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The debate over whether Bitcoin's fixed supply cap should be lifted has resurfaced after StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson suggested Tuesday that it should replaced with a 4% annual issuance rate.
Australian crypto exchange Swyftx says it will be seeking opportunities in the crypto payments space after securing a license from Australia’s market regulator. Swyftx said on Wednesday that
Strike has launched a Bitcoin-backed loan product built to remove margin calls and price-based liquidations. Summary Strike says its new Bitcoin-backed loans remove price liquidations while k
Core DAO burns a percentage of all block rewards and transaction fees every round, following a model similar to Ethereum's fee-burning approach. The exact percentage is determined by the DAO
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal lawsuit against Trevor Vernon, a North Carolina man, and his company, Argent Capital Management, alleging they operate
BitcoinWorld US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Extend Winning Streak to Three Days With $21.5 Million Inflow U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net inflows of approximately $21.5 mill
MiCA is the European Union's single rulebook for crypto. It applies a single set of licensing, disclosure, and consumer-protection rules across all 27 member states, replacing the patchwork o
The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) is a Layer-1 blockchain built by the DFINITY Foundation with one specific goal: let developers build and host entire web applications directly on a decent
Hedera does not use a blockchain. Instead, it runs on a data structure called a hashgraph, which processes transactions using a gossip protocol and virtual voting rather than a chain of block
Maybe, but only if almost everything goes right over more than four years. The $3,500 figure is one bank's bull case, not a forecast you can set a watch by. Standard Chartered (@StanChart) be
BlackRock and Fidelity are both major players in the crypto market, but they are not building the same thing. BlackRock is using its scale to push blockchain into the infrastructure of tradit
A Stellar anchor is a regulated business, such as a bank, money transfer operator, or licensed fintech, that accepts fiat currency through normal banking rails and issues the equivalent digit
