Proposed US Blockchain Integrity Act would ban crypto mixers for 2 years

May 8, 2024
The Last Cryptocurency
Cointelegraph Feed
Cointelegraph Feed

The bill introduced in the House would impose a fine of up to $100,000 for handling funds from mixers, while the Treasury writes a report.

Ethereum's native asset Ether (ETH) has extended its rally on Sep. 1 to log multi-month highs against Bitcoin (BTC) and the United States dollar (USD).The ETH/BTC exchange rate rose 3.13% to hit 0.07475 for the first time since June 9. Meanwhile, bids for ETH/USD climbed 3.4% to $3,546, the highest since May 18, showcasing a…

Data shows Polkadot crashes after reaching $1B open interest — Will it happen again?

Whenever there is relevant growth in the number of derivatives contracts currently in play (open interest), it usually means that more traders are involved. In futures markets, longs and shorts are balanced at all times, but having a larger number of active contracts allows the participation of institutional investors who require a minimum market size.However,…

Real AI use cases in crypto, No. 3: Smart contract audits & cybersecurity

Experts believe AI will become an invaluable tool for smart contract auditing and cybersecurity — but it’s not there yet. by Andrew Fenton 4 min November 29, 2023 Share Share Share Share Every day this week we’re highlighting one genuine, no bullsh*t, hype free use case for AI in crypto. Today it’s the potential for

The business of a Bitcoin standard: Profit, people and passion for good food

The Canadian restaurant franchise Tahini’s serves Middle East-inspired food with a Bitcoin-inspired twist. Since August 2020, when the price of Bitcoin (BTC) was under $20,000, the group has operated on a Bitcoin standard, with any profits it makes swept into BTC.The Tahini’s Twitter account has since argued that Bitcoin is the “most Islamic” thing Muslims can do…

Bitcoin prints record 40% monthly candle as price crosses $99K

Bitcoin’s record monthly gains come eight days before the end of November — historically the most bullish month for Bitcoin returns.

Polkadot envisions Web3 disruption with multiple parachain launches

The Polkadot team invested five years into the development of the parachains, which were allocated to teams via auctions. 799 Total views 34 Total shares Open-source blockchain platform Polkadot announced the launch of its first parachains (or parallelized chain) aimed at improving the interoperability between multiple blockchains. According to the announcement, the Polkadot team invested five…

Do Kwon says SEC’s extradition request is impossible

The Terraform Labs co-founder has pushed back against the SEC’s request to question him in the United States. 273 Total views 4 Total shares Lawyers for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon have requested a federal court to reject the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) request to question him in the U.S. over the

How to create NFTs on the Cardano blockchain

Cardano is a proof-of-stake (PoS) platform launched in September 2017 by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson. In September 2021, Cardano added support for smart contracts, which paved the way for developing decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible token (NFT) applications. NFTs landed on Cardano’s blockchain in 2022, with Cardano’s native cryptocurrency ADA (ADA) utilized to buy and…

BlockFi sues FTX’s Bankman-Fried over shares in Robinhood

BlockFi is demanding Bankman-Fried’s investment company turn over its shares in Robinhood as collateral it agreed to pay as part of a pledge agreement. 303 Total views 2 Total shares Newly-bankrupt crypto lending platform BlockFi has filed a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried’s holding company Emergent Fidelity Technologies seeking his shares in Robinhood that were pledged…

Share this: