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0 CommentsBitcoin’s price fluctuated after the Federal Reserve announced further monetary tightening on June 15, falling to as low as $20,270 after the Fed’s statement. But an hour after the announcement, the cryptocurrency was traded at $21,444. As a long-awaited step, the Fed announced that it will raise the fed-funds rate, the interest rate at which…
292 ViewsThe US Federal Reserve is starting paring back its $9 trillion balance sheet that ballooned in recent years in a move called quantitative tightening (QT). What will happen to the crypto markets when quantitative tightening takes full effect, and the Federal Reserve stops the money printer? Whether QT, starting on June 1, will put an…
322 ViewsWhile cryptocurrencies are receiving a mixed reception around the world, Dubai is doubling down on its efforts to place itself at the front and center of the technology, writes Lara Williams on Investment Monitor. The news that United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national airline, Emirates, plans to accept payment in Bitcoin is a defining moment in…
277 ViewsBinance, Circle, and some other prominent crypto firms have launched a crypto scam reporting platform. The tool “empowers anyone in the crypto economy to warn others about scams, hacks or other fraudulent activity as they encounter it.” Crypto firms have joined forces and launched a new, multi-chain scam reporting platform. TRM Labs, Binance.us, Circle, Solana…
285 ViewsThe US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions on a cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io, which happens to be used by North Korea (DPRK) and other illicit activity. In a press release on May 6, OFAC said that the mixer is allegedly being used by hackers in North Korea…
238 ViewsPanama’s National Assembly passed a bill to regulate the use and commercialization of crypto assets in the country. The bill will also make it possible for people to pay their taxes in crypto. Now, it only needs to be signed by President Laurentino Cortizo to become law. The bill, which was approved in the assembly…
