Lawmakers’ fear and doubt drives proposed crypto regulations in US – Cointelegraph Magazine

Real bipartisan legislative efforts are rare in Washington, DC, these days, but Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Joe Manchin and Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Roger Marshall have managed to come together... Read more »

Bitcoin is up 170% since the ECB called its ‘last gasp’ at $16.4K

Bitcoin (BTC) has gained almost 170% since the European Central Bank (ECB) warned of its impending “irrelevance.” As noted by crypto proponent Eric Wall and others on Dec. 4, BTC price action... Read more »

Does DeFi still have a chance at fulfilling its promise?

Decentralized finance (DeFi) emerged as a movement with the promise of revolutionizing the global financial system based on a simple yet powerful premise — offering access to better solutions with its peer-to-peer... Read more »

Bitcoin futures open interest on CME nears 2021 all-time high

Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest has reached $5.2 billion on the global derivatives giant Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), $200 million shy of its late October 2021 all-time high. Open interest in CME’s... Read more »

SEC says court, not jury, should determine security status of Terra’s crypto assets

The U.S. SEC has submitted a letter to Judge Jed Rakoff in the ongoing case against Terraform Labs, presenting the argument that the crypto assets should be classified as securities under legal... Read more »

BTC price sets new 19-month high in ‘choreographed’ Bitcoin whale move

Bitcoin (BTC) returned above $42,000 on Dec. 5 as analysis remained suspicious of market manipulation. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Analysis: New Bitcoin bids are not “organic” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro... Read more »

Bitwise, BlackRock update filings in push for first U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF

Bitwise and BlackRock, two asset managers that plan to offer a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), have submitted updated filings to securities regulators. Bitwise filed an amendment to its S-1 registration form... Read more »

Hashdex tips spot Bitcoin ETFs to trade by Q2, followed by Ethereum

Hashdex, one of the 13 asset managers vying for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, expects to see the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States land by the second quarter... Read more »

Core Scientific explains its latest bankruptcy plan ahead of court date

Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific has released a presentation outlining its plans to emerge from bankruptcy in early January 2024. The presentation is based on the third amended joint Chapter 11 plan... Read more »

Societe Generale issues €10M digital green bond on Ethereum

Société Générale (SocGen), France’s third-largest listed bank, made its foray into blockchain-based financial solutions by issuing its first digital green bond — amounting to €10 million — on a public blockchain, as... Read more »