Retail investors increasingly buying crypto despite volatility: IOSCO

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph during Virtual Blockchain Week, privacy coin advocate, fugitive, and self-proclaimed candidate for the president of the United States, John McAfee, asserted that he knows the identity of Satoshi Nakmoto with 99% certainty.The discussion came following an eventful discussion at the conference, with McAfee rejecting COVID-19 as a government conspiracy…

“I do think there are some issues that crypto raises that are not neatly solved by our existing securities laws,” said the SEC commissioner. 1105 Total views 13 Total shares Hester Peirce, commissioner for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and best known by the affectionate nickname “Crypto Mom,” says the regulator may not…

Major Spanish bank Santander has been denied an appeal regarding a decision by the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo in a case against crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin, Cointelegraph Brazil reports on June 17.Santander was sued by the Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin in 2018, after the bank purportedly closed the exchange’s account at…

The SEC, FASB, and IRS are working to tighten crypto regulations and expand industry oversight. 197 Total views 1 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTFourteen years after Bitcoin's Genesis block launched a profound disruption in financial services and other industries through the rise of blockchain technology, United States authorities…

The cryptocurrency community keenly awaits the first-ever White House Crypto Summit on March 7, which is expected to provide more details on the planned crypto reserve announced by US President Donald Trump on March 2.  Although the initial announcement included Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA), several critics slammed the

ConsenSys’ Ethereum scaling network Linea is now fully public, having processed over three million transactions and bridging $26 million in Ether. 121 Total views 2 Total shares ConsenSys has completed the launch of its Ethereum scaling rollup Linea, onboarding over 150 partners and bridging more than $26 million in Ether (ETH) to date.Linea went live…

At the AI for Good 2023 global summit, a panel of robots and their creators sat in front of the press to answer journalists’ questions on topics such as job automation, artificial intelligence (AI) leadership and collaboration with humans for a better future. The summit was hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the tech agency…

Bitcoin (BTC) put in fresh gains overnight into May 31 as the monthly close looked set to seal losses of around 15%.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewAsks stack up above $33,000Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD consolidating once more after a fresh burst took it to $32,200 on Bitstamp.The pair thus capped…

Bithumb Global, the international platform of South Korea’s top crypto exchange, has rolled out margin trading with 5x leverage for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading pairs with Tether (USDT).In an announcement published on April 2, the exchange revealed the service would be available on its website and app. It will, however, be restricted for…