US News

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Open case filled with gold Bitcoin coins on wet pavement at dusk, symbolizing the White House claim that the Iran war consumed value equal to half of the US Bitcoin reserve in six days

White House admits Iran war burned equivalent of half the US Bitcoin reserve in 6 Days

Estimating the $13B in the US's Iran war spending in Bitcoin highlights BTC's potential as a hedge against military-driven inflation and fiscal strain.

4 weeks ago

Mining

Global Bitcoin mining ‘one of the most sustainable industries globally,’ BTC Mining Council claims

Based on a Q2 2022 BMC survey, the efficiency of miners has increased by 46% year-on-year and by 5,814% compared to 8 years ago.

4 years ago

Crime

Ex-Coinbase manager arrested in insider trading case for leaking asset listing details

Based on the ex-Coinbase employee's information, his brother and an associate earned around $1.5 million in profits, the DOJ alleged.

4 years ago

Regulation

US lawmakers propose bank-like regulation for stablecoin issuers

Stablecoin issuers would be forced to have their reserves backed in conservative assets like cash and US Treasury bonds that would not be vulnerable to market panics.

4 years ago

Memecoins

Tesla breaks even on Bitcoin sale, Musk confirms no Dogecoin was sold

The crypto community responds negatively to the Bitcoin sale, but Tesla retains 10,500 BTC and Elon Musk said he's open to buying more in the future.

4 years ago

Regulation

Senator Emmer says SEC is ‘politicizing enforcement, baiting companies’

SEC's Director Gurbir Grewal admitted that the commission routinely operated outside of its jurisdiction.

4 years ago

Regulation

US Congressman questions SEC’s lack of action against ‘big fish’ exchanges if Ripple is a security

Sherman said the SEC should bring enforcement actions against major exchanges that facilitated Ripple (XRP) trading.

4 years ago

DeFi

Celsius lawyers claim users relinquished their crypto when they signed up

At the first bankruptcy hearing for Celsius, the platform's lawyers claimed retail users gave up legal rights to their crypto by accepting the terms of service.

4 years ago