Coinbase leads crypto lobby surge with 3,475% spending jump since 2017

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will now either sign or veto the law that bars the state’s government from accepting a Federal Reserve CBDC, potentially joining Louisiana.

Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, Molly White compared crypto companies' current predicament to that in 2017 and 2018, when they had “trouble accessing banking”. 419 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTIn the wake of three major banks with ties to crypto firms collapsing,…

Toronto-based startup Convergence.tech has successfully concluded a blockchain-based pilot to help Mongolian nomadic herders track and certify sustainable cashmere.The supply chain project, which was conducted with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is powered by Convergence.tech’s Ethereum-based traceability platform, Backbone.Convergence.tech chose to focus on cashmere herders for its pilot, as many of these individuals face…

San Francisco-based payments company Square has just made bitcoin (BTC) deposits available on its Cash App on June 26 Cash App users will now be able to deposit bitcoins from external wallets into their app bitcoin address. According to Square’s announcement, deposits are limited to $10,000 worth of bitcoin in a seven day period. It also…

Since the Great Recession, the health of the global financial system has only deteriorated. Corrupt leadership, worsening standards of living and several other problems have sparked unrest in a number of countries. The latest country to see unrest is Iran. Recently protestors set several buildings on fire and one among them was a branch of…

Moshe Hogeg, the Israeli entrepreneur behind blockchain firm Stox (STX), has denied misappropriating investors’ funds in a response to the lawsuit filed against him. Online newspaper The Times of Israel reported the development on Saturday, Feb. 9.As Cointelegraph wrote earlier in January, Chinese investor Zhewen Hu has sued Stox and its founder for $4.6 million.…

The UAE recently announced that it intends to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, a marked increase over its previous pledge. 151 Total views 50 Total shares The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MCCE) is developing a carbon credit system in a preliminary partnership with Industrial Innovation Group and…

Bitcoin markets will behave more like that of Treasury bonds and gold during market recovery, said the analysts. 165 Total views 17 Total shares The latest crypto market research from Bloomberg Intelligence suggests that Bitcoin may start to behave more like United States (U.S.) Treasury bonds and gold, rather than stocks.In its August Crypto Outlook…

This week's volatility may come down to a tug-of-war between F2Pool selling and Grayscale buying. 3142 Total views 12 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) fell to lows of $28,950 on Jan. 22 thanks to miners likely selling huge amounts of their holdings — but big buyers made sure that the dip was minimal.According to data from…