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DRW Denies Investing in OPNX, Distancing Itself From 3AC Founders’ Bankruptcy Claims Exchange
21.4.2023
OPNX had included DRW in list of "major investors" in a tweet earlier Friday
Bank of Russia Has Stockpiled Reserve Comprised of Non-US Sanctioned Assets, Governor States
21.4.2023
Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Bank of Russia, has affirmed the bank has stockpiled reserves in assets that are not susceptible to being affected by U.S. sanctions. The official clarified that Russia has built a “safety cushion” in these assets while it continues working on creating...
Arkansas Makes Gold, Silver Legal Tender; 23 States Involved in Similar Legislation to Establish US Dollar Alternatives
21.4.2023
A bill signed into law on April 11 has made gold and silver legal tender in the U.S. state of Arkansas, allowing citizens to use gold and silver coins to pay debts. The bill also clarifies that gold and silver “specie” (coins) will not be considered property for tax purposes,...
NFT Marketplaces Sales, Users Drop to Lows Not Seen Since 2021, Dune Data Shows
20.4.2023
According to multiple dashboards compiled by researchers on analytics platform Dune, OpenSea and Blur are experiencing notable losses in daily users and sales
Police Bodycam Game Explodes, But Not Without Doubt And Controversy
20.4.2023
When developer Alexandre Spindler revealed footage of a “body cam style game” he was working on last fall, it exploded across the internet as people marveled at its eerie ambiance and photorealistic look. “This is awesome,” wrote District 9 director Neill Blomkamp. Now the game has been announced...
Midjourney, other AI devs strike back in court, claiming their material is not similar to artists
20.4.2023
The response by the AI firms raises questions about how copyright law principles such as authorship, infringement and fair use will apply to content created or used by AI
Ether’s Security Status Remains Unclear as SEC Chair Gensler Fails to Answer Lawmaker’s Question
20.4.2023
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, would not answer a direct question in a congressional hearing about whether ether is a security. While the SEC chair insisted that the law is clear on crypto, Congressman Patrick McHenry argued that the SEC’s...
The Red Cross Challenged Gamers To Not Commit War Crimes
19.4.2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross has partnered up with a bunch of Twitch streamers to encourage gamers to not commit war crimes in popular shooters like Call of Duty. The ICRC hopes that its event, “Play by the Rules,” will educate players on the statutes of actual war. The organization...
European Parliament report recommends researching, but not launching, digital euro
19.4.2023
A European economist has found that a digital euro would be a problem without a solution; just wait and see, he suggested
Bitcoin’s 'Store-of-Value' Narrative Is Real but Not a Price Mover
18.4.2023
Longer-term narratives matter, argues Noelle Acheson, but they don’t set the price. That is set by short-term sentiment, which is both contagious and fickle
‘Biggest mistake’ is not using tax loss harvesting: Koinly head of tax
18.4.2023
Failing to utilize tax loss harvesting is one of the biggest mistakes people can make on their tax returns, according to the head of tax at Koinly
TBD and Yellow Card to Enable Fiat On and Off-Ramp Payments in 16 African Countries via BTC
18.4.2023
TBD and the Africa-focused cryptocurrency exchange platform Yellow Card recently partnered to launch a fiat on and off-ramp that enables payments in some 16 African countries through Bitcoin rails. The objective of this arrangement is to make cross-border payments not only more affordable...
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce States Proposed Amendments to Definition of ‘Exchange’ Render Innovation ‘Kaput’
18.4.2023
Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has issued her opinion on the recent attempts of the institution to change the definition of “exchange” under the Exchange Act Rule. According to Peirce, the institution is now expanding its reach...
Netflix’s Love Is Blind Live Failure Had Big 'Game Servers Are Down' Energy
18.4.2023
On April 16, Netflix viewers looking to enjoy the Love Is Blind live reunion special had to endure what so many live-service gamers have gone through before: Upon logging in at the promised kick-off time of 5 p.m. PT, would-be viewers were greeted not by the special but a perpetual “It’s almost...
Who Really Benefits From CBDCs? It’s Not the Public
17.4.2023
The only people benefitting from central bank digital currencies are lobbyists, tech companies and, yes, central banks, say the Cato Institute’s Nicholas Anthony and Norbert Michel
Decentralization Is the Point, and We’re Not Talking Enough About Why
17.4.2023
The internet has a habit of producing companies that dominate their industry because of network effects. The answer is the decentralization and openness that only blockchain technology affords, says EY’s Paul Brody
NFTs Will Persist for as Long as Communities Are Willing to Use Them — Lostworlds Co-Founder
17.4.2023
According to Quaison Carter, the co-founder and CMO of the location-based NFT platform Lostworlds, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are still not widely used due to what he called “user friction.” Carter, however, insists that the value of NFTs will persist for “as long as there...
Report: Nigeria-China Currency Swap Agreement Fails to Ease Pressure on the Naira
16.4.2023
Nigerian economic experts have said the country’s five-year-old currency swap agreement with China has not eased the pressure against the Nigerian currency. According to one expert, implementation of the swap arrangement is being held back by the size of the trade imbalance between Nigeria...
Jeffrey Tucker on De-Dollarization: USD Will No Longer Be King, We’re at Turning Point for US Dollar
16.4.2023
Jeffrey Tucker says we are at the turning point for the U.S. dollar, citing a growing de-dollarization trend. “The dollar’s just not going to be king,” he warned, adding that history will record recent events “as the turning point for the dollar.” Jeffrey Tucker...
Blackrock CEO Expects Inflation to Persist, but No Major US Recession in 2023
15.4.2023
Blackrock’s CEO, Larry Fink, stated in an interview on Friday that he does not anticipate a “big recession” in the United States. However, he believes that “inflation is going to be stickier for longer.” In contrast to the U.S. central bank’s 2% goal, Fink predicts that...