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As U.S. voters head to the polls Tuesday, the crypto industry is confident that it’s positioned itself well for the newly divided government expected to emerge when the votes are tallied.Legislation that could finally establish U.S. oversight of digital assets is already bi

Pick n Pay, a South African grocery chain that is one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa, has recently carried out a move to join the worldwide movement of accepting bitcoin in stores.

Our internal and external debates regarding regulation would improve if we thought of crypto as two ecosystems rather than one. There is a basic dichotomy that has a big effect on the policy debate, explains where we are with regulation today and will define how we move forward.

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After months of silence, the largest non-fungible token exchange, OpenSea, announced it is taking the middle road on “royalties” paid to NFT creators. The move will likely reshape an ongoing debate as to whether these digital assets should automatically pay out &ldquo

CBDC is a digital token, similar to cryptocurrencies, issued by a central bank, and pegged to the value of the country’s fiat currency.

If you haven’t read “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital” (2002) by Carlota Perez, I thoroughly recommend it. It’s a boring title for a mind-blowing book with beautiful language that is almost guaranteed to trigger a sequence of “aha!&rdq

2021 has shown that the time for institutional crypto adoption has come. Prominent players, from banks to big tech companies, have opened crypto divisions, and many fund managers hold crypto on their balance sheets.

After the smattering of U.S. central bankers who set the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate benchmark met last week, the smattering issued a press release that outlines their new monetary policy (raising rates by 75 basis points). Then Powell, who leads the smattering, speaks

In late August, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace X2Y2 stopped requiring buyers to pay royalties on the platform. Instead, they would be allowed to elect the percentage they would like to contribute to the artist rather than being forced to pay an amount chosen by the creator.

The recent Ethereum Merge proved to be one of the most pivotal moments for the blockchain since its fork in 2016.

In May 2022, the sudden fall in the price of cryptocurrency instantly ushered in volatile market conditions, which saw consumers affected and the start of a period of uncertainty for DLT.

Two seemingly contradictory pieces of news landed Friday morning, each weird and debatably unpleasant in its own special way.On the one hand, we got news that Twitter, now owned by a visibly flailing Elon Musk, has threatened a round of layoffs that could cut as much as 50% of th

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With abortion, voting rights and other weighty issues top of mind, “normies” could perhaps be forgiven for dismissing as self-obsessive any crypto commentator’s claim that Tuesday’s midterm U.S. elections are monumentally important for how they’ll sh

The U.K. could make it difficult for crypto companies to advertise to clients within its borders if a new proposed bill is passed into law.On Thursday, lawmakers on the committee for the Financial Services and Markets (FSM) bill – which could also end up legally recognizing

Going by recent headlines and what the company says, one would assume Google is diving into crypto. Yet, some see the tech giant’s choice of partner – Coinbase – as proof Google is just dipping its toe.A couple of weeks ago, Google and Coinbase put out a joint p

The 2008 downfall of Bernie Madoff after his $65 billion Ponzi scheme shook Wall Street to its core. In fact, nearly 15 years after the first headline appeared about the crimes committed, investors in Madoff’s fund are still looking to recover losses. From pension funds to

The figures are in: October was the busiest month for crypto protocol exploits this year, with some $760 million stolen. The cumulative total for crypto hacks in 2022 is now at least $2.98 billion, already more than double the amount stolen through exploits in 2021, according to

In 2020, as U.S. presidential candidates squared off, the mob of Democratic hopefuls sought to separate themselves from the pack. As part of his bold campaign for fixing imbalances in the economy, Andrew Yang didn’t shy away from predicting cryptocurrencies may have a usefu