Caroline Pham, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, believes the path to United States crypto regulatory clarity has been laid out following Ripple’s partial victory. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on July 17, Commissioner Pham said recent big court decisions regarding the classification of crypto assets will eventually lead to regulatory clarity. “You know, last
The recent ruling in favor of XRP has dispelled any negative regulatory challenges it had been facing, resulting in a head-turning rally over nearly 100% in 24 hours. Enough people are now paying attention to Ripple’s cryptocurrency, that it’s starting to pull capital from Bitcoin and Ethereum. And according to the charts of the three
Multiple pieces of data point to the Bitcoin price falling below $29,000 in the short term. Yes, you read that right. Let’s investigate the main issues contributing to the current downside in the Bitcoin price. Bitcoin (BTC) encountered difficulties breaking above $31,800 on July 13, resulting in a 6.3% correction down to $29,700 on July
The next phase of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Ripple case is set to move forward, as Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York filed paperwork on July 17 referring the case to Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn. First reported by journalist Eleanor Terrett,
Bitcoin (BTC) remains stuck inside a narrow range, making it difficult to predict the direction of the next possible breakout. The United States dollar index (DXY), which generally moves in inverse correlation to Bitcoin, dropped below 100 but that has failed to propel Bitcoin higher. This suggests that Bitcoin is charting its own course in
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has commented publicly about the last week’s ruling on the agency’s suit against Ripple. Gensler gave a talk on artificial intelligence at the National Press Club on July 17 and was asked about the ruling during the questions and answers afterward. Does the ruling affect his stance
Decentralized Web 3 cross-chain router allegedly under control of one-man Imagine a system where all your money is controlled by one man and his family and when there is cause for concern, the propaganda machine immediately goes ‘brrr’ to put on a facade that everything is just fine despite some alarming withdrawls. Sounds more like
Bitcoin continues to shoulder the market, as digital asset inflows saw positive movement for the fourth consecutive week, with $137 million incoming. According to CoinShares, this brings the four-week total to $742 million — correcting the nine weeks’ worth of outflows before the streak began and marking the largest inflow run since the fourth quarter
Bitcoin (BTC) refused to give up $30,000 at the July 17 Wall Street open as observers placed bets on a step lower next. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin traders line up downside targets Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed what one analyst called “boring” BTC price action into the new trading week.
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Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution zkSync Era has launched a new Scalable Transparent Argument of Knowledge (STARK)-based proof system called Boojum that promises to run on consumer-grade general processing units (GPUs). ZkSync Era is one of a handful of Ethereum scaling protocols using zero-knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups) to increase capacity and speed while reducing fees. ZK-rollups mostly use two
ChatGPT eats cannibals ChatGPT hype is starting to wane, with Google searches for “ChatGPT” down 40% from its peak in April, while web traffic to OpenAI’s ChatGPT website has been down almost 10% in the past month. This is only to be expected — however GPT-4 users are also reporting the model seems considerably dumber
The Ripple ruling has positioned John Reed Stark, the former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Internet Enforcement, as a prominent cautionary figure in the cryptocurrency industry. Though the SEC has generally been considered to have suffered by the judgment, Stark has expressed reservations about its stability and the likelihood of
Nearly two years after the dog-inspired decentralized finance (DeFi) project — AnubisDAO — was rug-pulled for almost $60 million in Ether (ETH), the stolen funds were siphoned away using Tornado Cash. In October 2021, AnubisDAO raised 13,556 ETH from crypto investors owing to the predated Dogecoin (DOGE) trend. However, roughly 20 hours into the investment,
Another “Big Four” bank in Australia has said it will put blocks on certain cryptocurrency platforms, citing high levels of scams risk in the industry. National Australia Bank (NAB) on July 17 officially announced a set of new measures to protect customers from fraud as part of its “bank-wide scam strategy.” Alongside halting “millions in
In every major litigation, there comes a moment when you realize it’s time to settle. A ruling doesn’t go your way, a juror gives your legal team the side eye, the judge makes it clear it’s time for a settlement conference. After Judge Analisa Torres’ decision in SEC v. Ripple, the time has come for