At Thursday’s hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats condemned the purported use of cryptocurrency in illegal financing and frauds. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is one of 19 senators who have lent their support to Warren’s Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, which she has been
After Bitcoin and altcoins plummeted post Jerome Powell’s speech, the cryptocurrency market has swiftly recovered. According to the chairman of the Federal Reserve, the members of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) did not believe that interest rate reduction could be implemented by March. The outcome was a negative market,
The collapse of several high-ranking financial institutions in 2023 – led by Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) bank – created a ripple effect that led many investors to look more thoughtfully into digital assets and decentralized financial services. A recent report has shown that the crypto market boasts
DZ Bank, the second-largest bank in Germany, said on Thursday that it would begin testing retail crypto trading this year. The cryptocurrency-friendly financial institution intends to pilot Bitcoin transactions with clients after launching a cryptocurrency custody platform in November last year. Sometime later this year, DZ Bank will reportedly begin
Celsius Network LLC, a prominent cryptocurrency lending platform, has successfully emerged from bankruptcy, signaling a triumph for the company and its stakeholders. The completion of the confirmed plan of reorganization, approved by an overwhelming 98% of the Company’s account holders and confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
Social Network’s testnet release marks the formal debut of the first decentralized Bitcoin Layer 2 Staking Protocol with Native Yield. The protocol finally unlocks the potential for decentralized social networks on Bitcoin by addressing the network’s scalability, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. Top testnet contributors will get ‘Taproot Farmers,’ a unique
Marathon Digital Holdings Chairman and CEO Fred Thiel said on a recent edition of The Pomp Podcast that the impending halving puts Bitcoin in a better position for a greater rate of appreciation. Especially when compared with gold. Also, it should make things more stable when the market isn’t doing
Tech Giant Google has decided to lift its ban on cryptocurrency-related advertisements after five years, opening up its extensive advertising network to specific offerings, including the newly introduced spot Bitcoin ETFs. This marks a notable shift from Google’s stance in March 2018, when it and Facebook banned crypto-related ads to
Retik Finance stands out as a bright spot in the constantly changing world of cryptocurrency investing, luring investors in with its alluring promise of rapid growth. Historically, investing in cryptocurrencies has been a game of insight—a careful balancing act between reward and risk—where shrewd investors predict the potential of digital
GRIID, a cryptocurrency mining firm, situated in the United States, has formally gone live on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Up until this point, GRIID was known for operating Bitcoin mining operations that were vertically integrated and made use of cheap, low-carbon energy. Although it was founded in 2018, it wasn’t
