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He went so far as to call for the preconceptions surrounding crypto to be demystified. Mauricio Toro, Colombian congressman of the Alianza Verde party, has authored a draft bill meant to regulate the crypto industry within his country. During a recent interview with Confidential Colombia, Toro outlined some of the hurdles his proposed legislation may…

The price of Shiba Inu (SHIB) is up today amid a broader crypto market upswing and a supportive fundamental factor.What’s driving SHIB’s price upward?On Aug. 9, the SHIB price jumped nearly 5.75% to $0.00001005, continuing a rebound trend that started two days ago. Overall, the price has reversed approximately 15% from its recent low of…

Bullishness in the cryptocurrency market continued on Feb. 18 as Bitcoin (BTC) trades near $51,000 and Ether (ETH) is within reach of the $2,000 level for the first time as retail traders remain long while pro traders are less optimistic in the short term.Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows Bitcoin price has pulled back…

Prices are volatile for Grayscale's LTCN stock asset. Grayscale's LTCN asset, boasting publicly quoted over-the-counter shares, currently trades far above the price of Litecoin (LTC) — its underlying asset.At press time, Litecoin trades at $60.62, while LTCN shares trade at $54.01. The two prices seem close, although each share of LTCN equals just 0.094 LTC, according to…

Bitcoin (BTC) has a substantial liberating potential, American mainstream newspaper Time reports on Dec. 28.The aforementioned article claims that “speculation, fraud, and greed in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry have overshadowed the real, liberating potential of Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention.”According to the article’s author, Bitcoin “can be a valuable financial tool as a censorship-resistant medium of…

Speaking on stage at BlockShow 2019 in Singapore today, Alchemy Global Payment Solutions co-founder Patrick Ngan discussed some details of how his company is making it easier to pay for everyday goods and services with cryptocurrency.Ngan emphasized the power of choice to make consumers and merchants happier. Calling his company “the first unified crypto-fiat payment…

Sunday, September 2: crypto markets are today seeing strong momentum — both positive and negative —with a majority of crypto assets firmly in the green, while some large-market-cap alts have posted corrections, as Coin360 data shows.Market visualization from Coin360Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at around $7,244 at press time, up around 2.4 percent on the day,…

There are now over $200 million worth of bets on who will win the United States presidential election — now just four months out.

Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs. 976 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm Lightning Labs has released the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocol aimed at enabling stablecoins and real-world assets to be issued