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A tax on the energy used by crypto miners could cut emissions by 100 million tons a year, equal to Belgium’s emissions, say two IMF executives.

Global economic conditions are tightening; interest rates are in flux; and inflation has yet to be curbed. Considering the economic headwinds, the fact that Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and other banks are breaking is not surprising. But why now? Quickly rising interest rates are extremely disruptive to banking models, but the collapse of these particular…

The United States, which was the joint top-ranked crypto economy last quarter along with Germany, fell to seventh place in the rankings. 418 Total views 17 Total shares Germany has become the most favorable crypto economy in the world in the third quarter of 2022, according to a new report. The United States, the joint…

In terms of daily turnover, the British pound (GBP) is the fourth most traded fiat currency in the world, according to the Bank for International Settlements. 280 Total views 12 Total shares Fintech firm blackfridge has launched a new stablecoin that is fully backed by the British pound (GBP), potentially opening the door to wider…

Blockchain development company Lightning Labs has announced the initial release of the Lightning Network offramp Lightning Loop in a post on its blog published on March 20.Per the announcement, the software provides a non-custodial way to receive funds through the Bitcoin (BTC) scalability solution Lightning Network, through on-chain settlement with the “Loop Out” function.The Loop…

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of crypto exchange Bitcoin Generation, the government agency announced on April 29.In a statement, the SEC said the suspension will be effective from 9:30pm EDT on April 29 until 11:59pm EDT on May 10.The SEC said it had taken the…

According to a Reddit thread on March 19, traders on Augur, a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer protocol for prediction markets, are being scammed. The Reddit user claims that “some people” in the Augur community are exploiting a design element of the Augur protocol by purposefully creating invalid markets through ambiguous wording. This allows them to…

Equity options for COIN stock are coming to Nasdaq today. 3063 Total views 22 Total shares Less than one week after the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. was listed, Nasdaq is set to start trading options for Coinbase Global.According to an April 19 Reuters report, a representative for Coinbase stated that the COIN.O options…

UK’s leading port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), has signed an agreement with digital logistics enabler Marine Transport International to develop blockchain use for port logistics, Dry Bulk magazine reports Wednesday, September 19.Under the agreement with Marine Transport International, ABP — which operates in 21 ports and carries out 25 percent of the cargo shipments…