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US Senate Plans Hearing to Scrutinize Future of Bitcoin and Crypto

United States senators plan to dive into crypto during a committee hearing on digital currencies and blockchain next week. The…

July 24, 2019

Swiss Regulators Say They Want Answers on Facebook’s Libra

Facebook’s management has not yet provided additional requested information regarding its cryptocurrency project to Switzerland’s regulatory authorities.  Headquartered in Geneva,…

July 24, 2019

Ethereum Co-Founder and Ripple Executive Join New York’s Digital Currency Taskforce

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin and Ripple director of regulatory relations Ryan Zagone have been appointed to New York's new Digital…

July 24, 2019

Fed Bullard Says Cryptocurrencies Won’t Win the Global Currency Competition

Speaking at an annual meeting in New York on Friday, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard says he views cryptocurrencies…

July 19, 2019

Leading Crypto Broker Seeks Banking License in Switzerland

Bitcoin Suisse AG, a Swiss crypto financial broker, is the latest business to attempt to form a bridge between traditional…

July 19, 2019

Chinese Court Declares Bitcoin Legally Protected Asset: Report

A founding partner of the venture capital and private equity firm Primitive Ventures says a court case in China may…

July 19, 2019

Coinbase CEO Says Crypto Has Entered ‘Step 3’ As Extreme Crypto Bashing Escalates

In his cryptocurrency briefing on Monday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin supported President Donald Trump's crypto tweet affirming that cryptocurrencies…

July 18, 2019

Japan Eyes Development of SWIFT-Like Platform for Cryptocurrencies: Report

While world leaders are facing the threat of Libra and Facebook's massive userbase of 2.5 billion, enough to transform the…

July 18, 2019

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says Payments Innovation Needs Regulation – But Doesn’t Need Facebook

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is sharing his thoughts about Libra, regulators and the future of the new digital economy as…

July 17, 2019

Meltem Demirors Weighs in on ‘Shitcoin’ vs. Bitcoin – for Congress

Meltem Demirors is on the record as the crypto insider who responded to the call of explaining the difference between…

July 17, 2019