Sitharaman has previously called for global collaboration to decide on crypto’s future and has been cautious against mainstream crypto adoption citing risks to financial stability. The finance minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, revealed India’s plan to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for cryptocurrencies during its G20 presidency, from Dec. 1, 2022, to Nov. 30, 2023....Continue Reading

After repayment of TrueFi’s $92 million loan, Wintermute still owes $97.4 million to Maple Finance and Clearpool in loans. When Wintermute, a cryptocurrency market maker, lost $160 million due to a hack, concerns related to the repayment of debt worth $189.4 million surfaced. However, in an exciting turn of events, Wintermute paid back its largest...Continue Reading

Web3 browsers like Brave allow users to access DApps, integrate cryptocurrencies and surf over the decentralized web with greater privacy and security. A software program called a web service enables computer-to-computer communication over the internet. However, web services are nothing new and typically take the form of an application programming interface (API). The Web is...Continue Reading

Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Breaking: Google taps Coinbase to bring crypto payments to cloud services...Continue Reading

Europe will leave the United States behind unless lawmakers act to provide clear regulatory definitions for cryptocurrencies. This month, the European Union (EU) agreed on the text for a unified licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges to operate across the EU bloc as part of its Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). The United States —...Continue Reading

Grayscale’s BTC trust trades at a 36.7% discount to their actual BTC holdings, and it’s possible that more than just the market-wide downtrend stands as the reason for the spread. U.S. investors have been waiting for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval since May 2014 when the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust filed an amendment request at...Continue Reading

Decentralized systems are slowly putting power back in the hands of developers and users — and taking it away from Big Tech companies. While highly regarded even at the time of its writing, Marc Andreessen’s 2011 landmark essay, “Why Software Is Eating the World,” has proven even more prophetic than it seemed at the time....Continue Reading

Bitcoin market participants should not act on emotion, one trader advises as long-term data continues to fit with previous bear markets. Bitcoin (BTC) is showing textbook macro bottom signs in a “business as usual” bear market, data suggests. In fresh findings published on Oct. 13, popular Twitter trader Alan revealed that BTC price action is...Continue Reading

A CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) NFT is an NFT with a copyright in which the owner permits anyone to use the NFT for commercial gain. What are the future possibilities with CC0 NFTs? The world of NFTs is in its infancy. As artists and creators explore ways to create and monetize their content, products and...Continue Reading

The Texas state authorities, SSB and DOB, argued that Voyager fails to explain the methodology used to calculate the average coin prices, among others. The Texas State Securities Board (SSB) and the Texas Department of Banking (DOB) raised an objection in court against Voyager Digital’s disclosure statement, questioning the various methodologies and calculations used to...Continue Reading