Cointelegraph sat down with Leah Wald, CEO of digital asset investment firm Valkyrie Investments, to learn more about the importance of a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the future of digital assets. For context, Valkyrie Investments was launched in 2021 and is one of the only asset managers to …
Read More »Republican lawmakers introduce bill targeting China’s CBDC on sanctions, privacy
Nine Republican senators have backed legislation aimed at directing the policy of U.S. government agencies around concerns that China’s digital yuan may be used to circumvent sanctions and compromise users’ personal information. In a Wednesday announcement, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy and Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, backed by seven other Republican …
Read More »16 times oversubscription of its first public sale: Melos Studio enters Phase 2 expansion
According to the official news, Melos Studio conducted its first Melos token Public Sale at Tokensoft on March 1, 2022 at 2:00 pm UTC (10:00 pm BST). The token price was 0.05USD/Mlelos. The minimum subscription fee for each person was 500USD, and the cap was 1000USD, making the total fundraising …
Read More »Ethereum gas fees drop to lowest levels since August 2021
Gas fees for transactions on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain have dropped to the lowest levels since August. But they’re still not cheap. According to data sourced from Coinmetrics and shared by CryptoRank Platform, the seven-day moving average cost of an Ethereum transaction as of March 9 totaled $11.14, placing it …
Read More »Crypto.com airdrops LeBron James NFT collection to eagle-eyed Super Bowl ad viewers
The Crypto.com exchange announced the airdrop of its “The Moment of Truth” nonfungible token (NFT) collection featuring Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James to 5,550 randomly selected viewers of its Super Bowl commercial. Those who found and scanned a hidden QR code that appeared 10 seconds into a conversation between present-day James …
Read More »Siblings charged over mining coin that turned into alleged $124M fraud
A pair of siblings is now in very hot water with the U.S. government with criminal charges filed against them for allegedly committing fraud in the Ormeus Coin scheme. On Mar. 8, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged siblings John Albert Loar Barksdale and sister JonAtina (Tina) Barksdale with …
Read More »The Philippines to launch pilot CBDC implementation
As the world of finance continues to transform, new forms of money are challenging traditional monetary infrastructures that have been around for a long time. Currently, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have caught the eye of various countries, including the Philippines. In a joint event organized by Bangko Sentral ng …
Read More »Bitcoin price rejection at $39K and mounting regulatory concerns tank the market again
Volatility and choppy price action continued to dominate the cryptocurrency market on March 7 and news that United States President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order later this week that will outline the government’s strategy for cryptocurrencies was added to the list of factors weighing down crypto prices. …
Read More »Bitcoin steadies as gold hits $2K, US dollar strongest since May 2020
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed near one-week lows on March 7 as a flight to safety among investors did crypto markets no favors. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Gold, dollar spell sour times for stocks Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD bouncing at around $37,600 overnight before tracking …
Read More »BTC, XRP, NEAR, XMR, WAVES
Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below $40,000 on March 4 and has been trading below the level throughout the weekend. Although the crypto price action has been volatile in the past few days, Glassnode data shows that institutional investors have been gradually accumulating Bitcoin through the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares since …
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