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$236,000,000,000 in ‘Improper Payments’ Made by US Government in One Year, Exposing Material Weakness in Internal Controls: Report

The US government is botching hundreds of billions of dollars of payments per year, according to a new report. The…

March 29, 2024

Brad Garlinghouse Predicts Regulatory Clarity for Stablecoins in 2024, Says Dollar-Pegged Crypto Solves Real Need

Ripple Labs chief executive Brad Garlinghouse is predicting that regulatory clarity will come to stablecoins in 2024. In a new…

January 21, 2024

US Crypto Firms Break New Record, Spending $18.96 Million on Lobbying in 2023: Report

US crypto firms are reportedly breaking records in terms of how much they’ve spent on lobbying in 2023. According to…

December 5, 2023

Coinbase Witnesses 200% Jump in Information Requests From Government Agencies and Law Enforcement Since 2020

US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has seen a two-fold increase in the number of customer information requests from government and law…

December 1, 2023

$3,600,000 To Be Handed Out With No Strings Attached in Large American City’s Basic Income Pilot

A California city with 76,000 residents is preparing to hand $3.6 million out to people with no strings attached in…

September 9, 2023

$200,000,000 for Cash Handouts With No Strings Attached Allocated Across US As Basic Income Trials Come To 24 States: Report

A total of 24 states across the US are testing the benefits of offering basic income with no strings attached…

August 4, 2023

Payments Giant Western Union Collaborates With $75,000,000,000 Bank on US CBDC Pilot Study

Payments giant Western Union is collaborating with a $75 billion bank to study the effects of a US central bank…

August 4, 2023

Cardano Creator Charles Hoskinson Says CBDC Fears Are Justified, Warns They Could Be Seized by the Government

The co-founder of smart contract platform Cardano (ADA) says that fears surrounding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are justified as…

May 26, 2023

Ripple Unveils CBDC Platform To Enable Governments and Other Institutions To Issue National Digital Currencies

Payments platform Ripple is unveiling a new protocol that would allow large-scale institutions to issue their own central bank digital…

May 18, 2023

Analytics Firm Glassnode Tackles Rumors That Mt. Gox and US Government’s Bitcoin Is on the Move

Crypto analytics firm Glassnode says the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox is not moving Bitcoin (BTC) at this time. Mt.…

May 3, 2023