Ireland drafting urgent crypto laws before EU money laundering rules

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the second week of August with barely a sound as rangebound BTC price behavior continues.After one of its least volatile weekly closes, BTC/USD remains stuck to $29,000 — can the coming seven days provide what is needed to break the deadlock?Headlining the list of potential volatility catalysts is United States inflation data…

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) passed an anti-money laundering provision on Feb. 7. Citing additional risk, the threshold for unidentified crypto exchange transactions is lowered from 5,000 CHF to 1,000 CHF (approximately $1,020 USD).The provision comes following the enactment of the new Financial Services Act and Financial Institutions Act, which came into force…

Artificial intelligence startups aim to fill the gap in China as OpenAI’s ChatGPT became unavailable in the country.

The RBA assistant governor in his speech noted that the pilot CBDC projects have highlighted several key areas where CBDCs could be of great use. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is open to the idea of using central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC) as the future of money where CBDC would represent a tokenized form

The FTX founder has reportedly signed on the dotted line, bringing him a step closer to returning to US soil. Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTSam Bankman-Fried, the jailed founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange has reportedly signed papers on Dec. 20 waiving his extradition hearing in the Bahamasand see…

Bitcoin (BTC) has gained 30% in a week and topped out at $23,777 on Dec. 16 — but hardly anyone in the world knows yet, data suggests.According to charts tracking public awareness of what Bitcoin has done recently, interest is still a fraction of what it was during its run to previous all-time highs exactly…

The United States equities markets witnessed a sharp comeback last week, led by the Nasdaq Composite which gained 7.5%. The S&P was up about 6.5% for the week while the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a gain of 5.4%.Continuing its tight correlation with the equities market, the crypto markets are also attempting a relief rally.…