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US lawmaker says President Biden administration is weaponizing market chaos to kill crypto
[ad_1] U.S. lawmaker Tom Emmer said President Biden’s administration was weaponizing market chaos to kill crypto. The pro-crypto lawmaker added that he sent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Gruenberg an investigative letter seeking additional information on the regulator’s actions against crypto-friendly banks. Emmer highlights anti-crypto moves by regulators In a Fox Business interview, Emmer…
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A new class-action lawsuit targets YouTube influencers for promoting FTX
[ad_1] A class-action lawsuit led by Edwin Garrison has been filed against “FTX influencers” for their alleged role in promoting a massive crypto fraud totaling over $1 billion in damages. The suit names YouTubers and so-called NFT influencers Kevin Paffrath, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Ben Armstrong, Erika…
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Maker passes first vote to increase U.S. Treasury bond holdings to $1.25B
[ad_1] Maker’s governance community has initially voted in favor of increasing U.S. Treasury bond holdings to $1.25 billion, according to a Twitter thread on March 15. Preliminary vote approves Treasury bond purchases The proposal, if it is fully approved at a later date, will see Maker more than double its current $500 million of Treasury…
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Circle phishing campaign promises fake USDC DeFi swap
[ad_1] A phishing campaign falsely promising access to a new USDC DeFi trading platform emerged on social media on March 16. Fake USDC trading platform emerges The false blog post promoting the swap platform is located at http-circle-dot-blog, while the false trading platform is located at http-circledefi-dot-center. The fraudulent platform supposedly allows users to trade…
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Crypto exchanges registered in offshore locations are 70% of top 30
[ad_1] Out of the top 30 crypto exchanges, 70%, or 21, are located in offshore financial centers, according to CoinGecko’s recent report. The report defines offshore financial centers as “territories that seek to attract financial activities from abroad, through flexible regulations and low or zero-taxation schemes. ” Based on that definition, the most popular offshore…
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Crypto market largely unaffected by ECB decision to hike rate by 50bps
[ad_1] The crypto market is largely unaffected by the European Central Bank’s latest 50 basis point rate hike, with the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin only seeing a minor dip following the announcement. Meanwhile, traditional stock markets saw most stocks rebound after opening losses following the rate hike. However, long-term sentiment points to future pains as markets…
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Circle says substantially all USDC minting, redemption backlogs are resolved after wild week
[ad_1] After the weekend’s depegging of the stablecoin, Circle, which issues USDC, has declared that substantially all the minting and redemption backlogs have been resolved. The company reported that they redeemed $3.8 billion USDC and minted $0.8 billion USDC since Monday, and they have also shifted their banking partner due to the Silicon Valley Bank…
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Arbitrum to airdrop ARB tokens to users on March 23
[ad_1] Ethereum (ETH) layer2 (L2) solution Arbitrum is set to airdrop ARB tokens to its community members on March 23. The Arbitrum Foundation said in a March 16 statement that the L2 solution would be pivoting into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that the ARB token would govern. This means that ARB holders would be…
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Ethereum co-founder praises Gary Gensler as ‘shining knight of decentralization’
[ad_1] Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin praised SEC Chair Gary Gensler as a “shining knight of decentralization.” Speaking at ETHDenver (which ended on March 5,) Lubin spoke candidly about recent regulatory enforcement actions, holding Gensler as a catalyst for driving decentralization – much to the audience’s jeers. Digital Asset Investor clipped and posted the relevant part…
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Bitcoin as an indicator for global liquidity, balance sheet growth
[ad_1] The global crypto market cap is $ with a 24-hour volume of $. The price of Bitcoin is $24,843.58 and BTC market dominance is %. The price of Ethereum is $1,661.09 and ETH market dominance is %. The best performing cryptoasset sector is AI, which gained 8%. [ad_2] Source link