Crypto think tank launches voting project to support ‘right candidates’

Privacy coins and zero-knowledge technology, which some use to obfuscate the identity of sends/receivers and transaction amounts, have gained enormous popularity in recent years due to mounting regulatory surveillance against the crypto sector. But despite their rapid rise in market cap, critics continue to scrutinize such class of assets as enablers for masking illicit activities.In…

Bitcoin (BTC) price appears to be gearing up for another shot at the $11K mark but traders shouldn’t get overly excited as resistance in the $11,000-$11,200 zone and at $11,389 have kept the price from moving higher for the last few weeks. Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.meCurrently the Crypto Fear & Greed Index registers…

Vitalik Buterin says it’s likely that some Ethereum applications may fail, while others succeed — but he accepts it as integral to how the project as a whole will move forward. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says he would “freely admit” that Ethereum 2.0 is “much harder” to implement from a technical perspective than he had…

Polkadot USDC users should not deposit XCM-transferred USDC from non-Polkadot Asset Hub parachains, Circle has warned. 191 Total views 8 Total shares USD Coin (USDC), the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization after Tether (USDT), continues expanding across different blockchain networks, now being launched on Polkadot.USDC issuer Circle has officially launched USD Coin on the Polkadot

In addition to recommending the financial education of the public in the Bahamas, the IMF hinted at the importance of a “robust supervisory and regulatory framework” for digital assets. 422 Total views 36 Total shares The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has turned its attention to the Bahamas’ central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Sand…

An astounding 86.5% of Colombians are familiar with cryptocurrency and 80% are open to investing in the asset class.Peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace Paxful shared the results of its new survey — conducted together with Toluna Insights — with Cointelegraph on Aug. 15.50% of Young Colombians Already Crypto InvestorsThe survey further revealed that at least 50%…

Earlier today, March 16, Brave filed a formal complaint against Google with the lead General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcer in Europe.In a February Cointelegraph interview, Dr. Johnny Ryan, Brave’s chief policy and industry relations officer, explained that Google is abusing its power by sharing user data collected by dozens of its distinct services, creating…

As a sector, plastic cryptocurrency cards have had a bumpy ride. While for some they are the perfect way to spend those hard-stacked sats, it has evidently been a struggle for crypto companies to provide such a service. Wracked by regulation, supplier issues and the volatility of digital assets, crypto debit cards have had a…

Among the 300 payment leaders surveyed across 45 countries, 97% believe that blockchain will play a crucial role in faster payment systems within the next three years. 52 Total views 15 Total shares Blockchain has the potential to save financial institutions approximately $10 billion in cross-border payment costs by the year 2030, according to a…