Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank, says buying and holding bitcoin as a reserve currency is not a problem for the bank. “We can arrange the technical and operative conditions relatively quickly, when we are convinced we must have bitcoin in our balance sheet,” the chairman of the Swiss central bank reportedly explained. Switzerland’s Central Bank on Buying and…
Month: April 2022
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Skeptical of Crypto but Says ‘Not All of It Is Bad’ – Featured Bitcoin News
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says that he does not particularly like crypto but will defend your right to invest in it. However, he sees benefits in some aspects of digital currency. JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon on Crypto, Digital Currency JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon talked about cryptocurrency in an interview with KMTV 3 News Now in Omaha Friday…
Is Web3 like playing Minecraft?
Web3 puts major companies like Meta out of business and gives every user rights to develop the next big thing together. Decentralization and the combination of humans and machines will be the heart of the Web3 projects. There is a reason for users’ passive participation: We’re still busy trying to get the biggest part of the pie. But now, Web3…
Idaho Warns of Crypto Scams Promising 80% Returns Every 24 Hours – Featured Bitcoin News
The finance department of the U.S. state of Idaho has warned investors of a series of cryptocurrency scams promising returns as high as 80% every 24 hours with no risks to investors. Crypto Scams Promising High Returns The Idaho Department of Finance announced Wednesday “a series of fraudulentcryptocurrency schemes seen recently targeting Idaho investors.” The regulator detailed: The companies purport…
Ice Cube’s Big3 Professional Basketball League Sells Team to a DAO for 25 NFTs – Bitcoin News
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have been acquiring high ticket items over the last 12 months and on April 28, the Degods DAO revealed it acquired a Big3 professional basketball team called the “Killer 3s.” The Big3 professional basketball league was founded by the American rapper Ice Cube and Big3 decided to sell the rights tied to the team by leveraging…
Meta to launch metaverse hardware store, Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B, and ApeCoin pumps to new highs: Hodler’s Digest, April 24-30
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B — crypto industry reacts Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk bought…
Fei Protocol Offers $10M Bounty After $80M Rari Capital Exploit
An exploit enabled attackers to drain $80 million in crypto from decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Rari Capital’s liquidity pools, according to a tweet today by blockchain and smart contract audit firm BlockSec. The BlockSec team called the security flaw a “typical reentrance vulnerability,” and tweeted again with a picture displaying the offending code. Algorithmic stablecoin Fei—the self-touted “Stablecoin for DeFei”—also…
Bill Regulating Crypto Mining Submitted to Russian Parliament – Regulation Bitcoin News
A draft law tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining has been filed with the lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma. The legislation provides a legal definition for the extraction of digital currencies and envisages the establishment of a register for miners. Russian Lawmakers to Review Legislation Enforcing Rules for Crypto Mining Sector The draft of the new federal law…
This Week in Coins: Prices Continue Downward, Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin, Canada Says ‘Nah’
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Markets broadly dipped for the fourth consecutive week despite cryptocurrencies popping up everywhere—in things like Fidelity retirement plans—which caused “grave concerns” at the U.S. Department of Labor—in unsecured DeFi mortgages, and in an alleged pump-and-dump scandal by a Republican member of Congress. Bitcoin and Ethereum were both on track to…
Smart money is accumulating Ethereum even as traders warn of a drop to $2.4K
The upcoming Ethereum merge is one of the most widely discussed topics in the crypto sector and analysts have a wide range of perspectives on how the transition to proof of stake could impact Ether’s price. ETH/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView Whales accumulate ahead of the merge A deeper dive into the ongoing accumulation of Ether by whale wallets was provided…