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Ross Ulbricht’s clemency petition is closing in on 160,000 signatures stemming from individuals asking U.S. President Donald Trump to pardon Ulbricht. In addition to the vast number of signatures, roughly 100 eminent organizations and well known figures have supported Ulbricht’s effort, many of whom have written a statement on Ulbricht’s behalf in order to speak … Read more
Trump has ended the U.S. government shutdown. The SEC and CFTC remained largely paralyzed for 35 days, and crypto adoption will likely be delayed as a result Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos from Jan. 22 to 25, attended by business leaders, politicians, and economists is in progress. Cryptocurrency is once again on the agenda, but so far the discussions emerging from the conference have been mixed, giving attendees plenty of FUD for thought. Also Read: George Soros: Bitcoin Is Propped … Read more
As President Donald Trump presides over geopolitical shape-shifting as the poster boy of separatist politics, the most significant clapback yet may be loss of confidence in the U.S. dollar. The dollar has been politically weaponized in the service of American interests and now other global powerhouses are betting on taking back control of their economies … Read more
The last 24 hours has been one of those all-too-rare periods in which the cryptosphere unites against a shared enemy. We’ll detail who in The Daily, right after we’ve discussed blockchain spam, Blockfolio’s new funding round, and how we learned an opsec lesson from Kanye West. Also read: Bitcoiners Shoot Down Roubini’s US Senate Testimony Coinbase … Read more
In today’s edition of The Daily we cover stories about Shapeshift shutting down its decentralized portfolio platform Prism, the bitcoin-hating CEO of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, thinking he can be elected US President, an exchange expanding to 20 more states, and further censorship of bitcoin-related accounts on Chinese social media. Also Read: 66% of Cryptocurrency … Read more
Iran’s national cryptocurrency will be backed by the country’s fiat currency, the rial, and will be distributed in two phases, first as an interbank token and secondly for retail payments. These are some of the features of the digital currency that were revealed by the Informatics Services Corporation (ISC), an institution that develops banking and … Read more
Users of Ethereum-powered prediction market Augur are now betting on “assassination markets,” featuring Donald Trump and Warren Buffett Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
U.S. SEC among participants in new gov’t task force to digital currency fraud, among other types Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
At press time, bitcoin is still standing at the $7,600 mark. For the last two days, bitcoin hasn’t moved, and has been trapped in the red over news of a Coinrail hack and subpoenas issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding bitcoin futures trading data. But is all this negativity short-lived? While it’s … Read more
