The European Commission announced to remove a number of Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) messaging system, aimed at hindering Russia’s capacity to carry out cross-border payments. In a joint statement released by the European Commission, leaders from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States highlighted…
Cointelegraph is following the development of an entirely new blockchain from inception to mainnet and beyond through its series, Inside the Blockchain Developer’s Mind, written by Andrew Levine of Koinos Group. In my first article in this series, I explained why Ethereum and Steem haven’t been able to deliver a mainstream social decentralized application (DApp)….
Bitcoin (BTC) looks ready to fall below $30,000 in the coming months, per a confluence of historically accurate technical indicators brought forth by popular analyst Ari Rudd. The independent market analyst published a thread on Feb. 14, explaining why Bitcoin’s ongoing price recovery — from below $33,000 on Jan. 24 to around $42,000 today —…
T. Rabi Sankar from the Reserve Bank of India compared cryptocurrency to ponzi schemes and said that banning them, not regulating them, would be the “most advisable choice” for the Indian government. Sankar, the deputy governor for the RBI, told audiences at a keynote address on Feb. 14 that “We have also seen that cryptocurrencies…
In the modern age of the Internet, various new methods of investing are being invented. One of the most popular new-age investments is cryptocurrency. Crypto refers to virtually operated currency generated on the Internet. People use real-world money, buy cryptocurrencies, store them in wallets, and invest in them. After that, the customer sells the previously…
House Financial Services Committee member and New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer has introduced legislation that would have the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation back stablecoins in a manner similar to fiat deposits. In a draft of the Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act of 2022 released on Tuesday, Gottheimer proposed labeling stablecoins issued by insured depository institutions…
Ohio’s eighth district congressman Warren Davidson has introduced the “Keep Your Coins” bill in the House of Representatives to protect individuals’ self-custodied crypto wallets from U.S. government agency control. The introduction on Feb. 15 comes just a day after the Canadian government invoked the Emergencies Act, giving it the power to freeze bank accounts and…
GRAND GOOSE MANSION is a very cozy home for cute Hawaiian geese. Each of you can release one goose or several, you just need to buy (mint) an NFT pegged to the image of the Hawaiian goose or nene. Obviously, the Grand goose mansion is a unique project of the geese metaverse, the geeseverse. In…
Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado, has announced that the state government plans to allow residents to pay taxes in cryptocurrencies as early as summer 2022. In a Tuesday CNBC interview, Polis said crypto holders in Colorado could have the option of sending tax payments in digital currency, which the state would then convert back…
Blockchain-based investing protocol Syndicate claims that 10% of all decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) in existence have been created on its platform in less than three weeks of operation. Syndicate is a DAO creation platform that has landed investments from A13Z and Coinbase Ventures, among others. The team revealed the development in a Feb. 15 tweet….
