Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 4 of 298

IMF Says Making Bitcoin a National Currency is an ‘Inadvisable Shortcut’

July 27, 2021

As El Salvador is preparing to make bitcoin (BTC) legal tender this September, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued another warning, stressing that this move "is an inadvisable shortcut." While gover...

‘Facts’ That We ‘Know’ About Crypto are ‘Wrong’ – Senate Hearing Witness

July 27, 2021

The US Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (aka the Senate Banking Committee) today holds an important hearing called 'Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for?' - and while some list world-chang...

World’s Biggest Listed Hedge Fund Firm Chief Makes Bitcoin Noob Mistakes Too

July 26, 2021

The Cryptoverse is seeing yet another traditional financial boss making the very same greenhorn Bitcoin (BTC) mistakes that had been debated and debunked numerous times before, continuing the cycle of misinfo...

Bitcoin Accelerates Despite Alleged Tether Criminal Probe Report

July 26, 2021

Bitcoin (BTC) trimmed its gains today, before rebounding again despite claims that executives behind the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT), might face a criminal probe. At 16:53 UTC, BTC trades at USD 3...

Crypto Exchange Self-Regulation Kicks In as Regulators Start to Kick

July 26, 2021

It appears that the crypto industry is increasingly turning to self-regulation as the rope of regulators threatens to tighten firmly around it - and the trend hasn't missed a major decentralized exchange eith...

Facebook’s ‘Metaverse’ Plans Meet Optimism and Scorn from Crypto Fans

July 23, 2021

The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has gone public with his ambitions to transform his social media giant into a “metaverse company,” a move that could potentially have an impact on the firm’s Diem stableco...

Amazon Set to Hire a Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead

July 23, 2021

E-commerce giant Amazon is dipping its finger deeper into the crypto and blockchain worlds as it posted an ad looking to hire a new executive to oversee their digital currency strategy. The position is for a...

Musk-Triggered ‘Average People’ Send Proofs Of Bitcoin Nodes

July 22, 2021

Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk shared another opinion on Bitcoin (BTC), and the Cryptoverse had counterarguments and lots of pictures. This time, Musk was skeptical that an average person can run a Bitcoin...

It’s Time to Build Ethereum Beyond DeFi and Price Focus – Vitalik Buterin

July 22, 2021

Ethereum (ETH) is more than decentralized finance (DeFi) and the focus on price, argued its co-founder Vitalik Buterin. According to him, it's primarily about utility and building out decentralized services t...

Goldman Sachs Ultra-Rich Clients Send Bullish Crypto Signals

July 21, 2021

Those companies whose job it is to manage the wealth and personal affairs of very rich people are now increasingly eyeing crypto, per a new survey. American financial giant Goldman Sachs Group claims that ne...