NFTs and blockchain bridge Ethiopia’s past and present in new art exhibition

Brooks is optimistic that regulators will find it easier to work with algorithms than with bankers. 2232 Total views 11 Total shares In an opinion piece published in the Financial Times on Tuesday, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks put forward the need to reconfigure banking regulations for an age of algorithms. Brooks, who currently…

A closer look at the role that International Securities Identification Numbers may take in the harmonization of standards for identifying digital assets. 247 Total views 45 Total shares Institutional interest in digital assets has been growing. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s volume of Bitcoin (BTC) options hit a high of $40 million on May 13, 2020.…

The blockchain analytics firm will provide tools to spot sanctioned and illicit activity and provide market information.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on September 26 that would establish a crypto task force to combat terrorist use of cryptocurrencies, public records indicate.House Resolution (H.R.) 5036, which represents an amended version of the bill proposed by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) to the Committee on Financial Services in January, establishes an “Independent…

Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman explains how a weakening German economy — Europe’s largest — is a positive for cryptocurrencies. 248 Total views 2 Total shares In the latest episode of Macro Markets, Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman discusses the recession in Germany, Europe’s largest economy. According to a recent headline in The Wall Street…

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to near $29,000 on March 23 as bulls ignored news of a fresh United States regulatory crackdown.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin shrugs off Coinbase, Do Kwon arrestData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD gaining almost 8% versus its overnight lows to challenge nine-month highs on Bitstamp.The pair kept the…

The new bank will be subject to heightened scrutiny from the OCC for at least three years. 1380 Total views 21 Total shares In an announcement on Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted SoFi a conditional license to operate as a national bank in the United States.The OCC is the…

Ashton Kutcher has uploaded a video featuring Vitalik Buterin explaining Ethereum from his lounge room. Actor and venture capitalist, Ashton Kutcher, has published a video to Twitter featuring himself, his wife Mila Kunis, and Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, to explain the project to newcomersFor the first minute, the video shows Kutcher quizzing Kunis on basic…

Bitcoin (BTC) could be in the process of bottoming after gaining 25%, based on several market signals. BTC's price has rallied roughly 25% after dropping to around $17,500 on June 18. The upside retrace came after a 75% correction when measured from its November 2021 high of $69,000.BTC/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingViewThe recovery seems modest, however,…