The U.S. Department of the Treasury is launching a cryptocurrency awareness program. “We’re just trying to raise awareness without trying to stamp out new technology and new innovation,” said an official of the Treasury. Treasury’s Efforts to Raise Crypto Awareness The U.S. Department of the Treasury is launching an initiative to raise awareness about cryptocurrency […]
Blockchain forensics company Chainalysis is launching two tools that will allow crypto companies to deny sanctioned persons and entities access to their platforms. The move comes amid concerns that Russia may use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions imposed due to its invasion of Ukraine. Chainalysis Offers Crypto Industry New Sanctions-Screening Tools As the military conflict in […]
The hedge fund Fir Tree Capital Management’s investors claim it has developed a method to short the stablecoin tether. A report notes that “clients of the firm” said the potential to reap big rewards from shorting the world’s largest stablecoin is great. Investors Say Hedge Fund Devised a Method to Short Tether, Fir Tree Bets […]
Popular commentator and veteran trader Peter Brandt gave advice to Gen Zers on Thursday and said that they should contribute savings to bitcoin and stocks of solid companies. In the same Twitter thread, Brandt noted that “crypto is still unproven,” but also said that those that know him best, know he’s been “bullish for years.” […]
Here’s the latest update to our list of recommended AMD motherboards in our series of motherboard buyers guides. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of writing. As we continue the journey through 2022, we find that AMD’s current AM4 platform is in middle of its stride. On top […]
Despite mainly being in the red, there were a few notable big movers in crypto markets on Friday. Initially, STX was one of them, climbing by as much as 36%, before giving up all of these gains. However, RUNE and KDA managed to sustain gains. Thorchain (RUNE) Thorchain (RUNE) rose for the second time in […]
The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a nonprofit organization, has announced new measures to keep the supply of UST, the flagship stablecoin of the Terra ecosystem, liquid in secondary markets. The protocol has already reached the max issuance of UST per day, but demand is strong enough that the foundation will have to burn more LUNA […]
Bitcoin consolidated on Friday, as prices hovered marginally below the $40,000 level. This comes following a volatile day of trading in which BTC fell to its lowest point since Wednesday. Ethereum also remained slightly above its recent support. Bitcoin Bitcoin continued to trade at high levels of uncertainty on Friday, following a volatile few sessions […]
South Korean voters have elected a crypto-friendly president. Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party has vowed to deregulate the crypto industry and introduce favorable tax laws for crypto investors. “To realize the unlimited potential of the virtual asset market, we must overhaul regulations that are far from reality and unreasonable,” he said. South […]
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has commenced a study that explores the feasibility of issuing a digital currency. However, an executive with the institution warned that the central bank needed to be clear why it must have this in the first place. Faster Movement of Money The Ugandan central bank is reported to have commenced […]