Japan plans to amend its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act to bring crypto exchanges under the purview of laws that govern banks, a government official revealed on Monday. The proposed amendment is being carried out to prevent sanctioned countries from taking evasive actions using digital assets. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno in a press
The Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act (ECASH Act), introduced today in the United States House of Representatives, could herald a new direction in government-sponsored digital currencies. The legislation calls for the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to develop and pilot an electronic version of the U.S. dollar that is easy to use for the
Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Evgeny Grabchak proposed eliminating the legal vacuum around crypto mining in the country and introducing clear regulation. This statement continues the recent streak of support for the crypto industry among the officials. Speaking at the first national conference of legal crypto miners in Irkutsk on Saturday, Grabchak called for introducing
Bitcoin’s price has momentarily surpassed $44,000, extending its impressive streak of roughly $7,000 gains over the last week. Bitcoin has steadily increased after weeks of difficulty, approaching the $45,000 mark – a 1% increase in the last 24 hours and a nearly 20% increase in the last 30 days, Coingecko charts show. According to CoinMarketCap
The New York Times’ campaign against bitcoin rages on. Even though this time they had the perfect opportunity to write a balanced article, they didn’t. The author reports one positive bitcoin mining story after another, while keeping a snooty attitude and suggesting it’s all a PR move. The title summarizes the New York Times’ stance,
Whether it is Bitcoin or another asset, bottoms can be hard to spot until much later in hindsight. That is unless you are Peter Brandt, career commodities trader with nearly 50 years of market experience. In a new comparison, Brandt compares the crypto bear market bottom he predicted a year in advance, with the current
A sharp reversal in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) out of an otherwise bearish technical setup has raised its chances of reaching $58,000 in Q2. Bitcoin price bottoming out? On the daily timeframe, Bitcoin broke out of its ascending triangle on March 27 to the upside, bringing the much-anticipated level of $50,000 within its range. Interestingly,
Bitcoin (BTC) went on to hit its highest level since Jan. 2 on March 28’s Wall Street open as its latest bull run kept up the pace. BTC dip nonessential but “would be healthy” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $47,900 on Bitstamp, just $100 away from a new 2022 peak. The
Bitcoin (BTC) saw a fresh spike to near $45,000 overnight into March 27 as the weekend looked set to deliver a decisively bullish close. Weekly close of key importance Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD grinding back to higher levels seen days previously after a rejection at just above the $45,000 mark. While
A brutal correction witnessed in the Dogecoin (DOGE) market between May 2021 and February 2022, which saw the price dropping by almost 85%, appears to have come to a halt this month. DOGE/USD rebounds 30% in two weeks DOGE experienced strong dip-buying when its price crashed to levels around $0.10 two weeks ago, resulting in
Whether you consider cryptocurrency trading as art, science or a game of skill, one thing is beyond dispute: Those who excel at it are not the traders who maintain the longest series of lucky one-offs but those who establish sustainable trading processes yielding consistent returns. Ask a sample of seasoned pros if they would prefer
Recent weeks saw a massive surge of the so-called privacy coins’ prices — namely Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH), Zcash (ZEC) and Haven Protocol (XHV). As many other cryptocurrencies and the industry at large faced immense regulatory pressure amid the war in Ukraine, one narrative that began taking hold in the crypto space was the potential
The Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulatory package passed another potential hurdle this week and is moving to the next stage of the EU’s legislative process. Proponents of a controversial text prohibiting proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies, which was recently dropped from the draft, did not take an opportunity to block the draft’s progress. EU Parliament, Commission
press release PRESS RELEASE. Given the rapid evolution associated with technological advancements and new developments regarding Web3 and dApps, TooNFT has decided to launch the decentralised webtoon platform in conjunction with Toomics, which happens to be one of the largest webtoon platforms in South Korea, and to begin gradually transitioning to a new era of
The ‘Queen of Pop,’ Madonna has revealed she has “entered the metaverse” after she acquired the non-fungible token (NFT) collectible Bored Ape #4988. According to onchain data, Madonna’s Bored Ape #4988 was purchased for 180 ether or $564K at the time of settlement. Madonna Says She ‘Finally Entered the Metaverse’ Madonna is the latest celebrity
We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Mitch Liu, co-founder and CEO of Theta Labs — a decentralized video streaming platform powered by users and built
What is an NFT? NFTs are nonfungible tokens. The adjective “nonfungible” is often used in economics to represent features such as uniqueness and non-interchangeability. In the crypto space, nonfungibility simply indicates that one item cannot be exchanged for another. A “token” as a unit of account is basically a certificate of validity stored on the