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Bitcoin surged above $60,000 for the first time in six months on Friday, pushing the digital coin further toward its all-time high, as traders speculated US regulators would approve the launch of the first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF). The world’s biggest cryptocurrency rose 6% to its highest level since Apr. 17 at $61,488.41, according…

As we anticipated, the American and European financial systems are actively resisting the “new money”. In the US, the Treasury has joined the SEC in its efforts, and in the EU, the opposition comes from the European Central Bank. In mid-September, the US Department of the Treasury was reportedly developing guidelines for stablecoin issuers. Once…

Cryptocurrency mining and maintaining the work of blockchains in general are associated with high electricity consumption. Often this energy comes from burning fossil fuels, which causes great harm to the environment. There are two ways out of the situation: either using green energy or switching to PoS en masse. Recently, Bloomberg reported that electricity consumption…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Oct. 2 – 8, 2021): 02 Oct.: The Global DeFi Adoption Index showed an 880% increase in the usage of DeFi. However, crypto is not so close to becoming mainstream as some developed markets become reluctant on the crypto market. 03 Oct.: Dubai Police has teamed up with…

Billionaire investor George Soros’ family office, Soros Fund Management, has invested in Bitcoin, according to Soros Fund CEO/CIO Dawn Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick told Bloomberg in an interview on Tuesday that, “From our perspective again, we own some coins, not a lot, and the coins themselves are less interesting than the use cases of DeFi and things…

On Tuesday’s video conference with members of Congress that took place, Gary Gensler, Chairman of the US SEC, has stated that the regulator has no plans to ban cryptocurrency in the United States. During a four-hour hearing, Gensler fielded questions about cryptocurrency, stablecoins, the regulation of exchanges, and decentralized finance (DeFi). In response to Representative…