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Infra Bill Change Hope Alive as House Disquiet at Crypto Provisions Grows

Pressure is growing in Congress with crypto advocates hopeful of convincing the House of the need to amend a much-maligned infrastructure bill that contains a veritable minefield of reporting obligations for miners, validators and software developers.Politico called the effort a “long-shot...

, by Tim Alper

Argentina’s President Calls Crypto a ‘Hard Currency’ that Can Fight Inflation

Alberto Fernández, the President of Argentina, has made some remarkably bullish comments about crypto, noting that tokens may have the power to fight inflation and operate as “hard currency, somewhat” – although he sought to temper his musings by adding the caveat that he...

, by Tim Alper

Argentinian MP Calls for Gov’t Mining Answers as Crypto Real Estate Interest Grows

Crypto is becoming a big deal in Latin America, where an Argentinian MP has demanded crypto policy answers from the government – while interest in crypto-powered real estate rises in the country.According to Parlamentario, Martín Berhongaray, an MP for the Radical Civic Union Party...

, by Tim Alper

PoS Coins, Lightning, DeFi & DEXes In Danger as US Bill Chaos Intensifies

Mayhem appears to have broken loose in the world of American politics, and the crypto community may be caught in the eye of the storm, as now, proof-of-stake (PoS) networks might be left in danger at a time when Ethereum (ETH) is moving towards PoS. Moreover, the Lightning Network, decentralized...

, by Tim Alper

South Korea’s Ruling Party Hints at Increased Crypto Leniency

The ruling South Korean Democratic Party’s crypto task force is discussing a plan to “institutionalize corporate transactions” on crypto exchange platforms with the nation’s nine leading exchanges – a further sign, perhaps of an impending regulatory climbdown.More...

, by Tim Alper

US Infrastructure Bill Hurts Privacy, Innovation & Decentralization – EFF

The US Senate draft of President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill "contains a poorly crafted provision that could create new surveillance requirements for many within the blockchain ecosystem" - potentially including developers and other entities who do not control digital assets on behalf of users,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Want To Fix Financial Literacy? Focus on Billionaires & Politicians

Agata Soroko, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa. ______Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic threw the global economy into a crisis in March 2020, I wrote an essay expressing my hope that the unfolding financial collapse wouldn’t...

, by Agata Soroko

Tax-Free Bitcoin Mining, Robinhood Debuts on Nasdaq + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. ___Mining newsCrypto platform Choice and Compass Mining, a marketplace for Bitcoin (BTC) miners, said that their US-based clients can...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Signs of a Crypto Regulatory Climbdown from South Korea’s Ruling Party

South Korean ruling party’s crypto task force has met with a number of major domestic crypto exchanges – an indication that it could advise the government to revise or even soften its hardline policy on regulation.As reported, the next South Korean presidential election is scheduled to...

, by Tim Alper

Senator Elizabeth Warren Keeps Crypto FUD Fighters Busy Again

Popular US Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren commented on crypto and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) again, immediately mobilizing crypto advocates.This time, the senator argued that "we have a lot of problems in our financial system right now," one of them being large banks controlling...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Demonstrators Hold Bitcoin Protest Outside El Salvador Parliament

A group of protesters has taken to the streets outside the National Assembly in El Salvador to voice their disdain for President Nayib Bukele’s Bitcoin Law, an act that will make bitcoin (BTC) legal tender as of September.Opposition voices have made their feelings clear in the nation’s...

, by Tim Alper

China Hits out at Senators Who Asked for an Olympic Block on Digital Yuan

Beijing has lashed out at three Republican senators who have asked the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to block American athletes from using the digital yuan, the central bank digital currency (CBDC) that China is hoping to dazzle the world with at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics,...

, by Tim Alper

‘Unprecedented’ Alliance Against China, Crypto Investment Flows + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. ____Politics news"An unprecedented group" of allies and partners – including the European Union, the United Kingdom, and NATO...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Unconfirmed Stablecoin Report Brings Confusion Amid Bukele’s Bitcoin Law

A Salvadorian economist has hit out at President Nayib Bukele and his younger twin brothers – after a report claimed that the Bukele family has been secretly planning the release of a stablecoin and a crypto wallet.Per El Diario de Hoy’s website ElSalvador.com, economist Tatiana...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoin Shows Resilience Amid Global Political Pushback

The market has fared better than some may have expected. Regulatory actions aren’t the only cause of the market’s current woes. The market's sharp reactions highlight its infancy. "Trying to stop BTC is like trying to stop the Internet: you can't."The cryptoasset market remains in...

, by Simon Chandler

Paraguayan MP To Test BTC Bill This Week, JPMorgan Questions Bukele’s Move

Traditional financial analysts are pouring uninformed scorn on El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin (BTC) adoption plans – while a Paraguayan MP says he has backing from a senator in his bid to launch a similar project in his own country.One of the most vocal of the...

, by Tim Alper

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