Blockchain

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to a gag order preventing him from making comments to third parties that may interfere with his trial — but argues other potential witnesses should be gagged as well, including current FTX CEO John Ray. The gag order against Sam Bankman-Fried was initially requested on July 20, when

Amidst speculations that a potential appeal by the US SEC could negatively impact the crypto market, Pro-XRP lawyer, Attorney John Deaton has made it clear that even in the event of an appeal by the agency, it would not significantly affect XRP holders. After the judge’s ruling stating that the programmatic sale of XRP tokens

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suggested that it may appeal a recent ruling on the Ripple Labs lawsuit, which deemed XRP to not be a security when sold to retail investors. The SEC argues that the ruling goes against “fundamental securities laws principles” such as the Howey Test, which determines what falls under

A Canadian police department has issued a public warning of a possible trend where high-value cryptocurrency investors are being robbed in their own homes. On July 19, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Richmond, a city south of Vancouver, said several similar robberies involving cryptocurrency investors have occurred over the last 12 months. Staff

Nearly $250 billion worth of transactions have taken place using China’s digital yuan in the one-and-a-half years since the start of its pilot, the country’s central bank governor has claimed. On July 19, People’s Bank of China governor Yi Gang spoke at a conference in Singapore and said its central bank digital currency transacted 1.8

The second quarter of the year has been a solid one for Bitcoin’s performance as its market dominance gained against altcoins which “bled” throughout the quarter according to CoinGecko. On July 18, the crypto data aggregator released its industry report for Q2 2023 which noted Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) continued to build upon their

Caroline Pham, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, believes the path to United States crypto regulatory clarity has been laid out following Ripple’s partial victory. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on July 17, Commissioner Pham said recent big court decisions regarding the classification of crypto assets will eventually lead to regulatory clarity.  “You know, last

Stick em’ up! Bank robbery drills in the Metaverse The Bank of America is mixing a virtual reality metaverse and artificial intelligence to train new employees on everything from handling angry customers to bank robberies. Bloomberg reported July 13 that the bank’s 2,000 new hires undergo a week-long training regime that includes slipping on a

CLabs, the organization responsible for developing the Celo blockchain, is seeking to return to the Ethereum ecosystem by transitioning from an independent EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain to an Ethereum layer-2 solution.  According to a proposal discussion on Celo’s governance forum, the transition would include leveraging OP Stack as the architecture to become an Ethereum L2 blockchain,

United States presidential candidate Ron DeSantis once again criticized central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), arguing against the possibility of a digital dollar in the country.  Speaking at the Family Leadership Summit on July 14, DeSantis promised to ban CBDCs in the U.S. if he is elected president. “If I am the president, on day one,

OPNX, an exchange dedicated to the trading of bankruptcy claims against fallen crypto firms, has listed FTX and Celsius claims. According to the July 14 announcement, FTX claims specifically can be immediately onboarded and converted into collateral in the form of OPNX’s native reborn OX (reOX) tokens or oUSD, its credit currency. Users can then

Bitcoin (BTC) looked set to challenge range highs on July 13 as fresh macroeconomic data boosted risk asset bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView PPI shows U.S. inflation retreating beyond expectations Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed the market as the BTC price focus shifted above $30,500. PPI inflation leads CPI by a

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Each year, the amount of data generated across the globe is growing exponentially. From the explosion in the use of digital tools in the workplace to the ever-growing use of Internet of Things devices, social media, online gaming, e-commerce and other digital platforms, each day sees the creation of a massive amount of data that

The number of new developers entering the cryptocurrency sector has dropped by nearly 50 percent over the past year, according to research from Electric Capital’s Developer Report. The latest gauge of the state of the cryptocurrency developer ecosystem indicates that long-term coders that have worked in the industry for over a year commit more code

Bitcoin (BTC) will suck in “all prosperity gains” in future and leave behind those who have no exposure as a result, a new prediction says. In a Twitter thread on July 8, investor Luke Broyles delivered a bold vision of how Bitcoin would become “society’s base money.” Investor tells would-be Bitcoin buyers: “Get off zero”

Twitter’s plans to roll out a payment platform took a major step forward this week as its subsidiary, Twitter Payments, received its first money transmitter licenses in the United States states of Michigan, New Hampshire and Missouri.  The company — reportedly building a solution with crypto in mind — is seeking to provide transfer services

Bitcoin (BTC) will be the currency of artificial intelligence (AI) and could reach a price per coin of $760,000 in the process, Arthur Hayes says. In his latest essay titled “Massa,” the former BitMEX CEO concluded that the AI revolution would naturally gravitate toward BTC. Hayes: Bitcoin is “logical currency choice for AI” Despite fiat