Experts say latest SCOTUS opinions will limit SEC power over crypto

Wolf von Laer, the CEO of Students for Liberty, spoke with Cointelegraph about the nature of the Bitcoin community and the need for more openness. 296 Total views 2 Total shares Throughout recent years, the world of crypto has been subject to as much scrutiny and volatility as it has innovation and growth.A significant component…

Recently, financial regulators around the world have been growing concerned about the role of cryptocurrency in money laundering and financing of various illicit activities. The first two months of 2020 saw many governments acting on these concerns and introducing a variety of legal measures designed to bolster their defenses against financial cybercrime allegedly facilitated by…

The platform has previously partnered with an NHL team as well as the UFC, but this is the first time an NBA franchise will integrate its branding. 597 Total views 4 Total shares Socios, the blockchain-based platform responsible for tokenizing many popular sports franchises, has said the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team will be joining its…

Sovereign wealth funds may soon become the next major investors to enter the Bitcoin scene. 4536 Total views 24 Total shares State-owned investment funds are reportedly making inquiries into buying Bitcoin (BTC).According to Robert Gutmann, CEO of New York Digital Investment Group, the firm has been having conversations with sovereign wealth funds about possible Bitcoin…

On Dec. 18 Cointelegraph reported that Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun publicly pledged to donate $1 million to Swedish activist Great Thunberg to raise global awareness of the climate crisis. Following the COP25 UN Climate Conference in Madrid, Sun tweeted:Although Sun has pledged a donation of $1 million to Greta Thunberg’s campaign, it was left unclear as…

Telefonica announced a new tool created by its cybersecurity division to decrypt affected files by VCryptor. 582 Total views 21 Total shares On June 3, Spain-based telecommunications conglomerate, Telefónica, released a free tool to recover data encrypted by the VCryptor ransomware.The tool, VCrypt Decryptor, was created as part of an international initiative titled “No More…

If you’re a cryptocurrency holder with past-due tax debts, your provable holdings may be confiscated by the IRS if you don’t pay back what you owe. 6526 Total views 7 Total shares The United States Internal Revenue Agency is prepared to seize the holdings of cryptocurrency owners who are struggling to pay their unpaid tax…

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange.This week, the focus was on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH)…

Managing director and quant strategist at Fundstrat Global Advisors Sam Doctor suggested in a Twitter post published on July 19 that Bakkt’s Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts will launch this quarter.According to the post, which includes a summary of Fundstrat’s takeaways from the Bakkt Digital Asset Summit held on July 18, the firm’s futures will launch…