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The Teucrium fund gained the SEC's nod under laws that may apply to spot ETFs. The SEC has so far rejected or postponed decisions on all applications for a spot bitcoin ETF. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’sapproval in early April of a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Teucriumbased on different laws has given hope...
The brief Dogecoin (DOGE) price rally last week following Tesla CEO Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter appears to be fizzling out as DOGE closes the week over 8%. DOGE's price dropped to $0.142 on April 17, three days after peaking out locally at $0.149. The Dogecoin correction, albeit modest, raised its potential to trigger a classic bearish reversal pattern...
The holding company for Mercado Bitcoin, which is in talks to be acquired by Coinbase, is partnering with local player Giant Steps. 2TM, the holding company for Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest crypto exchange by market valuation, plans to launch a crypto asset manager focused on quantitative trading, the company confirmed to Brazilian financial media outlet InfoMoney on Thursday. 2TM expects...
Griffith previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions for giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019. Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions. (CoinDesk archives) Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith will serve 63 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for...
The article, the second deep dive into crypto by the Times in the last month, highlights mainstream media's increased coverage of the space. Crypto executives and lobbyists, in the absence of federal regulations, are working with state lawmakers across the country to craft favorable legislation, the New York Timesreported. Many states, eager to attract the jobs they think the industry...
In a pair of announcements from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, the trading app flexed its crypto chops. But check the fine print. MIAMI — Robinhood Markets (HOOD) said Thursday it has activated its crypto wallet for 2 million “eligible” customers, making digital asset transfers broadly possible in the long-firewalled investments app. Chief Product Officer Aparna Chennapragada made the...
The news comes one day after the Tesla CEO disclosed his ownership of 9.2% of Twitter, making him the company’s largest individual shareholder. Tesla CEO and Twitter board member Elon Musk (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk) Dogecoin (DOGE) is up 11%, per Messari data, following Twitter’s (TWTR) announcement of Elon Musk as the newest member of its board of directors....
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"I think it's time for us to move in that direction," the Democratic senator told NBC's Chuck Todd, in an interview to be aired Thursday night. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says it's time for the U.S. to create its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). Warren spoke with NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press Reports," scheduled to air...
Lawmakers are set to end even the smallest anonymous crypto transactions, and plan measures that could see unregulated exchanges cut off. EU Parliament (artjazz/Shutterstock) European Union lawmakers voted today in favor of controversial measures to outlaw anonymous crypto transactions, a move the industry said would stifle innovation and invade privacy. More than 90 lawmakers voted in favor of the proposal,...