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Mairead McGuinness believes that the CBDC project should be approached “quietly and slowly” by the next European Commission. 239 Total views 2 Total shares The European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, Mairead McGuinness, believes there’s no reason to rush the digital euro until after the next European Parliament elections

Did Satoshi Nakamoto work on E-Gold? If so, Peter Thiel thinks he has a way to narrow down the identity of Bitcoin’s creator. 2208 Total views 11 Total shares PayPal co-founder and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel believes he may hold a clue on how to find Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s (BTC) pseudonymous creator who disappeared…

The non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange first announced plans to integrate decentralized exchanges in January. Now, mobile users can trade BTC with ETH and LTC without an intermediary. 1700 Total views 17 Total shares ShapeShift, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Switzerland, has announced full integration with THORChain, enabling direct trading of native Bitcoin (BTC) with Ethereum (ETH)…

Social tokens are increasingly being used in online blockchain communities. They offer numerous benefits to users. 379 Total views 14 Total shares

Hut 8 secured a purchase agreement for 205 megawatts of power and land in West Texas, expanding its energy infrastructure to about 1.3 gigawatts of capacity.

Patricia CEO Fejiro Hanu said they are currently awaiting the prosecution and conviction of the other suspects involved.

Frenchman Hervé Falciani, a whistleblower who has been convicted of the largest leak in banking history, plans to launch an ethical cryptocurrency that would combat money-laundering and fraud, Reuters reported on Feb. 8.In 2015, Falciani was convicted in absentia by Swiss courts for aggravated financial espionage after leaking the details of ~30,000 accounts, holding almost…

Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor’s noteLast week’s Law Decoded sounded the alarm on threats to self-custodial wallets in the U.S. in particular. While such concerns have continued to take shape, nothing concrete has emerged from the U.S. Treasury, which was at…

The cryptocurrency market got off to a slow start on Aug. 19 after stimulus tapering talks from the U.S. Federal Reserve put pressure on global financial markets, but momentum within the crypto market picked up in the afternoon session as Bitcoin (BTC) bulls finally managed to break above the $46,000 level. While most altcoins were slow…