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Republican lawmakers distinguish crypto commodities and securities in draft bill
[ad_1] Republican House members published a draft bill on June 2 that aims to set out clear roles for regulators in the crypto industry. SEC’s abilities The draft bill specifically aims to separate the regulation of cryptocurrencies as securities from the regulation of cryptocurrencies as commodities. The proposed rules would prevent the U.S. Securities and…
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Russia’s Rosbank starts offering cross-border crypto payments despite nationwide ban
[ad_1] Rosbank, one of the Russian Federation’s most important financial institutions, is set to become the first major bank to offer cross-border transactions in cryptocurrency, according to reporting from the Russian business journal Vedomosti. The bank emphasized that these transactions are in strict compliance with existing legislative requirements, the Central Bank’s guidelines, and the bank’s…
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Blockchain Association files new amicus brief to support Tornado Cash’s defense
[ad_1] The Blockchain Association said June 2 that it filed an amicus brief to support a CoinCenter case that defends the coin mixer Tornado Cash. Kristin Smith, CEO of the Blockchain Association, said: “… Tornado Cash is simply a tool – punishing the tool itself simply because it can be used by anyone, including bad…
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Cleanspark fiscal year revenue crosses $100M amid expansion plans
[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) miner CleanSpark’s fiscal year-to-date revenue crossed $100 million in May as its BTC production exceeded expectations, according to a June 2 statement. CEO Zach Bradford noted that these milestones were achieved even though most of its expansion plans were expected later this year. BTC production is up 16% CleanSpark reported that it…
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Taurus links up with Polygon to tokenize real-world assets for TradFi
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Tron’s TRX now live on Ethereum via BitTorrent bridge, boosting DeFi access
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Kakarot zkEVM secures backing from StarkWare, Vitalik Buterin in pre-seed round
[ad_1] Kakarot zkEVM, an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) implemented in Cairo, announced on June 2 that it has closed its pre-seed funding round. The investors include Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Ledger co-founder and VP of innovation Nicolas Bacca, and blockchain scaling firm Starkware, among others. Cairo is a Turing-complete language associated with the CairoVM —…
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China publishes national blockchain standard
[ad_1] China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has published a national standard for blockchain technology to guide the development of the industry in the country, a state-run news channel CGTN reported on June 2. The guideline reportedly standardizes the blockchain system’s functional architecture and core elements, serving as a reference to better understand…
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U.S. unemployment rate comes in at 3.7%, Bitcoin holds $27K
[ad_1] Quick Take The U.S. unemployment rate broke the expected 3.5%, coming in at 3.7%. May nonfarm payrolls were projected at 190,000, but instead came in at +339,000. Bitcoin traded at $27,000, slightly down by the spike in unemployment. BTCUSD: (Source: TV) The post U.S. unemployment rate comes in at 3.7%, Bitcoin holds $27K appeared…
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Bitcoin recaptures $27,000 following market reprieve: CryptoSlate wMarket Update
[ad_1] The cryptocurrency market saw net inflows of $12.5 billion over the last 24 hours and currently stands at $1.14 trillion — up 1.1% from $1.13 trillion. During the reporting period, the market caps of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) grew 0.8% and 1.8% to $525.78 billion and $227.51 billion, respectively. Over the last 24…