Australia’s top exchange may approve spot Bitcoin ETFs this year: Report

In October 2018, the journal Nature Climate Change made headlines both within the crypto world and beyond after it published a study claiming that within three decades, the carbon emissions of the Bitcoin network alone could push the planet past 2 degrees Celsius of warming — the threshold established by the international Paris Agreement. While additional…

Spanish law enforcement arrested 35 people for allegedly counterfeiting banking cards and laundering the proceeds through bitcoin (BTC), local media La Verdad reports on June 14.Per the report, the organization obtained over €600,000 ($674,000) and laundered over €1 million ($1.2 million) using bitcoin. Furthermore, the Command of Alicante reportedly solved a total of 1,020 connected…

Bitcoin price (BTC) bulls looked as if they were taking charge last week as BTC/USD rose by over $1,000, albeit momentarily. Bitcoin rallied throughout the week from a low of $7,760 on Oct. 7 to over $8,800 where it was rejected around the 200 Day Moving Average (MA) on Oct. 11.After this point, 50% of the…

IOST rallied to a multiyear high after Binance announced a new staking program and the project airdropped tokens to Citadel One mobile wallet users. 3345 Total views 22 Total shares While the past year has been marked by the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi), centralized entities like Coinbase and Binance continue to be some of…

The new ASEAN Blockchain Consortium aims to engage with regulators to ensure compliance and raise industry awareness. 2688 Total views 16 Total shares Blockchain associations from Australia and five Southeast Asian nations are joining forces to promote blockchain development and education.Blockchain organizations from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines signed a memorandum of…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it will study blockchain technology to aid in smarter food security. 1066 Total views 14 Total shares The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a blueprint and pilot study for food safety, highlighting blockchain as a viable option for some of the identified challenges. The blueprint,…

Blockchain-based systems’ decentralized nature makes for their formidable resiliency to the outsiders’ attempts to infiltrate or take down such networks. Governments, law enforcement agencies and even military leadership around the world seem to be embracing a more blockchain-friendly way of thinking as they realize that the power of distributed ledger technology (DLT) could be harnessed…

Mel McCann, vice president of engineering at the Cardano Foundation, argued that there are different use cases for various blockchains. 365 Total views 2 Total shares While many community members enjoy arguing about what the ultimate blockchain is, an executive from the Cardano Foundation believes that these arguments should stop, as use cases dictate which…

Bitcoin funding rates on Binance turn negative, reflecting a surge in short positions as institutional interest wanes.