Kamala Harris closer to running against Trump as 68% Democrats pledge support

Many in the industry don’t expect the Vice President to mention digital assets at the DNC, but her views on technology and regulation could signal a shift from Biden-era policies.

"We’ve got to move, pick a regulator, and give the market the certainty and guardrails it deserves," said House Representative Josh Gottheimer. 335 Total views 10 Total shares New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer said that United States lawmakers needed to pass legislation clarifying regulators’ role over crypto or risk companies taking their business abroad.Following a…

The heavily-sanctioned country is scrambling to find ways to increase its revenue and has floated the possibility of allowing China and Turkey to pay for energy in Bitcoin. 640 Total views 40 Total shares The Russian Federation's energy chief Pavel Zavalny has floated the possibility of accepting Bitcoin as payment for its oil and gas…

Bitcoin in DeFi gets a promising boost as two major yield vault projects join forces 1956 Total views 11 Total shares Today, Bitcoin-on-Ethereum yield vault project BadgerDAO and fellow yield vault platform Yearn.Finance announced a partnership designed to bring Yearn’s sustainable vault expertise to Badger. “Today we’re excited to develop a partnership that will bring our…

Making any cryptocurrency a national currency “is an inadvisable shortcut” to more inclusive financial services, according to two IMF officials. 1529 Total views 19 Total shares The International Monetary Fund is warning that some of the consequences of a country adopting Bitcoin as a national currency “could be dire.”According to IMF marketing department financial counsellor…

Just two days after revealing plans to raise $70 million via a stock rights offering, ‘Asia’s MicroStrategy’ has taken a $6.8 million loan from one of its shareholders to buy more Bitcoin.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the country’s leading bank, Banco de Venezuela, to accept the nation’s cryptocurrency, the Petro (PTR) at all of its branches, the country’s Finance Ministry tweeted on July 4.According to the tweet, Maduro gave “the express order to open Petro desks in all the branches of the Bank of Venezuela.” The…

The Stand With Crypto political action committee claims that nearly nine in 10 Americans believe the financial system needs an overhaul.

Steemit took to Twitter today to announce to their fellow-Steemians that Steemit is back up and running and fully functional after having suffered from a bug in the curations reward curve.Bug in the curations reward curveAccording to a blog post from Sept. 3, Steemit is now fully operational again, as are all Steem applications leveraging…