Donald Trump taps crypto advocate Lutnick as commerce secretary

On October 20, The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) deputy governor, Masayoshi Amamiya, repeated his negative stance towards central bank-issued digital currencies (CBDC), claiming that such digital currencies are unlikely to improve the existing monetary systems.The concept of CBDC, or national cryptocurrencies, has attracted many governments across the world. Some of them have already rolled out…

The decision ends the complex case with a creditor-approved plan that will see their partial reimbursement and make them shareholders in a new company. 802 Total views 19 Total shares The Celsius bankruptcy plan has been approved. The path is now clear for customers to see some of their funds returned and receive shares in

Is Bitcoin legal in Switzerland? Discover Swiss banks’ attitudes toward crypto and various ways to buy BTC.

Trump is launching the World Liberty Financial DeFi platform, Uniswap’s CEO denies charging for protocol deployment, and the Sonic blockchain hits 720ms finality.

The Ethereum ecosystem will continue its ongoing metamorphosis as the highly anticipated Shanghai upgrade draws near. The latest preeminent smart contract blockchain protocol improvement will activate Ether (ETH) withdrawals from Ethereum’s Beacon Chain.The Merge marked a significant milestone for the Ethereum network in 2022, with the blockchain platform shifting from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus. That…

The Autorité des marchés financiers ombudsman saw mediation requests rise by almost a quarter in a year; the number of digital asset service providers more than doubled in that time. 56 Total views 1 Total shares Progress can have its drawbacks, as the French stock market regulator, the nongovernmental Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), has…

South Korean National Tax Service agency launches an investigation on Bithumb, according to local reports. 241 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is under a “special tax investigation” by the country’s National Tax Service (NTS), according to local reports.On Jan.…

Blockchain education platform Longhash has analyzed data from crowd-sourced sites to assess why certain cryptocurrency projects have wound up in the industry’s graveyard.Examining 700 crowd-sourced entries spanning 8 years from the website Cointopsy, Longhash’s Oct. 12 article found that the most common cause of demise was “death by abandonment,” accounting for 63.1% of failed cryptocurrencies. Even…

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