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Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 8, 2021

By Adrian Blust, Adam B. Levine

Weekend Story | The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators

Policy

Bitcoin Now Legal Tender in El Salvador, Marking World First

In a show of support, crypto proponents are buying $30 worth of bitcoin to commemorate the occasion known colloquially as “Bitcoin Day.”

By Sebastian Sinclair

Nayib Bukele asiste a la Asamblea Legislativa por su segundo aniversario en el poder (Foto de Emerson Flores/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)
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Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 7, 2021

By Adrian Blust, Adam B. Levine

Weekend Story | The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators

Finance

Australian Neobank Volt Inks Partnership Deal With Crypto Exchange BTC Markets

The partnership marks a first of its kind in the country, the companies said.

By Sebastian Sinclair

Sydney Harbour (Photoholgic via Unsplash)
Podcasts

Crypto Has a Seat at the Table in DC. Now What?

By Sheila Warren, Michael J. Casey

Money Reimagined Digital Money Stage at Consensus 2022
Podcasts

Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 3, 2021

By Adrian Blust, Adam B. Levine

Weekend Story | The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators
Podcasts

The Digital Art Craze: Everyone Is Jumping In

By Dan Ilett, Anna Baydakova, Danny Nelson, Benjamin Schiller, Danny Bradbury

The Digital Art Craze: Everyone Is Jumping In

Finance

Binance.US Could Go Public in 3 Years, CEO Zhao Says: Report

A listing would be a boon for the embattled Binance brand.

By Sebastian Sinclair

Zhao Changpeng, chief executive officer of Binance.
Podcasts

Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 2, 2021

By Adrian Blust, Adam B. Levine

Weekend Story | The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators
Podcasts

Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 1, 2021

By Adrian Blust, Adam B. Levine

Weekend Story | The Short-Sightedness of Run-Amok Regulators
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Latest Crypto News

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CFTC sends crypto rules to White House to review as Congress stalls on Clarity Act
The regulator is moving ahead with crypto market rules as the SEC also opens a new path for tokenized stock trading.
Negative
Crypto tech provider Haruko hit by cyberattack affecting 15 clients, some funds lost
Some smaller hedge funds with weaker security controls may have lost funds in the targeted attack, sources said.
Negative
ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.
Positive
Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster
NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031.

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