Less than 2% of El Salvadorians own cryptocurrency, according to a report
The government of El Salvador has been working hard to encourage the country’s citizens to accept cryptocurrencies, but as a recent CoinGecko research
The government of El Salvador has been working hard to encourage the country’s citizens to accept cryptocurrencies, but as a recent CoinGecko research
Decentralised exchanges, or DEXs, have become a major player in the cryptocurrency space, revolutionising the management and trading of digital assets. These cutting-edge
In just six hours after the start of an early-access period, Chainlink, the largest blockchain data-oracle project, saw a strong uptake for its
A federal judge decided Thursday night that Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) could not leave the country before his sentencing.Zhao is expected to appear in court in February 2024. Last month, Zhao entered a guilty plea to one count of breaking the Bank Secrecy Act.After putting some money in escrow and having guarantors put up about $5 million in assets as collateral, he was freed on a $175 million personal recognizance bond.Zhao was first granted a bond that allowed him to return to the United Arab Emirates, where he, his partner, and his children reside. However, the prosecution contended that Zhao posed a flight risk and shouldn’t be allowed to leave the country. The Department of Justice was supported by District Judge Richard Jones of the Western District of Washington. “The defendant has articulated justifications that in most cases would cause the government’s motion to be denied,” the judge wrote. “However,
More than 1.8 billion STRK tokens will be distributed “soon,” according to a tweet released on Friday by the Starknet Foundation, the organization in charge of advancing the Ethereum scaling technology known as StarkWare technology. StarkWare uses ZK rollup technologies, which bundle hundreds of transactions off the main blockchain to decrease computational burden, to solve the sluggish throughput and transaction fees of the main Ethereum network.Fifty million STRK tokens were set aside by the Starknet Foundation in October for the new Early Community Member Program, or ECMP for short. According to Starknet, the foundation’s Provisions Committee has been given about 900 million STRK to honor past and future contributions made by users and community members.It stated that 900 million more tokens are set aside for user reimbursements. Regarding the user rebates, Starknet said: “Planning for this initiative is currently underway and a new committee is being formed
The well-known American brokerage firm Robinhood (HOOD) began allowing its clients in the European Union (EU) to trade cryptocurrency on Thursday, praising the
Bitkey, a self-custody bitcoin wallet, is now available for pre-order in more than 95 countries thanks to a fintech company founded by Jack
The popular token airdrops into the recently revived Solana ecosystem continued on Thursday with the release of the JTO token by Jito, a
21Shares, a cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) company based in Switzerland, acknowledged the departure of its chief operating officer in an email.Before joining 21Shares in September 2020, Lucy Reynolds served as head of product management at WisdomTree Europe, where she was a member of the executive team. “She has played a pivotal role in the evolution of our company and we are grateful for her contributions,” said a spokesperson
Due to the sudden and sharp increase in price of Bitcoin, investors are once again taking risks in the cryptocurrency market and investing heavily in joke cryptocurrencies such as dogecoin (DOGE).According to TradingView-tracked data, DOGE, the most popular cryptocurrency worldwide, has increased in value by more than 10% in the last day, trading above $0.10 for the first time since April.The price has increased by 27% in the last seven days, seemingly in line with the rise of bitcoin from $38,000 to $44,000. According to analytics source CoinGlass, the notional open interest—the dollar amount locked in the number of active futures and perpetual futures contracts—tied to DOGE has increased by 58% to $625 million in just one week, hitting a level not seen since Nov. 2, 2022.It is believed that rise and a growing price support the uptrend.Velo Data data reveal that funding rates on a number of exchanges have increased to an annualized 50% or higher, suggesting a significant premium in perpetual futures over spot prices.Positive rates represent the general optimism among investors that prices will likely rise and show a preference for long, or bullish, bets. Joke cryptocurrencies are high-beta investments that have a tendency to move more or less in the same direction as bitcoin.Stated differently, they act like leveraged bets on the biggest cryptocurrency.Because DOGE’s excessive positive activity in relation to bitcoin is a sign of speculative froth, which is frequently seen near the end of a market-wide bullish trend, investors should be cautious. With the DOGE/BTC ratio still at bear market lows, DOGE’s most recent increase, while spectacular, isn’t necessarily an indication of excessive greed.This ratio quickly spiked, predicting both the market-wide panic brought on by FTX in November 2022 and Bitcoin’s peak above $60,000 in April 2021.
It’s dog token season again, and a few well-known tokens are giving their owner double returns.A financial inflow to the Solana blockchain and a growth in riskier bets on tokens based on the network have caused Bonk, a token with a Shiba Inu motif that was first launched last December, to return almost 1,000% in the previous month. Following dogecoin (DOGE) and shiba inu (SHIB), bonk has surged more than 70% since Sunday, making it the third-largest token with a dog theme.Its market value of $500 million now exceeds that of BabyDogeCoin ($350 million) and floki (FLOKI) by $400 million. Although bonk was once designed as a meme coin, the Solana ecosystem quickly embraced it.In the weeks following launch, several Solana projects implemented “burn” methods for NFT-based events, while others integrated the token for use as payment for NFTs.According to what CoinDesk previously learnt from one of the various developers, Bonk is a group of 22 people without a single leader who were all involved in the project’s beginning.Each has already developed non-fungible tokens (NFT), decentralized applications (dapps), and other similar goods on Solana. The Solana ecosystem has garnered significant attention, which appears to have increased the token’s appeal since October.The amount of trading volume reached $80 million on Tuesday, which is ten times more than the $8 million daily average at the beginning of November.Data indicates that in tandem with the token’s price increase, traders have also opened highly leveraged bets.From less than $10 million at the beginning of November, open interest, or the total amount of unfilled futures positions, surged to $100 million on Tuesday. CoinGecko data reveals that other tokens with a dog theme have also appreciated during the last day.SHIB increased 10% and DOGE increased 16%.Conversely, FLOKI dropped after investors cashed in following a 25% increase on Tuesday.
The rate at which technology is developing these days is astounding. Big data and blockchain are leading the tech revolution now; they are
Attending a Financial Times event on Tuesday, Superintendent Adrienne Harris stated that the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is not hesitant to take enforcement action against cryptocurrency companies that violate its regulations. Several of the most well-known figures in cryptocurrency have faced action from the authorities.Because it permitted users to create accounts without completing adequate background checks, the Coinbase (COIN) exchange was hit with a $50 million punishment by the NYDFS in January.Due to alleged violations of cybersecurity and anti-money laundering laws, trading site Robinhood (HOOD) was fined $30 million last year. “So we’ve really spent a lot of time doing what I call when I first came into office, a tone reset,
EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), a new stablecoin centered in Europe, will be market-made by Flowdesk, according to an announcement made by Societe Generale’s (GLE) Forge.By functioning as a middleman to ease trades between buyers and sellers and ensure more seamless and effective transactions, market making contributes to liquidity in financial markets.The absence of market makers would result in periods of extreme price volatility since it could be difficult to locate a buyer or seller for a particular financial instrument at a given time and price. “Looking ahead as we approach 2024, we envision a transformative impact where compliant blockchain-based operations by institutions will drastically increase in volume
According to Reuters on Tuesday, the cryptocurrency business is expected to spend a record amount on lobbying in the United States this year.According to a study citing statistics by OpenSecrets, cryptocurrency corporations spent $18.96 million on lobbying by the end of the third quarter, up from $16.1 million in the same period previous year. With $2.16 million spent as of 2022, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is the largest spender.Other large spenders include the blockchain association, Binance, and the owner of Crypto.com, Foris DAX.CoinDesk reached out to all of the organizations, but none of them responded right away. One of the biggest spenders last year was the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX.The statistic for this year implies that other cryptocurrency companies might have increased their endeavors to rectify the harm inflicted by the abrupt collapse of the exchange, in which founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of deception last month.Additionally, this year has seen the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) file lawsuits against cryptocurrency exchanges for breaking securities laws and delaying the industry’s licensing of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) for spot bitcoin.
A Paris court cleared two persons who had attacked the Platypus decentralized finance (DeFi) system, according to a Friday article in the French daily Le Monde.Due to the exploit, which saw $9 million worth of cryptocurrency taken, the two were detained in February.Later on in the month, Platypus announced plans to reimburse subscribers for at least 63% of the total amount, having retrieved a portion of that amount. After Mohammed M, one of the hackers who was named by Le Monde, claimed to have engaged in good faith and to be a “ethical hacker” who took the “endangered funds” to be later restored to the protocol, the court decided not to press charges.Per the report, he had hoped to receive a bonus equivalent to 10% of the entire amount that the corporation had taken. The criminal accusations against the accused of money laundering and receiving stolen funds were purportedly withdrawn by the court since they were not proven in court.The court stated that Platypus may still file charges in the civil court against the suspects.
On Monday, Mantle, the Ethereum layer-2 project linked to a $2.3 billion Treasury, announced the launch of Mantle LSP, a new liquid-staking protocol.As per a press statement, Mantle LSP was implemented on Ethereum and is set to become the second essential component of the Mantle ecosystem.According to L2 Beat, the primary Mantle Network, which debuted in July, presently has more over $220 million in deposits known as total value locked, or TVL. Staking ETH on Mantle LSP for the first time allows users to obtain $mETH tokens, which are intended to be a representation of the ETH that has been staked.The press release also states that users will be able to earn yield using $mETH. Jordi Alexander, chief alchemist at Mantle, said in an interview that Mantle’s treasury “has to be successful in its own right.
In an effort to enhance Web3 game marketing, Spindl, an attribution and analytics platform, has partnered with AppsFlyer, a business that has long since achieved a similar goal in the Web2 space.Since 2011, AppsFlyer has been offering attribution for mobile gaming, which is the process of figuring out which marketing strategies are resulting in sales. To date, the company has raised $300 million in venture financing. The goal behind founding Spindl two years ago was to create a Web3-native version of this kind of platform that might serve as the foundation for the strategies of blockchain-based games.That said, this has been challenging because the majority of “Web3 games” are actually a hybrid of off-chain and on-chain, which is why Spindl need the AppsFlyer functionality.The two companies, according to a blog shared with CoinDesk on Monday, would be combining their data sets to enable developers to map their user journeys that span Web2 events, like clicks and app installs, and Web3 events, like NFT mints. Web3 is the next iteration of the internet, centered on decentralization and based on blockchain technology. Web2 is the current iteration of the internet, centered around social media and mobile apps.According to Antonio García Martínez, the founder of Spindl, the collaboration indicates a merger of Web2 and Web3 gaming. “Every Web 3 gaming dashboard has missing data around onchain revenue and user actions, presenting a very partial picture,” he
On December 3, Bitcoin remained near the $40,000 threshold as gains over the weekend confirmed a “strong” upswing. A new BTC price spike was tracked by data from TradingView and Cointelegraph Markets Pro, pushing BTC/USD to all-time highs of $39,730 in 2023.These strengthened the upward trend that had begun a few days before, when Bitcoin touched $39,000 for the first price since the middle of 2022.In light of derivatives, observers had suggested that spot purchases would need to increase in order to sustain momentum as the Wall Street trading week came to a finish.The final course of events was unexpected, with a sudden spike in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies wiping out earlier resistance.Popular trader Skew implied that “someone just ran all shorts across the board seemingly on most pairs” during coverage on X (previously Twitter). As a result, the behavior of the price of bitcoin around the weekly open came into question. CME Bitcoin futures ended the week at $39,225, which left a gap between it and the spot price that would typically be “filled” by a decline.However, fellow trader Daan Crypto Trades forecast that things would be different this time after analyzing the current situation. “Whenever $BTC is in a strong trend (up or down) and especially when it’s trading at yearly highs or price
Blockchain research company Lookonchain has shown that major players in the cryptocurrency space, FTX and Alameda Research, are actively transferring a significant amount of digital assets worth a whopping $22 million.UNI, $SHIB, $BAL, $LOOKS, $WOO, $IMX, $GMT, $ETH, and $UNI make up the varied cryptocurrency mix.After filing for bankruptcy, FTX and Alameda Research were among the first to move quickly in the cryptocurrency space, moving substantial amounts to well-known exchanges.From October 2023 to the present, the business has arranged incredible deals totaling $551 million in 59 different tokens. In their most recent transaction, $10.8 million was transferred through websites including Coinbase, Binance, and Wintermute.Eight tokens received the most recent $10.8 million transfer: $2.58 million in StepN, $2.41 million in Uniswap, $2.25 million in Synapse, $1.64 million in Klaytn, $1.18 million in Fantom, $644,000 in Shiba Inus, and minor amounts in Arbitrum, ARB, and Optimism, OP. A single wallet address received $10 million on October 24 from the FTX and Alameda wallets; this money was then moved to Coinbase and Binance accounts.The Kraken and OKX exchanges experienced a surge in cryptocurrency assets of $24 million on November 14, 2023, marking another peak in the market.They are now able to sell digital assets for up to $100 million at first, with the potential to go up to $200 million with special committee permission, according to a scheme that was approved by a U.S. court. The initial notes of this financial song were played in March 2023, coordinating a deft move of $145 million in stablecoins to exchanges including Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken.Even with assets recovered that exceed $5 billion, FTX has a difficult situation because of liabilities that exceed $8.8 billion.As FTX and Alameda manage ongoing liquidations, the severity of this financial burden becomes apparent, illustrating a tremendous effort to handle significant obligations while offering some relief to creditors. The cryptocurrency community is keenly awaiting the resolution of this financial composition because the outcome of this liquidation saga is yet unknown
A major participant in the digital asset management space, Grayscale has voiced excitement on the possibility of turning its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund.The current 8.09% discount, which is worth over $1.89 billion, might be removed by this action, bringing GBTC’s price more in line with Bitcoin’s true value and providing investors with major gains.Chief finance officer Edward McGee and chief legal officer Craig Salm of the corporation disclosed the information.Subject to US Securities Exchange Commission permission, GBTC plans to move from OTCQX, its existing platform, to the prestigious NYSE Arca exchange.This action aims to establish a more convenient way for investors to create or redeem shares, as well as to better synchronize GBTC’s shares with the actual Bitcoin price. The significant reliance on Regulation M (Reg M) relief was noted by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.Although he doesn’t explicitly say so, he makes reference to earlier discussions that seem to indicate the SEC may utilize Reg M to obstruct or delay certain operations.Balchunas draws attention to the curious timing of Grayscale’s meeting with the SEC, immediately following which Regulation M was brought up, suggesting that the SEC may have given it some thought or considered its implications. Given that Bitcoin is currently trading at $39,481 and that there has been a spike in trading volume, which suggests increased trader interest, the possibility of a spot Bitcoin ETF guarantees investors a more accurate representation of the value of Bitcoin through GBTC and creates a safer channel for institutional investors to interact with Coins.Bitcoin’s value has already increased by 3% as a result of this event in the previous day, and the extraordinary spike in trading activity that has followed indicates that there is broad interest. James Seyffart, a Bloomberg ETF analyst, stated in a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) on November 28 that the SEC postponed making a decision on the applications for thirty-four days, exceeding the deadline of January 1, 2024.By January 10, 2024, Seyffart and his colleague Eric Balchunas had estimated that there would be 90% chance of spot Bitcoin ETF approvals. The two delays, in Seyffart’s words, “all but confirms for me that this was likely a move to line every applicant for potential approval by the Jan 10, 2024 deadline.”
In a startling shift in the cryptocurrency space, a shrewd trader has profited handsomely from Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), making a tidy $24 million.Analyzing Lookonchain data makes it evident that this trader profited from purchasing WBTC at reduced costs and then selling it when Bitcoin’s value surged.InQubeta (QUBE), a recent addition to the AI crypto market, is gearing up for a big comeback and aiming for a hundredfold value gain.InQubeta appears as a decentralized platform designed exclusively for businesses committed to influencing artificial intelligence in the future.The website enables supporters of cryptocurrency to get involved in this AI movement and fund innovative projects.Best cryptocurrency initial coin offering (ICO) of the year goes to InQubeta. A cutting-edge AI initiative called InQubeta is well-positioned to profit on the potential for a remarkable 100x increase.Fairness is upheld via the InQubeta ecosystem, which connects companies with real investors.The main form of payment in this instance is the QUBE token, which is used inside InQubeta.Additionally, holders and stakers of these tokens can benefit from expected price rises as well as dividends from a rewards pool that is only available to them.QUBE is becoming more and more popular, to the point where it’s being called the best cryptocurrency available right now. As the best cryptocurrency initial coin offering (ICO), QUBE has sold over 550 million tokens during its presale.QUBE coins can be purchased by investors for a mere $0.0161 during the fifth phase of the presale.This strategy offers a unique chance because there are ten phases throughout all of the presale.It is anticipated that the final QUBE token would cost approximately $0.0308.Numerous analysts predict that QUBE will become the greatest cryptocurrency in 2023 and that its price will soar 50 times after introduction. An essential part of running the platform is the QUBE token.It is used not only for transactions but also for platform promotion and governance.There are 1.5 billion QUBE coins that can be acquired during the presale.There will be a public sale for just 65% of the tokens.The remainder will be used, among other things, to preserve liquidity, reward stakeholders, pay legal counsel, and finance marketing initiatives. With the goal of empowering AI companies and investors by opening up new channels for funding and cooperation, InQubeta has introduced a well-liked NFT marketplace.With the help of this platform, AI developers can raise money for their firms by turning investment opportunities into NFTs.Prominent artificial intelligence firms will facilitate these exclusive tokens, which will be associated with equity ownership or additional benefits.Those who buy these tokens will become early backers of potentially lucrative AI ventures and will stand to earn large gains.
Seeking digital talent and entrepreneurs, an archipelago in the midst of the Atlantic wants to accelerate its economic growth.This area is seeing a surge of Web3 entrepreneurs.The natural beauty of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago has been lauded, but the local administration there is looking into new technology like blockchain because of the region’s aging population and urgent need for a more diversified economy. Emerging-technology companies account for almost 30% of businesses in Madeira’s free trade zone, a special economic zone that provides tax benefits to businesses, such as one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the EU and capital gains tax exemption for qualified firms, according to Rogerio Gouveia, finance secretary of the regional government of Madeira. “For companies aiming to establish a presence in the region, the foremost tax incentive is found in the Madeira free zone
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Kraken and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are engaged in a legal battle that appears to be another misguided attempt by the SEC to impose control over a sector that fundamentally defies an antiquated regulatory playbook.In its November action, the government charges Kraken with conducting business as an unregistered securities exchange.The case goes beyond the SEC’s previous missteps.It’s also an obvious case of overreaching regulation that misses the mark on what makes a cryptocurrency.It is similar to the agency’s efforts against Coinbase, indicating a strong regulatory approach that is ineffective and harmful.The SEC claimed that Coinbase was functioning as an unregistered securities exchange in its lawsuit against the company.The method essentially misinterprets what cryptocurrencies are. This complaint goes beyond the SEC’s previous missteps.It’s also a clear example of overreaching regulation that misses the mark on what makes a cryptocurrency.It is reminiscent of the agency’s efforts against Coinbase, demonstrating an aggressive regulatory approach that is ineffective and harmful.Similar claims about functioning as an unregistered securities exchange were made by the SEC in its lawsuit against Coinbase.The strategy is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the characteristics of bitcoin exchanges. Platforms like Kraken, in contrast to conventional securities exchanges, provide a wide variety of digital assets that don’t easily fit under the securities framework.The SEC’s incorrect classification of cryptocurrencies indicates a lack of knowledge of their distinct qualities, which distinguish them from traditional securities as decentralized assets frequently possessing traits resembling currency. The lack of technical neutrality, which holds that legal systems should treat all types of technology equally and should not reward or penalize any specific one, is among the most notable problems.The SEC’s attempt to force cryptocurrencies into the traditional securities framework not only violates legal requirements but also exhibits a strong prejudice against digital assets.In addition to impeding innovation, this lack of neutrality unfairly singles out platforms that attempt to comply with regulatory requirements. Because of the SEC’s tough position, businesses may decide to relocate to more cryptocurrency-friendly jurisdictions outside of the United States.The United States may lose its status as a leader in technological innovation as a result of this tendency, known as regulatory arbitrage.The cryptocurrency market is international, and too restrictive laws in one nation only force companies to go, bringing their ideas and financial gains with them. Similar to how its measures against Coinbase turned out, the Kraken case is poised to serve as yet another illustration of the SEC’s inability to effectively oversee the cryptocurrency industry.In addition to being pointless, this vicious circle of aggressive and ignorant regulation damages the SEC’s reputation.It conveys the idea that the regulatory body is less concerned with comprehending and adjusting to new technological paradigms than it is with using its regulatory power. There is more to this case than a lone court struggle.It is a sign of a larger problem with the way cryptocurrencies are handled by the US regulatory system.It is imperative that the SEC abandon its antiquated strategies and interact with the cryptocurrency sector in a more knowledgeable and productive way.Regulation is essential, but it has to be sensible, informed, and intended to promote rather than inhibit innovation.The SEC appears to be headed for yet another crushing setback, which will only serve to highlight the necessity for additional regulations.
The cryptocurrency mining firms Hut 8 Mining Corp. and US Bitcoin Corp. (USBTC) have merged through an all-stock merger of equals to become Hut 8 Corp (New Hut), a new company with US domicile.The merger was finalized on November 30, and Jaime Leverton, CEO of New Hut, branded it the “largest mergers and acquisitions transaction” in the cryptocurrency space. Hut 8 is situated in Canada.Leverton led Hut 8 as CEO for more than three years prior to the merger. Due to the transaction, Hut 8 common stocks will be delisted by no later than December 4 from both the Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange.New Hut common stocks, ticker symbol “HUT,” will replace it.A share of New Hut common stock was awarded to Hut8 shareholders for each Hut 8 share they held during the delisting and relisting process.The company’s preparations for the impending Bitcoin halving were disclosed by Asher Genoot, president of New Hut.As a result of pooling resources, the release states that “New Hut has access to approximately 825 MW [megawatts] of gross energy across six sites with self-mining, hosting, and managed service operations.” The Supreme Court of British Columbia gave Hut8 final permission to merge with USBTC in September. Still, the planning started in February.The combination required legal and regulatory permission at the time from US and Canadian authorities.In addition to the legal complexities, USBTC was involved in “a legal dispute” with the City of Niagara Falls, New York, on complaints from locals regarding noise pollution caused by the mining activities. On April 7, the disagreement was resolved. Decentralization of Bitcoin mining operations is being advocated by X (formerly Twitter) and Block co-founder Jack Dorsey.New decentralized Bitcoin mining pool Ocean, whose goal is to give miners more transparency into the process and allow them to get block rewards directly from Bitcoin instead of mining pools, just raised $6.2 million in a seed round led by Dorsey for Mummolin, the business’s parent company.
Blockchain has been pushing for recognition as a significant emerging technology for years, and it’s finally starting to get there. There are already
According to Business Times on Thursday, the High Court rejected a bid to have Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, removed from the company’s legal protections, opening the door for a potential class-action case in Singapore.Citing the website’s rules of usage, Terraform lawyers attempted to reroute the case to an arbitration procedure, as reported by the Business Times.The attorneys maintained that users had forfeited their rights to a trial and to file a class-action lawsuit.In contrast, the court made a different decision. “To our knowledge, this is the furthest a class-action suit has progressed in the world,” Mahesh Rai, a director of Drew &
Legislators working behind the scenes are looking to 2024 as the year when digital asset bills may get passed by that Republican-controlled chamber, though the efforts still face an uphill climb in the Senate where Democrats hold the majority. This is in contrast to months of hope that U.S. crypto legislation could win approval in the House of Representatives this year.The head of the House Financial Services Committee’s subcommittee on digital assets, U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), stated that the House’s deliberations on two significant cryptocurrency bills—one pertaining to U.S. stablecoin issuer regulation and the other establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto markets—have most likely been moved to “early 2024.” Hill stated at a Blockchain Association event in Washington on Thursday that the House Republicans’ recent dispute over choosing a new speaker—which temporarily forced key crypto negotiator Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) to serve as stand-in speaker—delayed the floor time legislators needed for the legislation. “That, I think, set us back a little bit,” Meanwhile, at the same occasion, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.).Lummis, who has been pushing for her own comprehensive crypto legislation in the Senate, also predicted that next year will see more advancements with the stablecoin bill in particular.“That is an area that could come early in 2024.”The top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), withdrew her support for the bills, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), who has also played a leading role in the House negotiations, suggested the industry counter what House Democrats are hearing from outside groups and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, a devoted industry critic. A small group of Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee defied the ranking member of their party and supported both of this year’s cryptocurrency proposals.As of late, Waters has made it clear that she is still willing to pursue legislation, and Himes stated on Thursday that “a Democratic Senate sits up and takes notice” if Waters supports a bill and the House as a whole passes it. “On the other side of the Capitol, the weather is uglier,”
Due to a possible user error that resulted in the largest-ever price paid for a transfer on the Bitcoin network, Bitcoin miner AntPool will reimburse a $3 million transactional fee that it handled last week. “On November 23rd, some users submitted 83 BTC as a gas fee,” AntPool said in a Thursday announcement. “The risk control system
The biggest corporate bitcoin (BTC) holder, Microstrategy (MSTR), increased its holdings in November by purchasing over 16,130 BTC, or about $608 million at current prices.According to a regulatory filing on Thursday, the software company founded by Michael Saylor purchased the bitcoin for approximately $593.3 million in cash at an average price of roughly $36,785 per.It currently has 174,530 BTC in it, purchased for roughly $30,252 apiece on average. The company’s efforts to acquire bitcoins have accelerated since the November transaction.MicroStrategy possessed 158,400 Bitcoin as of the end of October, having gained 6,607 Bitcoin from the start of the third quarter.It has now climbed its stakes by more than 10% in just one month.Additionally, MicroStrategy signed contracts with BTIG, Cowen & Company, and Canaccord Genuity to issue class A common stock valued up to $750 million.