As authorities in the EU are still discussing union-wide cryptocurrency regulations, a major U.S. bank has reportedly lobbied the Irish government to adopt its own rules for the space. BNY Mellon launched its digital asset business in Ireland this year to provide custodian services to institutional investors. Banking Giant BNY Mellon Calls for Irish Crypto Regulations U.S. banking corporation BNY…
Ethereums native token, Ether (ETH), has been declining against its top crypto rival, Bitcoin (BTC), since Sept. 3. Ether dropped in value against Bitcoin by almost 25% after topping out in September at 0.07955 BTC. As the top altcoin declined, it left behind a trail of lower highs and lower lows, thus forming an ascending channel. Later, ETH/BTC broke the…
What once seemed a remote possibility, is now an accelerating reality as two U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to Bitcoin futures debuted on Wall Street last week. An ETF is an investment vehicle tracking the performance of an asset or group of assets. In the case of a Bitcoin futures ETF, the particular asset is Bitcoin futures contracts traded on…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is set to officially introduce the countrys central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has published a document in which it reaffirmed its intention to introduce the eNaira after previously attempting but failing to do so on Oct. 1. According to the design paper for the eNaira, the CBN now…
Tesla CEO and some-time Saturday Night Live guest Elon Musk has once again shifted the already volatile cryptocurrency markets with a series of tweets, causing the prices of meme coins Shiba Inu and Dogecoin to fluctuate wildly. First up, Shiba Inu coin, which hit all-time highs of $0.00004432 on Sunday evening, according to CoinGecko. Its recent surge came as a…
Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee-turned whistleblower, revealed that her refuge in Puerto Rico is currently being supported by an auspiciously timed cryptocurrency investment. Haugen worked as a Facebook product manager before accusing the company of spreading controversial and insensitive misinformation. She allegedly possesses numerous confidential research documents, which according to her, shows that “Facebook prioritizes profit over the well-being…
Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, the company that backs the Terra blockchain ecosystem, is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Kwon, who was served a subpoena while appearing at Messari’s Mainnet conference as a presenter, states this behavior was against the SEC’s own policies, and that they needed to go through proper channels to deliver…
Despite Russia adopting its first cryptocurrency law in January 2021, the countrys cryptocurrency market is still largely unregulated and is associated with a lot of uncertainty, according to a local industry advocate. Yury Pripachkin, head of the Russian Association of Cryptoeconomics, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain (RACIB), argued that the existing Russian crypto regulations are nothing more than half-measures that have…
Bitcoin (BTC) launches into a new week determined to keep $60,000 as support despite new all-time highs failing to last. After a classic Sunday dip, bulls regained control and have managed to keep BTC/USD clear of sub-$60,000 lows. With neither the April nor October all-time highs seeing a retest so far, however, investors are eager to see where Bitcoin is…
The construction of a bitcoin mega-mining farm in Argentina by Bitfarms is raising concerns for legislators. Martín Berhongaray, a national deputy, recently presented a resolution to force the government to disclose information about the installation of the facility, through representatives from the Ministries of Science, Technology and Innovation, Environment and Sustainable Development, and of the nation’s economy. Bitfarms Mega…
