC) has reached historically low levels of volatility. This has led to a mere 2.9% separation between the asset’s Bollinger Bands, indicating an exceptionally narrow trading range. This situation has only been observed twice in Bitcoin’s history: in September 2016, when BTC
A potential wave of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, PayPal’s new stablecoin and a key Ethereum upgrade are among the catalysts that could wake crypto from its hibernation. While early 2023 has seen the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies improve from the second half of 2022, the past five months have seen more lethargy, with
China’s provisional guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) activity and management in the country are scheduled to come into effect on Aug. 15. The regulations, which were published on July 10, are referred to as the “Generative AI Measures” and are the result of a joint effort between six government agencies including the Cybersecurity Administration of
Binance Connect, the regulated buy-and-sell crypto arm of Binance exchange, will shut down on August 16. Cointelegraph confirmed on August 15 via an email with a Binance spokesperson. The same day, BNB Chain decentralized exchange Biswap tweeted that Binance ”has made a difficult decision to disable Binance Connect on 15 August due to its provider closing the
Over the 15 years since Bitcoin was created, there has been no shortage of crazy conspiracy theories about how it was made and where it came from. Some believe Bitcoin was the work of “a bunch of engineers” in the Chinese Communist Party — presumably for world domination; others claim Bitcoin is the work of
Several on-chain metrics and charts are showing signals that could hint at the beginning of a new crypto bull market cycle, according to the co-founder of Delphi Digital. On Aug. 14, institutional crypto research firm Delphi Digital’s Kevin Kelly said that crypto markets are cyclical and predictable which “has huge implications for the crypto market
Bitcoin (BTC) has been stuck inside a tight range in August. Glassnode lead on-chain analyst Checkmate highlighted that the spread between the upper and lower Bollinger Bands for Bitcoin has shrunk to 2.9%, its third tightest ever. Typically, periods of low volatility are followed by a range expansion. The longer the time spent inside a
Base project RocketSwap Labs has outlined its emergency programme to bounce back from a brute force hack which swiped $865,000 or 471 Ether (ETH) from the protocol on Aug. 14. The team explained on Aug. 15 that they plan on redeploying a new farm contract and open-source it on-chain, relinquish minting rights — presumably of
Singapore’s central bank has released a revised regulatory framework aimed at ensuring stability for single-currency stablecoins regulated in the city-state. The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the framework on Aug. 15 and said it will police single-currency stablecoins (SCS) pegged to the value of the Singapore dollar or G10 currencies such as the euro, British
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame will reportedly avoid testifying about his role in FTX’s alleged illegal campaign donation scheme if he is subpoenaed in Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial. Lawyers representing the former FTX co-CEO said that Salame will be unavailable as a witness to the case, according to an Aug. 14 motion filed by United
Grayscale Investments, which has been seeking to convert its Bitcoin (BTC) trust into a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, could be getting a decision on its lawsuit against the federal securities regulator before the week’s end. In an Aug. 11 Twitter post, Scott Johnsson, a general partner of Van Buren Capital explained that law clerks in
Web3 gaming platform Immutable has commenced public testing of its Immutable zkEVM in collaboration with Polygon Labs. Work on the zero-knowledge Ethereum virtual machine (zkEVM) network began in March after Immutable announced a partnership with Polygon Labs. Polygon’s own ‘holy grail’ Ethereum-scaling zkEVM hit mainnet on March 27. In an Aug. 14 announcement, Immutable said its
The United States Attorney’s Office has released a new superseding indictment against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) which includes allegations of campaign finance law violations as part of a wire fraud scheme. In an Aug. 14 filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams charged SBF
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