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Crypto scams appear to be dominating investment fraud cases in Austria. 7093 Total views 13 Total shares Austrian regulators are calling for stricter crypto laws amid a spate of elaborate investment scams involving cryptocurrency and digital assets.According to a Bloomberg report of Friday, Austria’s Financial Market Authority has revealed that more than 60% of all…

Ether (ETH) price has been in a downward spiral ever since the Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin presented at the StartmeupHK Festival 2021. In a fireside chat session on May 27, Vitalik stated that several internal team conflicts caused the Proof-of-Stake migration to delay its launch.As reported by Cointelegraph, ‘Phase One,’ which introduces scalability through sharding,…

The CBOE has filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to list the Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund proposed by asset manager Van Eck. If the Bitcoin ETF receives a green signal from the regulators, it could boost market sentiment and attract several new investors to the crypto space.Crypto market data daily…

In addition to calling for greater regulation in the cryptocurrency industry, President Tokayez contemplated the introduction of a digital Kazakhstani tenge. 314 Total views 8 Total shares During a meeting with representatives of the financial sector on Friday in Almaty, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, expressed his opinion on the current state of affairs of…

Since 2022, there have been at least 50 digital asset bills reportedly introduced to Congress, aiming to govern everything from stablecoins to the jurisdictions of United States regulators.However, at least four of them are seen as potentially having a major impact on the industry (if passed) — given the attention from lawmakers and the crypto…

United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced cryptocurrency will form a priority for its internal examinations this year, according to a press release published on Feb. 12.The CFTC, which has released its examination priorities for the first time in 2019, will include various crypto-related aspects in its Division of Market Oversight…

Martin Gruenberg was the FDIC’s acting chair while the agency issued cease-and-desist orders to crypto firms and suggested that payment stablecoins merited further consideration. 456 Total views 3 Total shares United States President Joe Biden announced he would be nominating Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chair Martin Gruenberg to assume the position as part…

The association will champion the creation of a clear digital asset regulatory framework for Canada. 250 Total views 13 Total shares A group of financial technology firms has formed the Canadian Web3 Council, a non-profit trade association that will work with policymakers to advance Canada’s position at the forefront of the global digital economy. Bringing together…

An online vote over the implementation of ProgPoW in the Ethereum (ETH) proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm shows a majority in favor of the change, according to the results updated today, Feb. 15, on the dedicated voting portal.ProgPoW is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-resistant PoW algorithm meant to replace ETHhash, Ethereum’s current PoW algorithm.By defining the algorithm…