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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Urges Congress to Act Quickly on Debt Limit, States Defaulting Would Be ‘Unthinkable’
12.5.2023
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned again about the consequences of the U.S. defaulting on its debt. During a press conference in Niigata, Japan, Yellen stated that this would be a self-inflicted crisis, and urged Congress to act quickly on the matter, stating that defaulting would...
Dogecoin-Like Spike in Milady NFTs After Elon Musk’s Tweet, But Will it Last?
12.5.2023
Prices of the NFT collection have soared in the past two days
Large Immersion Cooled Crypto Mining Farms to Extract Bitcoin in Middle East Desert
12.5.2023
A project to build two large-scale facilities for cryptocurrency mining is underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The high-tech data centers will rely on a full immersion solution to cool the power-hungry miners as the desert climate renders air-cooled mining infeasible, participants said....
SEC Chair Warns US Default Would Have ‘Significant’ and ‘Lasting Effects’ on Investors, Markets
12.5.2023
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has warned that the U.S. Treasury defaulting on its debt obligations “would have very significant, hard to predict, and likely lasting effects on investors, issuers, and markets alike.” Gensler stressed: “We’ve already seen an effect...
Welcome To Famicase 2023, My Favorite Time Of The Year
12.5.2023
Every year, around about now, indie Japanese games retailer/shopfront Meteor holds an exhibition called Famicase. The goal? Showcase the design and illustration of cartridge art for games that do not exist. Artists from all over the world take part, sending in their submissions, and every year...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Regains $27K, but Investors Search for a Catalyst
12.5.2023
ALSO: The CEO of Stablecorp says that bitcoin's recent dip is part of its growing pains. He says that the scalability of the bitcoin network and liquidity present challenges
Goldman Sachs, Yellen Warn of US Default’s ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ — ‘There Is Real Risk to US Dollar’
12.5.2023
A Goldman Sachs executive who also serves as the chair of a Treasury advisory committee has warned that a U.S. default poses “real risk to the U.S. dollar.” She stressed: “Anything that moves us away from being viewed as the world’s reserve currency, of being the safest most liquid...
Binance.US Explores Ways to Decrease CZ's Dominant Share: The Information
12.5.2023
Since the summer of 2022, Zhao has been attempting to offload at least a portion of his shares, according to one individual that spoke with The Information
Ethereum Mainnet Was Unable to Fully Finalize Transactions for 25 Minutes
11.5.2023
Developers resolved the finalization issues and are investigating what caused the outage
Donald Trump Urges Republicans to Let US Default on Debt if Democrats Don’t Agree to Spending Cuts
11.5.2023
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Republican lawmakers to let the U.S. default on its debt obligations if the Democrats do not agree on “massive” spending cuts. Trump, who is also running for president in 2024, stressed that letting the U.S. default is “better than what we’re doing right...
Bitcoin Edges Below $27K as Latest Bank Crisis Fails to Trigger Price Increase
11.5.2023
BTC has been trading largely below the psychologically important $30,000 mark since late April, as investors wrestle with recent bank sector debacles and other macroeconomic uncertainties
Elon Musk's Twitter, Crypto's Town Square, Has Found a New CEO
11.5.2023
Musk says he'll shift to being chief technology officer
McHenry to U.S. SEC: Which Crypto Firms Have Tried to Register?
11.5.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has so far disregarded congressional requests for information on its interactions with crypto platforms seeking registration as exchanges, according to Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives, who threatened a hearing if they’re ignored...
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Receives Second SEC Subpoena in Connection to Montana Mining Facility Investigation
11.5.2023
Marathon Digital Holdings, a publicly-listed bitcoin mining company, has recently revealed that it was served with a subpoena by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in relation to an investigation concerning the firm’s Montana mining facility. The SEC is reportedly looking into...
Decentralized Exchange Uniswap Trading Volume Outpaces Coinbase for 4th Consecutive Month
11.5.2023
Uniswap, the decentralized exchange, outpaced centralized exchange Coinbase in April
Polychain Snubs Lucrative Crypto Arbitrage, Prepares to Trade $6M of ROOK Token on Uniswap
11.5.2023
Crypto hedge fund Polychain motioned to sell up to $6 million of $ROOK tokens via Uniswap, upending the calculus behind a savvy DeFi trade
‘Smart Money’ Traders Reduce Pepecoin Holdings by $3M as Meme Coin Mania Cools
11.5.2023
PEPE token has dropped 63% since last week, when it reached a $1.8 billion market capitalization after a staggering rally
Meet ‘Dencun.’ Ethereum Developers Are Already Planning Next Hard Fork
11.5.2023
The next major upgrade for the blockchain will include “proto-danksharding,” though developers are still deciding what else to include in the hard fork
What’s the Reality of Crypto in Crime?
11.5.2023
The DOJ's Eun Young Choi said the agency is constantly finding crypto connections in its criminal investigations. But how deep does the problem go and how much should we blame the blockchain?
The White House’s Bitcoin Mining Tax Undermines Itself
11.5.2023
Imposing a levy on mining in the U.S. will send the industry overseas, increasing emissions while depriving the grid of a useful form of “demand response,” says Nic Carter