Stripe bringing back crypto payments, this time with a stablecoin
Stripe customers will be able to pay with USDC beginning this summer, president Jack Collison said, after the company canned BTC payments in 2018....
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Will Dogecoin skyrocket 7 months after the Bitcoin halving again?
The top memecoins are far from previous highs, yet retail investors may view them as fairer opportunities than VC-backed coins with high fully diluted valuations....
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Boomers to pour $300B into crypto markets — Morgan Creek Capital
Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko believes the full impact of Bitcoin ETF adoption has yet to be realized, as boomers will continue to gain more exposure to digital assets....
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Consensys files lawsuit against SEC and commissioners over Ether
The company warned that the SEC reversing a position it had held since 2018 on Ether as a security could “spell disaster” for the network and drive innovation to a halt in the U.S....
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Blockaid says it caused crypto drainer to shut down, defends against claims of 'false positives'
The team defended itself against claims of excessive false positives, suggesting it was so effective that it caused a crypto drainer to give up in frustration....
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Visa provides stablecoin analytics dashboard with ‘noise’ filtered out
The financial services giant wants to make data about stablecoin usage clear and accessible, which requires some processing....
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A Further Crackdown On Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists
Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet that also serves as a mixer, with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Many, including activists and human rights defenders, spoke out about the...
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SEC reviews new rules for Bitcoin options trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission is evaluating whether exchanges’ current surveillance and enforcement mechanisms can handle Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs)....
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a16z crypto recommends startup founders 'never publicly sell tokens' in the US
“The SEC argues that nearly every token should be registered under U.S. securities laws,” commented a16z crypto’s general counsel Miles Jennings....
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Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters
An announcement was put out today by the Justice Department that Keonne Redoriguez and William Hill had been arrested and charged with operating Samourai Wallet, “an unlicensed money transmitting business” that executed “unlawful transactions.” Fuck the Justice department, full stop. At no point did Samourai custody user funds, have...
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