Former CFTC head Giancarlo said a “central bank mindset” is holding crypto back, and Wetjen saw the need for more entrepreneurialism in regulatory agencies. Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Chris Giancarlo, known by some as Crypto Dad during his tenure from 2017 to 2019, spoke on the topic of U.S. crypto regulation at...Continue Reading

Analysts say BTC’s weakness is exacerbated by institutional investors exiting futures markets, but on-chain data hints that Bitcoin is in an early bottoming process. The cryptocurrency market has experienced another rollercoaster week that saw Ether (ETH) price drop below $3,000 and Bitcoin (BTC) price hit a new multi-month low at $37,700. Equities markets also endured...Continue Reading

The Crypto Law is aimed at making Panama “compatible with the digital economy, blockchain, crypto assets and the internet.” Lawmakers in Panama have passed a bill that will regulate cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, in the Latin American country. In a Thursday tweet, Panamanian pro-crypto congressperson Gabriel Silva said lawmakers had approved the “Panama Crypto Law” following...Continue Reading

Not everyone is convinced that Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will promote free speech. Aave (AAVE) founder Stani Kulechov was temporarily suspended from Twitter this week, mere hours after joking that he was joining the social media company as interim CEO. “BREAKING: Joining Twitter as interim CEO,” Kulechov tweeted on Tuesday in a post that...Continue Reading

More than 550 million active users surf messages on Telegram each month. As told via a Twitter post on Tuesday, instant messaging app Telegram has rolled out crypto payments via Ton Token. To access the feature, users first need to download and install Telegram’s official Wallet bot, which allows them to purchase cryptocurrency by bank...Continue Reading

APE price continues to hit new all-time highs as BAYC, MAYC and NFT investors prepare for the highly anticipated Otherside land auction. The nonfungible token (NFT) and Metaverse sectors have been the bright spots in an otherwise sideways crypto market in 2022 and proof of this comes as the APE token hit a new all-time...Continue Reading

Him Das said FinCEN’s current authority under the PATRIOT Act would likely not stop actors from engaging in illicit transactions for ransomware attacks and darknet markets. Him Das, the acting director of the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, said some of the government bureau’s tools to fight money laundering and terrorism financing...Continue Reading

Blockchain and virtual currencies are set to become vital part of the Argentine capital’s 12-step digital transformation effort. The capital of Argentina and an agglomeration with more than 12 million citizens, Buenos Aires will make blockchain a vital part of its digitalization drive. Specifically, the city will accept public financial transactions in crypto.  As city...Continue Reading

It may not happen, but a crash to $27,000 would be the chance for many investors to “go all in” on BTC. Bitcoin (BTC) is facing calls for a significant price dip this week, and while some favor $30,000, there may be a safer bottom to long BTC. In a tweet on April 28, on-chain...Continue Reading

The group did not appear to be entirely satisfied with the current direction of GameFi. Over the weekend, Climate Replay, which comprises of developers from Mojang Group, the maker of the popular Minecraft series, posted a pledge regarding the responsible integration of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, and digital currencies, into gaming. “Games give us hope...Continue Reading