Erik Thedéen, vice chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has called for a ban on proof-of-work crypto mining based on the industry’s high energy demands, per the Financial Times. Thedéen, who also serves as director general of Sweden’s financial services regulator Finansinspektionen, told the Financial Times that Bitcoin mining had become a “national” issue for the Nordic…
The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has taken a beating over the past day, with several blue-chip tokens suffering significant losses. UNI, the governance token of decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap is down 11.8%, slipping to an intraday low of $15.29, according to CoinGecko. The token lost 16% of its value in the past two weeks and is currently 65.9% off its…
Receiving payment in crypto is gathering interest in Canada. A recent Capterra survey of 1,000 Canadian respondents revealed that 67% of the participants are interested in being paid in crypto in the next five years. The surveyors also found that one out of four participants already own crypto, with 58% starting their crypto journey during the pandemic lockdowns when they had…
Uncle Sam dominates the Bitcoin (BTC) trading arena according to a report published by Arcane Research. Bitcoins’ 90-day correlation to the S&P 500 is currently at its highest since October 2020 while the United States trading hours show the most Bitcoin activity. For 2022, the U.S. trading hours show a marked increase in trading volume, making up 43% of the…
The CEO of a Canada-headquartered gold mining company, Mark Bristow, has insisted that gold currently has little downside risk. He also highlighted the precious nature of the metal and how it is a better alternative store of value than cryptocurrencies. Better Inflation Hedge Mark Bristow, the CEO of Canada-based Barrick Gold Corp., recently argued that gold has little downside risk…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has reportedly decided to shut down cryptocurrency automatic teller machines in the city-state. According to Bloomberg, to comply with new regulations issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank, cryptocurrency ATM operators in the country were forced to shut down their operations on Tuesday. The new clampdown on cryptocurrency ATMs sparked several…
Ak Party, Turkey’s governing party, held its first metaverse meeting on Monday wherein it discussed upcoming crypto regulation. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) hosted its first meeting in the metaverse, Cointelegraph Turkey reported. Attending the virtual meeting were TBMM group deputy chairmen Mahir Ünal and Mustafa Elitaş along with Ömer İleri, the vice president of Ak Party responsible…
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus’, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has not urged his flock to invest in Bitcoin, despite videos claiming otherwise. A clip recently emerged claiming that Kirill had urged the faithful to invest in cryptocurrencies. While the video does include genuine comments from the patriarch regarding the benefits of robotics for the economy, and…
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is reportedly planning to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot soon. According to a report by the Iranian Labour News Agency, the CBI vice governor said that CBDCs could help the country resolv financial inconsistencies. The development of a sovereign digital currency in Iran began in 2018 at the Informatics Services Corporation —…
Bitcoin (BTC) will soon no longer be a risk asset and investors should brace for a fresh price correction, says one of Bloomberg’s best-known analysts. In an appearance on the Wolf of All Streets podcast on Jan. 18, Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, sounded the alarm on global markets’ “up only” narrative. McGlone: Bitcoin ‘least risky’ crypto…
