US House approves FIT21 crypto bill with bipartisan support

The Afghan Ministry of Public Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with blockchain firm FantomOperations to integrate blockchain technology into the country’s healthcare sector.As Afghan Voice Agency reported on Nov. 27, the terms of the MoU would apply blockchain to identify counterfeit medicines, create medical registries in hospitals and digitize patients’ files. Commenting…

Over the last six months, between July to the end of 2022, just 94 Bitcoin ATMs were added to the global network. 319 Total views 5 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTWhile Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs were an afterthought to Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision of sound money, they are now considered…

The REvil ransomware gang says that they will auction over 1TB of data stolen from New York-based entertainment law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. This data allegedly contains the “dirty” secrets of a number of celebrities. REvil claims that the contents involve sex scandals, drugs, and treachery.Nicki Minaj, LeBron James, and Mariah Carey among…

Another surprise inflation increase could make things "ugly" for crypto markets, one trader warns, with hours left before the CPI release. 354 Total views 21 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) hit multi-day lows into Aug. 10 as crypto traders braced for impact with fresh United States inflation data. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader: Market "could…

Blockchain protocol EOS (EOS) has dismissed worries over a recent transaction that hypothetically would be worth over $3 trillion.  As picked up by Whale Alert, a Twitter account monitoring large transactions on cryptocurrency blockchains, an EOS user named “f***hacker.x” succeeded in creating a transaction for 1 trillion EOS tokens ($3.61 trillion).The transaction, which ultimately failed…

BTC price action spooks ETF investors, data shows, but there is reason to believe that Bitcoin is seeing a broadly healthy correction.

“The actual context and state of content [on the internet] is going to be so different to anything we can envisage at the moment, where the interplay between the user and the provider will be so in sympatico it’s going to crush our ideas of what mediums are all about.”— David Bowie, BBC Newsnight 1999 Bowie…

XRP has fallen below Litecoin by market cap after a major investor filed a new lawsuit against Ripple. 670 Total views 6 Total shares XRP has once again lost its place as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency, with lawsuits mounting against Ripple after one of its major investors followed the SEC in filing a complaint against the…

Cowen initially announced plans to move into the crypto custody business in May 2021, entering a partnership with Standard Custody and Trust Company. 99 Total views 10 Total shares Cowen, a major American independent investment bank, has officially launched a dedicated cryptocurrency and digital asset division.Called Cowen Digital, Cowen’s new business is designed to offer…