CFTC chair says agency is ‘handcuffed’ as crypto regulations stall: Report

In the latest episode of NFT Steez, Thomas Webb, the founder of the interoperable avatar game Worldwide Webb, discusses the integration of interoperability in Web3 and the Metaverse. By definition, interoperability is a feature of Web3 whereby a product or system can work seamlessly across platforms with other products or services. Webb defines interoperability simply as…

The United States commodities regulator has gotten a crash course on decentralized finance (DeFi) today, with crypto executives briefing the regulator on key issues affecting the space, including exploits, decentralization and digital identities.As part of a scheduled first meeting of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) in Washington D.C., members from the crypto space gave…

A recent survey by China’s National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA) has found that blockchain technology is gaining a solid footing.On April 14, Chinese local news platform Sina reported the results of the latest blockchain survey conducted by the National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA). The “China Blockchain Fi­nance Ap­pli­ca­tion and De­vel­op­ment Re­search Re­port”…

The launch comes ahead of a series of AI forums to be hosted by U.S. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer. 216 Total views 2 Total shares Google and its charitable arm, Google.org, launched the Digital Futures Project, an initiative to study responsible artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, on Sep. 11. The Mountain View company will invest a

The move would usher a new era of user privacy as public ledgers face scrutiny over their ability to be traced by blockchain data analytics firms. 920 Total views 8 Total shares On Thursday, ConsenSys, a prominent developer of Ethereum (ETH) software, announced the launch of enterprise software ConsSys Rollups. The service, designed on the…

Defendants David Gilbert Saffron and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr. allegedly solicited users’ deposits for investment and used them for lavish personal expenditures. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted two individuals for allegedly operating a $25-million artificial intelligence (AI) crypto-trading Ponzi scheme.According to the Dec. 12 announcement, Australian national David Gilbert Saffron and

Bitcoin (BTC) spiked into key liquidity for a third time into Jan. 29 as the weekly and monthly closes loomed.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader on Bitcoin: $25,000 "in sight"Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD briefly hitting $24,498 on Bitstamp overnight.The move, although short lived, marked the pair's third such attempt to…

The biggest winners in the recent bullish surge are new memecoins that have emerged over the past few months.