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Over the past hour, bitcoin’s price has ranged from $68,915 to $69,121, with an intraday spread between $67,440 and $69,305. The 24-hour trading volume for bitcoin (BTC) is $23.02 billion, indicating robust market activity. The market capitalization of bitcoin remains strong at $1.36 trillion. Bitcoin Bitcoin’s daily chart highlights a major uptrend starting in early … Read more
Two U.S. Senators, Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy, have asked the Biden adminstration to furnish them with updates on what the U.S. government is doing to curb the use of crypto in fentanyl trafficking. According to Warren and Cassidy, decentralized crypto exchange platforms are enabling the trafficking of Chinese-supplied fentanyl precursors. U.S. Senators Link Crypto … Read more
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, one of the wealthiest billionaires in Mexico, has urged his followers to purchase Bitcoin as a hedge against the devaluation of fiat currencies. Salinas Pliego recommended purchasing bitcoin in response to a social media post reporting on the fall of the value of the Nigerian naira under a satoshi. Mexican Billionaire Ricardo … Read more
Hong Kong police have issued a warning over the rise in counterfeit banknotes, with many cases linked to cryptocurrency scams. Between January and April, authorities seized 3,396 fake notes valued at HK$2.55 million (US$326,130), a significant increase from last year’s 553 notes worth HK$166,220. Three major cryptocurrency-related fraud cases led to the confiscation of 1,693 … Read more
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay shut down the largest illegal bitcoin mining operation to date, Argentine and Salvadoran officials met to discuss bitcoin issues, and Ocean launched a global hub in El Salvador. Paraguayan Authorities Shut Down … Read more
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has published a list of two licensed crypto trading platforms and 17 pending applicants under the new regulations that went into effect on June 1. The financial regulator stresses that operating without a license is a criminal offense and commits to taking appropriate actions against any legal breaches. … Read more
Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, announced that the crypto exchange has filed a closing brief in the Third Circuit challenging the SEC’s denial of their rulemaking petition. The brief argues that the SEC’s order, which disagrees with claims that SEC rules are unworkable for digital asset firms, lacks reasoned decision-making. Grewal asserts that the … Read more
Veteran trader Peter Brandt, with over four decades of experience, has highlighted bitcoin’s consistent gains against gold since its inception, foreseeing that 100 ounces of gold will be needed to buy a bitcoin. Meanwhile, Peter Schiff has insisted that the cryptocurrency “has underperformed gold for the past 2.5 years.” Peter Brandt Foresees Bitcoin Hitting 100 … Read more
Some Russian companies have turned to using crypto to settle payments and protect themselves from potential secondary sanctions from Western countries. At least two top metal producers have transacted using USDT, the largest stablecoin in the crypto market, as the G7 and the EU mull more sanctions against alternatives for these operations. Crypto Used as … Read more
After a period of intense scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry, many speculated that the Biden administration had reversed its stance by allowing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve several spot ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs). However, President Joe Biden has vetoed the latest resolution intended to quash the SEC’s crypto asset rules in … Read more