28/01/2022   House Bill Could Let Treasury Secretary Block International Crypto Transactions

A provision in the America COMPETES Act would give the Treasury Secretary the power to block U.S. firms from interacting with some crypto transactions or exchanges, if it becomes law.

26/01/2022   Ditch Bitcoin: IMF Tells El Salvador to Rethink Crypto (BTC) - Bloomberg

TheInternational Monetary Fund’s board urged El Salvador to strip Bitcoin of its status as legal currency due to its large risks, highlighting a major obstacle for the nation’s efforts to get a loan from the institution.

El Salvador last year sought a $1.3 billion IMF loan, but...

24/01/2022   El Salvador Purchases 410 More Bitcoins Amid Market Drop, President Bukele Says

The nation now has over 1,500 bitcoins and plans to issue a $1 billion, 10-year bitcoin bond this year.

21/01/2022   Andreessen Horowitz aims to raise $4.5 billion to invest in crypto funds

Last week, A16z reportedly said it would raise $3.5 billion for its VC fund, as well as another $1 billion for Web3 seed investments.

19/01/2022   Solana Could Become the Visa of Digital-Asset World: Bank of America

Solana and other blockchains may snag market share from Ethereum over time, the bank said in a research note.

17/01/2022   Fidelity: ‘Countries That Secure Some Bitcoin Today Will Be Better Off Than Their Peers’

Even if a country doesn’t agree with the fundamentals of bitcoin, they will be forced to acquire some as a form of insurance, Fidelity wrote in a recent report.

14/01/2022   Dogecoin Surges 11% as Payments Go Live on Tesla Store

Users can purchase belt buckles, chargers, and other merchandise as of Friday.

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12/01/2022   Billionaire Investor Bill Miller Now Has 50% of His Personal Wealth in Bitcoin

The famed fund manager had invested heavily in bitcoin in his funds before.

10/01/2022   PayPal reportedly confirms plans to explore the launch of a stablecoin

The development of an in-house stablecoin was first discovered in the source code of Paypal’s iPhone app by developer Steve Moser.

07/01/2022   Arab Bank Switzerland Is Quietly Getting Into DeFi

The Swiss sister entity to Jordan-based Arab Bank is offering clients access to AAVE, COMP, UNI and more.

05/01/2022   Grayscale Holds $43B in Crypto Assets Under Management, Down From $61B in Early November

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and Ethereum Trust AUM have dropped 30% and 22%, respectively over this time period.

04/01/2022   Bitcoin Hashrate Mints New All-Time Highs

The metric has fully recovered after a plunge in mid-2021 as the Chinese government clamped down on local miners.

30/12/2021   Market Wrap Year-End Review: El Salvador Adopted Bitcoin, Then Bought the Dip

The country’s adoption of BTC as legal tender wasn’t enough to keep the cryptocurrency near $50K in September.

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