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Infrastructure protocol Intu seeks to provide complete ownership to crypto accounts
[ad_1] Infrastructure platform Intu seeks to allow web3 users to protect their digital assets account like a crypto wallet with minimal cost. Intu users will be protected by local cryptography and native decentralization of their chosen blockchain, according to a recent report. The co-founder of the Intu platform, James Bourque, told CryptoSlate: Accounts created with…
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CFTC commissioner asks Senate not to permit exchange self-certification
[ad_1] CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has asked the U.S. Senate to tighten a piece of crypto regulation, according to a Jan. 18 report from the Wall Street Journal. Commissioner warns against self-certification Goldsmith Romero said today: “I urge Congress to avoid permitting newly-regulated crypto exchanges to self-certify products for listing.” That advice concerns a…
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Genesis reportedly preps for bankruptcy filing; ConsenSys plans layoffs
[ad_1] The biggest news in the cryptoverse for Jan. 18 saw rumors circulate suggesting that Genesis is preparing a prepackaged bankruptcy filing. Meanwhile, Ethereum development firm ConsenSys announced that it will lay off about 11% of its workforce. Elsewhere, the Hong Kong-based exchange Bitlavo has been seized, the Bank of Spain has approved a euro-pegged…
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IPwe, Casper Labs converting 25 million patents to NFTs as enterprise blockchain usage grows
[ad_1] During the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, IPwe Inc. and Casper Labs announced a historic move to convert 25 million patents to dynamic NFTs. The announcement marks one of the most significant enterprise implementations of blockchain technology and the realization of a long-standing theorized use case for NFTs. IPwe is a digital intellectual…
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ConsenSys CEO confirms layoffs, firm to focus on scaling core offerings
[ad_1] ConsenSys Advisory, Development, Education, Technology, Venture Capital Company in North America ConsenSys is a venture production studio and custom software development consultancy building decentralized applications (DApps), enterprise solutions and developer tools for blockchain ecosystems, focused primarily on Ethereum.. More about ConsenSys Info Twitter LinkedIn [ad_2] Source link
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Bitcoin sinks 4% to $20,400 as US producer prices show inflation easing
[ad_1] Bitcoin fell 4%, bottoming at $20,400 following news of the U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) coming in better than expected. December 2022’s PPI came in at 6.2% year-over-year (YoY,) less than the expected 6.8% rate. The data signaled an easing of inflationary pressure, giving scope for the Fed to slow its current pace of…
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Bitcoin Spot to Futures ratio shows retail drove price above $20,000
[ad_1] Data analyzed by CryptoSlate showed a strong contrast between Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot to Futures Volume (SFV) trends, with the former’s SFV continuing to rise. The Spot to Futures Volume metric looks at the ratio of spot volume against futures volume for a particular cryptocurrency. Spot price refers to the current quote for the…
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Spanish central bank approves digital Euro token EURM
[ad_1] El Banco de España (Central Bank of Spain) has authorized testing of a digital Euro token EURM. The token will be issued by Spanish fintech Monei and was developed within the central bank’s digital ‘sandbox’ program. Spanish news site Cinco Dias reported that the project would be limited to a small group of testing…
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Fox News host credits Bitcoin pump to ransomware hackers
[ad_1] Fox News host Tucker Carlson theorized that recent bullish market moves were due to the U.S. government buying Bitcoin to pay ransomware attackers. Specifically, Carlson linked the recent grounding of flights by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to a cyber attack, postulating that “almost all ransoms like this are paid in Bitcoin.” On Jan.…
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SEC crypto enforcement actions up 50% in 2022 – nearly half against ICOs
[ad_1] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought 30 enforcement actions against crypto market participants last year — the highest since 2013, according to a Cornerstone Research report. The number of SEC enforcement actions in 2022 was up 50% from the 20 actions launched in 2021, the report stated. Out of the 30 enforcement…