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As the US and EU fight over crypto regulation superiority, is regulation even viable?

Is crypto regulation even possible? The EU and US certainly hope so but it may be a pipedream. Could we see a DAO emerge to take on this mantle?

Liam 'Akiba' Wright 9 min read 4 years ago

Exchanges

Former Mt. Gox CEO to launch crypto ratings agency and commemorative NFTs

Mark Karpeles wants to help other crypto exchanges to avoid the now-defunct platform's fate.

4 min read 4 years ago

Trading BTC -1.63%

Bitcoin flirting with $48,000 as hodlers kept buying throughout Q1

A bullrun the past week has sent bitcoin to just under the highest levels this year. Analysis shows long-term hodlers have increased their positions by 17% since late November. These addresses accumulated BTC throughout Q1 of 2022.

4 min read 4 years ago

NFTs

Nelson Mandela’s iconic arrest warrant auctioned off as an NFT

The NFT created from the revolutionary South African leader Nelson Mandela's original 1962 arrest warrant was auctioned for roughly $130,000.

3 min read 4 years ago

CBDCs

Dems propose Treasury e-cash, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system

A bill proposed by four Democrats representatives calls for the U.S. Treasury to develop so-called e-cash, electronic cash, a digital version of the U.S. dollar. The cash would be peer-to-peer, not dependent on the internet, and not built on blockchain technology.

4 min read 4 years ago

Regulation

A member of the E.U. Parliament says crypto transactions shouldn’t be anonymous

The E.U.'s crackdown on unhosted wallets has very vocal backers.

4 min read 4 years ago

Tokenization

Rich VCs got even richer off the back of the APECoin airdrop

VC investors and the Bored Ape Yacht Club founders took 37% of the airdrop demonstrating an unfair token distribution.

3 min read 4 years ago

Adoption

Retail giant El Corte Inglés and Deloitte in cahoots to launch crypto exchange

The third largest department store in the world, Spanish company El Corte Inglés, has entered partnership with “big four” accounting firm Deloitte to launch a crypto exchange for its 11 million registered customers.

4 min read 4 years ago