US SEC is ‘bent on choking’ the crypto industry — Coinbase

In a bid to drive innovation forward and to stimulate the economy, Portugal has recently approved a nation-wide plan to encourage digitalization in several fields. Published on April 21, the “Digital Transitional Action Plan” puts forward multiple ways, in which the Portuguese government will provide infrastructure and incentives for innovation, entrepreneurship and competition, as well…

The NFT market saw an uptick in wash trading following a recovery in NFT marketplace trading volume which hit $1.89 billion in February. 624 Total views 37 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe top six nonfungible token (NFT) marketplaces saw a rise in NFT wash trading for the fourth…

Senator Elizabeth Warren isn’t leading the charge on this bill linking crypto transactions to terrorism — it comes from Senators Mitt Romney, Mark Warner, Mike Rounds and Jack Reed. 144 Total views 3 Total shares A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the United States Senate introduced legislation aimed at countering cryptocurrency’s role in financing terrorism

An attorney for embattled Bitcoin Foundation founder Charlie Shrem formally hit back on Nov. 5 at accusations by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss as part of an ongoing lawsuit concerning alleged Bitcoin (BTC) theft.In a filing addressing the Winklevosses’ claims, attorney Brian E. Klein said Shrem, who is under investigation for allegedly “stealing” 5000 bitcoins ($32…

The spotlight was placed back on the Internet of Things (IoT) recently when Bosch, the multinational engineering and electronics company, tweeted on Nov. 12 about their Cross Domain Development Kit (XDK), a programmable sensor device and IoT prototyping platform, in partnership with IOTA.A number of definitions for IoT exist, of which Ernst and Young (EY)…

Japan’s banking giant Mizuho Financial Group will launch its bespoke stablecoin for payments and remittance services on March 1, local financial newspaper Nikkei Asian Review reports on Feb. 21.In a partnership with around 60 counterpart financial institutions — which together reportedly host 56 million user accounts — Mizuho’s new “J-Coin” digital currency platform will reportedly…

According to analysis by research firm Diar published Dec. 10, the adoption of stablecoins is growing based on the increasing number of on-chain transactions.Per Diar, four major stablecoins to date — USDC, True USD (TUSD), Paxos (PAX) and the Gemini dollar (GUSD) — have broken the $5 billion mark in on-chain transactions within the three-month…

Ether (ETH) has been facing a bearish regression channel since Sept. 1, although it is currently battling to break its resistance.But despite some headwinds, ETH bulls will likely profit $115 million on Friday's weekly Ether options expiry. The 21% pump over the past week was just enough to make the entire $250 million worth of…

FTX’s former chief technology officer reportedly claimed in court that then-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried authorized Alameda Research’s account to trade more funds than it had available. 167 Total views 1 Total shares Gary Wang, FTX’s co-founder and former chief technology officer, again appeared in court on the fourth day of the criminal trial of former CEO