This week in crypto regulation was marked by officials expressing contradictory views on how to approach digital assets. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/law-decoded-making-sense-of-mixed-signals-dec-13-20
Month: December 2021
SEC commissioner Elad Roisman will leave by end of January
Elad Roisman, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s board, has announced his intention to resign from the government agency. In a Monday announcement, Roisman said he had sent a letter to President Joe Biden informing him of his decision to leave the SEC by the end of January 2022. The SEC commissioner said he would continue…
Bitcoin Miner Stronghold To Acquire 9,080 Rigs
Bitcoin miner Stronghold has signed separate deals to purchase 9,080 rigs.The company also entered into an equipment-financing agreement with NYDIG for up to $54 million.“We expect to continue utilizing modest amounts of equipment financing,” Stronghold’s CEO said in a statement. Stronghold Digital Mining has entered into agreements to purchase 9,080 Bitmain and MicroBT bitcoin mining rigs, the company said in…
Report – Regulation Bitcoin News
The cryptocurrency bill that was listed to be taken up in the current session of parliament is reportedly being reworked. The government seeks wider consultation on crypto before finalizing the rules to govern digital currencies in India. Indian Government Seeks More Consultation on Proposed Crypto Legislation India’s cryptocurrency bill is unlikely to be introduced in the current session of parliament.…
The 5 weirdest crypto stories of 2021
In 2021, the market cap of cryptocurrencies skyrocketed 286% year over year, uplifting a $2.17 trillion industry into the stratosphere. But, with this vast creation of wealth comes the explosion of peculiar tales throughout the sector. From the suspicious death of multiple crypto-evangelists and crypto scams involving hacked Twitter accounts of heads of states to much-promoted celebrity NFT drops that…
Chinese Investment Is Pouring Into the Metaverse
In the first week of December, Beijing Language and Culture University put out its list of the top 10 internet buzzwords of 2021, and separately, the web site Yaowen Jiaozi (its name means Buzzwords or Chewing Words) released its own top 10 buzzwords of the year. “Metaverse” made both lists, and was the only non-Chinese word on the Yaowen Jiaozi…
‘We saw mainstream adoption for NFT art kicking off in 2021,’ says NFT.NYC co-founder Cameron Bale
For the past three years, NYC.NFT has been the leading annual gathering in the nonfungible token and digital blockchain art world. This year, over 5,500 attendees and 135 sponsors joined debates, talks, workshops and briefings in the namesake event. In an exclusive ask-me-anything session, Cameron Bale, co-founder of NYC.NFT, joined Cointelegraph Markets Pro users to discuss the outlook on the NFT…
FTX US Continues Sports Push with Washington Wizards and Capitals
FTX.US today announced deals with the NBA’s Wizards and NHL’s Capitals of Washington, D.C. And the timing of a D.C. deal—while FTX and other big exchanges are navigating an uncertain U.S. crypto regulatory landscape—is no coincidence. “To be able to have a presence in D.C. in this manner goes hand-in-hand with our desire to work with everyone involved to make…
HRF, Strike Launch Lightning Bounty in Bitcoin
HRF and Strike will grant 1 BTC for developers that solve each of three challenges they’re putting out for Lightning development.The initiative focuses on privacy, dollar liquidity, and bitcoin donations.HRF’s research into the needs of Bitcoin users worldwide inspired the program. The Human Rights Foundation is partnering with Lightning Network payments platform Strike to launch a set of bounties for…
Changelly and Unstoppable Domains Patnership
beginner Changelly, a leading instant cryptocurrency exchange service, now supports .crypto, .zil and other non-fungible tokens (NFT) domain names created via Unstoppable Domains, the leading platform for self-sovereign identity on Web 3.0. Starting today, Changelly users will be able to customize their wallet addresses to make crypto exchanges even easier. Unstoppable Domains helps users replace long wallet addresses with personal…