Worldcoin turns one: Looking back at a year of controversy and growth

Cryptocurrency companies spent more than $134 million on the 2024 US elections, fueling concerns about their growing political influence and potential risks to regulatory stability, according to a report by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA). The growing connection of crypto firms with US politics is raising newfound concerns for regulators, investors and the wider

U.K. blockchain startup Setl is about to enter an E.U. settlement system after receiving approval from the French securities regulator to run a central securities depository, the Financial Times (FT) writes Tuesday, Oct. 23.Setl, which develops blockchain solutions for the financial sector, received a license from the Autorite des Marches Financiers and can now connect…

Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service company, Bison Trails, announced support for the NuCypher network, as well as its permissionless token distribution system, WorkLock, on April 2.According to the announcement, the Libra Association member assured users that anyone would be able to run nodes and participate in the NuCypher network on the Bison Trails platform.NuCypher’s use casesThe network is based…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) hit a new yearly high at $16,717 on Binance. Following the breakout, traders expect a larger rally to occur in the near term.There are several reasons why analysts expect a prolonged uptrend. First, Bitcoin cleanly broke out of $16,000, taking out the $16,473 peak achieved on Nov. 13. Second, there…

The scammers breached countless X accounts to shill the memecoin, but they didn’t even make enough to buy a Toyota Corolla.

The U.S. dollar's ability to continue its rally in Q2 could prove fatal for Bitcoin (BTC), which has demonstrated inverse correlation with the dollar since January 2022.BTC/USD daily price chart featuring correlation with DXY. Source: TradingViewDollar paints "bull flag"The U.S. dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of foreign currencies, reached…

On Jan. 29 Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly rallied to $38,500 before retracing the move and spending the majority of the day struggling to reclaim $35,000. The wild breakout in Bitcoin price has partially been attributed to Elon Musk changing his Twitter profile to simply “#Bitcoin,” which Musk subsequently followed up with a cryptic tweet saying “In…

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported today, Sept. 12, that France plans to block the development of Libra — Facebook’s proposed stablecoin payments network —  in Europe.An unconfirmed report from BreakingtheNews.net claims that the position was revealed by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who has allegedly argued that the country cannot permit the launch of…