The design choices, such as the level of privacy — i.e., anonymous or fully traceable transactions — implemented in the creation of a CBDC can have significant implications for monetary policy. Continuing the privacy design choice example, let’s understand its impact on monetary policy in the following two scenarios. Scenario 1: Anonymous and untraceable transactions It might be more challenging…
According to an analysis of Google searches by Leverage Trading, Nigeria is the “second-highest country in the world for searches related to crypto leverage.” Along with South Africa and Ghana, the West African nation also dominates searches for the term “trade crypto.” Regulators and consumer protection agencies must “provide greater safeguards against predatory practices,” according to a spokesperson for Leverage…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation through “enforcement,” as opposed to “doing the work,” is not a “healthy way” to regulate an industry, and may result in the U.S being a less attractive place for crypto innovation, suggests Ripple’s CEO. In a Mar. 3 Bloomberg interview, blockchain-based digital payment network Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse, suggested that the…
Major cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Ukraine have temporarily suspended operations with hryvnia bank cards. The measure stems from restrictions imposed by the country’s central bank, Binance and Kuna indicated in comments for crypto media. Ukrainians Unable to Trade Crypto Assets Using Cards in National Currency The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, and a leading Ukrainian exchange, Kuna, have announced temporary…
Binance has launched its Joint Anti-Scam Campaign in collaboration with law enforcement agencies worldwide to fight “an alarming uptrend” in crypto-related scams, the cryptocurrency exchange said. “So far, the project has achieved tremendous results,” Binance claimed. Binance’s Joint Anti-Scam Campaign Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced Friday that it recently launched a campaign to combat cryptocurrency-related scams in partnership with law enforcement…
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied a rumor that he had been “shot” by the U.S. federal law enforcement agency, which was “spread widely” across a Chinese messaging platform, in a recent tweet. In a Mar. 4 tweet, CZ addressed the false speculations that circulated on the Chinese messaging platform WeChat, claiming that he was shot by The Federal…
Coinbase Protocols Lead Talks Plans for Base and NFT Marketplace Coinbase protocols lead Jesse Pollak sat down with Decrypt’s Jason Nelson at ETH Denver 2023 to talk about the company’s innovation strategy and its plans to keep “iterating quickly” on products like Coinbase NFT and its newly announced Layer-2 blockchain Base and its efforts to become an “on-chain-native company.” Source:…
Bank of America has warned that the Federal Reserve will have to keep raising interest rates until it finds “the point of pain for consumer demand.” Expecting a slowdown in consumer demand to “lead to an outright recession,” the bank’s economist cautioned that “additional Fed hikes would also mean more pain for the interest-sensitive non-consumer sectors such as housing.” Bank…
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the crypto community mobilized to donate funds to the Ukraine Government and NGOs operating in the region. With millions of dollars in cryptocurrency coming in from around the world, the uncensorable nature of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others proved critical to providing aid where needed. But while the mainstream media continues to focus on…
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. It was the second consecutive week of straight losses for leading cryptocurrencies. The start of the third month of the year comes off the back of the first two weeks of losses in 2023. Considering that the end of 2022 was a virtual freefall for the whole market, it’s too…
