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The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21 Act) bill has just passed the US House of Representatives with 279 votes in favor and 136 against. The bill is characterized by giving the CFTC the authority to regulate digital commodities markets, including exchanges and...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's presidential campaign has added cryptocurrencies to its list of payment methods for campaign contributions, according to the X Accounts database, which specializes in cryptocurrency news. According to the page, Trump's campaign now supports donations in the...
BSC News reported via X that “A representative of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has confirmed that there are no current plans to delist Tether (USDT) or change the USDT trading pair. The representative explained that as a leading cryptocurrency exchange, it is continuously evaluating its global...
“The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world's largest futures exchange, is preparing to launch a bitcoin spot trading service,” the Financial Times reported, citing multiple sources, according to Blockbit. “CME has been in discussions with trading organizations that want to trade...
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has reaffirmed its stance that “Chinese investors are not allowed to invest in Hong Kong cryptocurrency spot ETFs,” according to CoinDesk. Earlier, Harvest Global Investments, the issuer of Hong Kong's Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) spot ETFs, said it would explore...
Lark Davis, a well-known Bitcoin investor and analyst with nearly 1.1 million followers on X (formerly Twitter), tweeted, “I expect the Hong Kong BTC and ETH spot ETFs to be fully open to mainland Chinese soon. For the past three years, the big players in all Hong Kong ETFs have been Chinese...
E-Mart 24, a convenience store, has partnered with Bithumb, South Korea's leading cryptocurrency exchange, to sell “Bitcoin Lunch Boxes” starting on the 8th (local time). The price is KRW 5900 ($4.2) in Korean won. The Bitcoin LunchBox comes with a coupon that can be used to receive up to KRW...
According to BeInCrypto, the volume of OpenSea trading on the NFT market is the lowest in three years. It is around 600 ETH per day. The April sales volume represented $97 million, down 99.1% from the May 2022 peak. BLUR, on the other hand, recorded a 78.7% share of NFT trading last week. OpenSea...
According to The Block, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has responded to Ripple's claim that the fine shouldn't exceed $10 million by saying, “That's a slap on the wrist. They should be paying close to $2 billion in penalties,” he countered. “For selling XRP to institutions,...
The U.S. cryptocurrency lobby group Chamber of Digital Commerce has criticized the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Robinhood filing move (via WellsNotes), reports Cryptoslate. In a statement, the chamber said: “The SEC's action conflicts with the regulator's duty to protect...
Jimmy Song, who was invited to speak at the Bitcoin Seoul 2024 event in Seoul, South Korea, emphasized the importance of increasing the Korean market's understanding of Bitcoin through Bitcoin-related events. Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin expert who has written five books on Bitcoin, including...
U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell said on Jan. 1 (local time) that the Fed's next move on interest rates is unlikely to be a rate hike. He also noted that inflation data has exceeded expectations so far this year, reaffirming his previous stance that it will take longer to gain...