U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talked about the dangers that sanctions based on the U.S. dollar might pose for the hegemony of the currency in international markets. According to Yellen, the government tries to use sanctions “judiciously,” as they can create a desire to find alternatives to the U.S. dollar. U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen Talks Dangers of Dollar Weaponization Janet…
Ethereum’s post-Shanghai bull run has hit a lull. Its price touched lows of $2,080 on Monday morning, while Bitcoin struggled to hold onto the $30,000 support level. The bullish run-up may have been paused in part due to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s statements regarding one more rate hike in the upcoming May policy rate meeting. Additionally, withdrawals from Ethereum staking…
BNB Chain, the blockchain developed by crypto exchange Binance, updated its Red Alarm list to include 191 high-risk projects and decentralized applications (dApps) currently hosted on the blockchain. BNB Chain’s Red Alarm list — which gets updated every Friday — includes projects and DApps that are deemed risky investments purely based on smart contract assessment. The 191 new projects on…
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week under $30,000 as analysts’ predictions of a short-term support retest come true. The largest cryptocurrency saw a classic dive following its latest weekly close as its latest gains evaporated — will they return? Ahead of a fairly innocuous week for macro data releases, catalysts are likely to come elsewhere as BTC price action makes…
The United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is reportedly facing potential action from the U.S. securities regulators despite preparing to shut down local operations. The enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is inclined to recommend the agency sue Bittrex over alleged violations related to investor protection, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 16. The enforcement unit…
The government of China protested the enactment of sanctions on a series of national companies by the U.S., barring them from doing business with U.S.-based entities for allegedly collaborating with Russia. China’s Commerce Ministry criticized the move, saying it is a “typical form of long-arm jurisdiction,” which damages the rights and interests of these companies. China Opposes the Enactment of…
A “temperature check” proposal to deploy the decentralized exchange (DEX) Aave on the zkSync Era Mainnet has passed with overwhelming support from the Aave community. When voting closed on April 16 more than 99% of Aave (AAVE) token holders voted in favor of launching the third version of the lending and borrowing protocol on the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM).…
Over 1 million Ether (ETH) worth $2.1 billion has now been withdrawn from Ethereum’s Beacon Chain within the first four days of the Shapella hard fork and Ether has pushed over $2,100 for the first time in 11 months. The 1.03 million ETH withdrawals have come from 473,7000 withdrawal requests, with Saturday, April 15 being the largest withdrawal day at…
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue: Inflation in Argentina goes over 100%, El Salvador issues its first digital assets licenses, and the crypto-linked corruption probe in Venezuela is still ongoing. Argentina Registers 104.3% Inflation In March, the Highest in Latam The…
Blockchain technology needs a benchmark communications standard that can be easily integrated by every network in order for a complete transition from Web2 to Web3 to occur, industry commentators say. Many expect there will be multiple blockchains and such an ecosystem requires communication protocols similar to the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) used on the internet. Ryan Lovell, director of…
