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How African Students Became Victims of FTX’s Collapse
“We saw an exchange that was supposedly better than every other one we had used, so we let a lot of family and friends get involved with the FTX platform,” FTX Africa’s former education lead Pius Okedinachi told CoinDesk.
Where Is Crypto Policy Heading in a Post-FTX World?
CoinDesk’s “State of Crypto” Week looks at the prospects for digital assets legislation and regulation in Washington D.C.
The Stablecoin Bill Is a Vital Upgrade for US Financial Plumbing
The Clarity for Payment Stablecoins bill is sensible legislation for technology that could help millions of people, says Circle’s Heath Tarbert, the former chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
‘Elizabeth Warren Chalked the Field’: Former Congressmen Tim Ryan (D) and David McIntosh (R) on the Prospects for Crypto Legislation Before the Election
David McIntosh says the SEC’s approach to crypto “makes the consumer and the investor much more vulnerable.”
Is Hamas Using Crypto to Attack Israel? We Don’t Know
Reports this week about multi-million dollar Hamas crypto financing may have left a faulty impression.
The SAFER Banking Act Can End Discriminatory Banking Practices
Designed to dismantle barriers to financial services for marijuana businesses, the bill would be beneficial to crypto companies stripped of banking access, says Cody Carbone.
Westerners See El Salvador as a Template for a New Monetary System
While Bitcoin adoption has been slow since the Central American country made BTC legal tender, expats see the outlines of a whole new financial order, says Jonathan Martin.
Hamas Has Raised Millions in Crypto Donations, WSJ Reports
But the amount is likely small compared to the volume raised in state-sponsor support.
Jim Cramer Doesn't Know Bitcoin
The TV talking head said “Mr. Bitcoin is about to go down big” on CNBC.
