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New details of the salacious Butina-Byrne romance that led the Overstock CEO to resign emerge in latest volume of Senate Russia investigation. On Aug. 18, the Senate Intelligence Committee released volume five of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The new version found that former CEO of Overstock.com and noted crypto advocate…

The Italian Senate approved the new tax rate for crypto trading as part of the budget legislation for 2023. 815 Total views 18 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTOn Dec. 29, 2022, days before the year’s end, Italy’s Senate approved its budget for 2023, which included an increase in taxation…

The Israeli central bank looked at trust issues and policy decisions implied in a potential digital shekel, as well as some of the technical aspects of digital currency. 74 Total views 13 Total shares On Monday, the Bank of Israel released the results of a lab experiment that examined user privacy and the use of…

The ghost of stock market crash is back again to haunt Bitcoin (BTC).It happened last in March 2020. Back then, the prospect of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic led to lockdowns across developed and emerging economies. In turn, global stocks crashed in tandem, and Bitcoin lost half of its value in just two days.Meanwhile, the U.S…

The Bitcoin (BTC) subreddit has seen a remarkable increase in its number of subscribers since the cryptocurrency’s price spike last summer.Cypherpunk and proclaimed Bitcoin maximalist Jameson Lopp posted a tweet on Dec. 23, saying “the rate of new subscribers to the /r/bitcoin subreddit accelerated after the exchange rate jumped this summer. It grew in size…

European Central Bank researchers anticipate a clash between the green transition policies and Bitcoin investors. Amid the soaring inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) has found time to sum up its concerns about the “significant carbon footprint” of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, which require vast amounts of computational power. ECB published the report titled “Mining the environment…

Cardano is working on a crypto-native microchip that would enable crypto transitions without the internet access, potentially delivering fiat-like experience to the hundreds of millions around the world. 2431 Total views 59 Total shares In a recent Cointelegraph interview, Charles Hoskinson elaborated on the crypto-native chip that IOHK is working at its blockchain lab at…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of its Ether options contracts on its trading platform. 1625 Total views 51 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of Ether (ETH) options contracts on its trading platform.According to a June 4 announcement, following today’s launch of ETH options, OKEx will also launch EOS options contracts on…

Solana (SOL) price has begun to consolidate in a tightening range and if the wider market remains stable, it’s possible that SOL could break out in the short-term.SOL’s upside potential in the short term could be significant with the move, itself, occurring quickly. The 2022 Volume Profile between $53 and $90 is extremely thin, indicating…