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The crypto sector may be maturing, but regulatory clarity around the treatment of digital assets continues to remain cumbersome. This was recently highlighted by Commissioner Hester Peirce — also known as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “crypto mom” — in remarks she made at “The Regulatory Transparency Project Conference on Regulating the New…

2023 is off to a tepid start for crypto venture capital, as the industry continues to emerge from a prolonged bear market. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t deals. In January, Cointelegraph reported a $125 million raise from Blockstream, a $60 million allocation to QuickNode and pair of ecosystem funds from Injective and SSV worth…

A survey reveals investors are still bullish on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies despite the recent market drop. 1554 Total views 3 Total shares Despite Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider cryptocurrency market experiencing one of its worst crashes in recent memory, investors are apparently more bullish than ever regarding the future fortunes of Bitcoin and a…

Bitcoin (BTC) lacks the characteristics of a currency and is purely speculative, according to the European Central Bank’s former president Jean-Claude Trichet. Chinese news outlet South China Morning Post reported on Nov. 10 that Trichet made remarks at Caixin’s conference in Beijing.“I am strongly against Bitcoin”During the event, Trichet also expressed doubt that cryptocurrencies could…

Governments aren’t known for allowing anything to thrive without some oversight or control, but for the most part, crypto is proving to be an exception.

The latest Bitcoin correction triggered a record $500 million worth of liquidations in 60 minutes on major exchanges. 1162 Total views 10 Total shares The Bitcoin markets emphatically rejected the $60,000 price range on March 15, with excessive leverage driving a record $500 million worth of long liquidations over just 60 minutes.Glassnode’s founders, Jan &…

"Withdrawals from OKX will continue to be available," wrote the OKX team in an email to users. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ 522 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn Mar. 20, cryptocurrency exchange OKX informed Canadian users via email the firm "will no longer provide services…

According to bitcoin (BTC) node stats reported on the website of bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr, 60.22% of the coin’s full-nodes are running software still vulnerable to the inflation bug at press time.According to the reported data, the software running on 60,101 bitcoin full-nodes is vulnerable to the CVE-2018-17144 bug. As Cointelegraph reported at the…