Tether’s $5B mint and political entanglements raise suspicion about industry

Bitcoin (BTC) price has seen a massive rally in previous months, accelerating from $10,000 to a recent all-time high of around $23,700. This is a rally of 135% in just a matter of a few months. It’s speculative to discuss where the price of Bitcoin could run from here. However, certain levels must be held for…

The recent surge in DeFi makes the industry is an attractive target for hackers. 1312 Total views 23 Total shares Cryptocurrency-related crimes have slowed down in 2020, but some sectors within the crypto industry have become a new hotbed for criminal activity, a new report says.Citing major crypto analytics firm CipherTrace, Reuters reported on Nov. 10…

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The Ethereum block difficulty began to grow back in November 2016. Since then, developers have been constantly forced to carry out hard forks to keep the network up until the transition to a proof-of-stake algorithm takes place.In the lead-up to the Istanbul upgrade, implemented on Dec. 8, the Ethereum team decided again to postpone the…

The idea of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is too attractive to ignore, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Luxembourg wrote in a study. The research was shared by the Oxford Business Law Blog on Friday, Feb. 22.Hossein Nabilou, a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Finance of the…

On April 3, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a no-action letter to TurnKey Jet, confirming that the TKJ tokens issued during the startup’s initial coin offering (ICO) are not securities.In the letter, the regulator specifies that it considered that the platform will be fully developed and operational at the time…

Three and a half years after the activation of SegWit, adoption of the space-saving transaction format is still far from ideal. 1668 Total views 10 Total shares According to analysis by Mark “Murch” Erhardt of Chaincode Labs, 88% of all Bitcoin transaction inputs pay higher fees than are necessary. Erhardt bases his conclusion on data…

The asset still has no official distinction, however. On Aug. 20, Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) held the first ever Cryptocurrency Town Hall, bringing together a number of leaders from the Blockchain space.Conducted in collaboration with the Chamber of Digital Commerce PAC, the event featured major crypto figures like Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, Ripple CEO Brad…