The lower house of India’s parliament voted in approval of a bill that will ease data compliance regulations for Big Tech companies, according to a report from Bloomberg. On Aug. 7, the legislation that was approved by the house will ease storage, processing and transfer standards for major global tech companies like Google, Meta and
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s comments to a question about the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin during the company’s second-quarter earning calls raised some eyebrows. While commenting on the market cap of USDC, Armstrong quipped that Binance moved some of its funds from USDC into another stablecoin, but despite that, the market cap of USDC has held
Decentralized asset management platform Valio has launched publicly, according to an announcement from the platform’s team. The new protocol allows users to have their funds managed by professional traders but without having to trust these traders as custodians. The app’s launch is initially taking place on the Abitrum and Optimism networks. Valio previously launched in
CoinGecko launched a new index tracking the biggest crypto tokens viewed as likely securities by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ‘Top Alleged Securities Coins’ page sorts the selection of crypto assets by market capitalization, placing Binance Coin (BNB) at the top of the list — followed by Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL)
Blockstream CEO Adam Back, one of the crypto’s early pioneers, is pretty confident Bitcoin will hit an all-time high of over $100,000 before Bitcoin’s halving in 2024 — and is willing to drop a million wagering on it. In an Aug. 7 conversation on X (formerly known as Twitter), Back agreed to a bet with
MakerDAO, one of the early pioneers of decentralized finance, has sparked criticism over its decision to block virtual private network (VPN) users from accessing its recently launched lending platform, Spark Protocol. At the time of writing, VPN users that attempt to access the Spark Protocol website will be met with an error: “Accessing this website
Bitcoin (BTC) continued its boring price action over the weekend, indicating that the bulls and the bears are not waging large bets as they are uncertain about the next directional move. Nevertheless, traders should continue to keep a close watch because a period of consolidation is usually followed by an increase in volatility. Although it
Bitcoin (BTC) is preparing a “full bull” BTC price phase in classic style, market cyclist Cole Garner believes. In social media analysis on Aug. 6, the popular on-chain analyst said that major upside awaits both Bitcoin and the broader crypto market. Bitcoin “bull market’s backbone” strengthening BTC price action continues to stagnate, but those looking
The central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, being developed by the Bank of Russia has now got its official logo. The Bank of Russia has also published commission fee rates, which would exceed zero points only in 2025. Source: The Central Bank of Russia On August 3, the Bank of Russia revealed the corporate identity
The Bank of Canada (BOC) reported a decline in the ownership of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies in the country last year as neither market conditions nor regulations sided in the favor of Canadian crypto investors, according to a BOC study published last week. The annual Bitcoin Omnibus Survey (BTCOS) conducted by the Canadian central bank
Massachusetts securities regulators have started a new investigation into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the securities industry, after becoming increasingly concerned about the implications. On Aug. 3, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin officially announced an investigation into the ways in which firms may be using AI in their interactions with Massachusetts
Bitcoin (BTC) inched higher at the Aug. 4 Wall Street open as mixed United States unemployment data rocked U.S. dollar strength. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView U.S. unemployment gives mixed picture Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC price action as BTC/USD set daily highs of $29,273. U.S. jobless figures came in below
Top Stories This Week The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem experienced a challenging week after a seismic security incident led to over $61 million being stolen from Curve Finance’s pools, leaving several protocols facing broader contagion risks. This attack exposed vulnerabilities across DeFi projects and sparked efforts to recover stolen funds over the past few days,
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been flooded with many applications for Ethereum (ETH) Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in just one week. The applications currently stand at 12, with the latest addition coming from ProShares, a popular fund manager. The platform filed four applications for Ether-based ETFs, including a dual Ether and Bitcoin
The Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC), an American advocacy organization, on August 1, unveiled a comprehensive “impact and analysis” report on the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple. The report scrutinizes the case’s verdict, highlighting its profound implications for the crypto industry’s future. According to the CDC’s evaluation, Judge Analisa Torres’s ruling sets a vital precedent in
The classic buy and hold, or HODL approach to Bitcoin (BTC) outperformed the majority of crypto funds by 68.8% in the first half (H1) of 2023. According to data from Switzerland-based investment adviser 21e6 Capital AG, on average, crypto funds generated returns of 15.2% in the first half of 2023 (Jan.1 to June 30) ,
Polygon’s zero-knowledge scaling arm, Polygon Zero, is accusing developers of Matter Labs of copy-pasting “a substantial amount of source code” from its Plonky2 library, according to an announcement on Aug. 3. The allegedly plagiarized code was found on zkSync, a competitor layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum powered by zero-knowledge technology. Matter Labs is the developer of
Bad news for Ripple and XRP? The U.S crypto regulation landscape, already mired in uncertainty, has been thrown into further turmoil yesterday following diverging judicial opinions about the classification of cryptocurrencies as securities. However, Ripple Labs’ Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Stuart Alderoty has held firm, insisting that a recent controversial ruling against Terraform Labs has
United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June. In an Aug. 4 filing with U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, lawyers for Coinbase filed a motion for judgment, claiming the SEC had “violated due process, abused
In the latest episode of Macro Markets, Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman discusses the recession in Germany, Europe’s largest economy. According to a recent headline in The Wall Street Journal, “Germany is dragging down Europe’s economy.“ The article explains how the country heavily depends on manufacturing, which has been hurt as foreign governments rush to protect