One more catastrophe occurred in the highly volatile cryptocurrency market. In a dramatic turn of events, crypto trading platform Abra and its CEO, William (Bill) Barhydt, are facing allegations of securities fraud as the Texas State Securities Board filed an emergency cease and desist order against the company. The regulator
Bitcoiners were elated by the recent breaking news that emerged in Texas. The “Don’t Mess With Texas Innovation” campaign achieved triumph as it successfully defeated Senate Bill 1751. The Texas Blockchain Council, the Satoshi Action Fund, and the Chamber of Digital Commerce led the campaign. It was launched in response
Reserves “in an amount sufficient to fulfil all obligations to customers” may soon be required by exchanges in Texas under the proposed legislation. The state Senate approved the measure on May 15. And it now only needs the governor, Greg Abbott’s signature to become law. Earlier this year, the Texas
On May 12, Texas announced that they were introducing a bill to ban the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in their state by the 88th legislature. According to the draftees, CBDC is a bad idea. A Central Bank Digital Currency is the digital form of a country’s fiat currency. CBDC
On Thursday, the Texas House Representatives passed a bill requiring crypto exchanges to provide proof of reserves. A Republican state representative, Giovanni Capliglione, filed HB 1666. The bill is expected to rebuild trust in the crypto market. And also, the bill would bring some major regulations to the crypto market.
Texas, the leading Bitcoin mining capital of the world, is just a phase away from passing the most significant anti-Bitcoin mining bill. On Tuesday, the State Committee in Austin approved the bill with zero opposition votes, moving it to the “uncontested” list. Currently, it is in the queue in the
While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ‘warned El Salvador’ against boosting the government’s involvement with Bitcoin (BTC), the Central American country plans to open a second “Bitcoin Embassy” in Texas after establishing its first one in Lugano, Switzerland. According to a Twitter post from Milena Mayorga, El Salvador’s Ambassador to
Bitcoin hashrate which fell on Dec 25th nearly reaching a 39% low in the week started to surge. As per the CoinWarz data, the bitcoin hashrate was 168.85 EH/s on Dec 25th. And two days prior (Dec 23rd) it was 271.4 EH/s. The reason for the fall was stated to
The Texas State Securities Board began investigating FTX’s operations last month to see whether the exchange’s yield-bearing crypto accounts were providing people with unregistered securities. Since the company’s demise on November 11, the board has dramatically broadened its investigation into the consequences of this multibillion-dollar bankruptcy. Promotions of FTX by celebrities
RPT wants to establish a new clause in the Bill of Rights. The clause would permit people to possess any form of money including digital currency. The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is planning to add a new amendment to the Bill of Rights, that would grant people in Texas
