Good morning. Here’s what’s happening: Market moves: Bitcoin led a broad crypto recovery ahead of the U.S. CPI release. Technician’s take: Buyers started to return to the market, although the upside seemed limited to the $45,000 level. Catch the latest episodes of CoinDesk TV for insightful interviews with crypto industry leaders and analysis. Prices Bitcoin (BTC): $42,806 +2.4% Ether (ETH): $3,240 +5.2% Markets S&P 500: $4,713 +0.9% DJIA: $36,252 +0.5% Nasdaq: $15,153 +1.4% Gold: $1,821 +1.1% Market moves Bitcoin went up as high as $43,106 on Tuesday, leading a broad…
Day: January 11, 2022
Cardano Foundation Completes Funding To Plant 1 Million Trees
Last year, the Cardano Foundation announced that it was partnering with Veritree to plant a million trees. This partnership was part of the project’s commitment towards going carbon green and helping to combat climate change. Over the next few months, the foundation had continued to push this project, raising money in the process for the trees. Now, the foundation is ready to begin planting its million trees as it completes funding for its project. Cardano To Plan 1 Million Trees In Kenya In a recent tweet, Chief Executive Officer of…
Republic of Palau and Cryptic Labs launch digital residency program
The Republic of Palau and blockchain development firm Cryptic Labs announced the launch of the Root Name System (RNS), a digital residency program on Tuesday. To inaugurate the partnership between Palau, Cryptic Labs and the sovereign-backed digital residency program, Palau’s President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. signed an agreement to grant “all global users” digital residency through the RNS under the country’s Digital Residency Act. The Republic of Palau is located in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of about 340 islands inhabited by 18,221 residents. President Whipps said: “Our Digital Residency…
Crypto Tops Investor Threats for US Securities Regulators – Bitcoin News
U.S. state securities regulators have revealed that cryptocurrency investments are their top investor threat this year. “Before you jump into the crypto craze, be mindful that cryptocurrencies and related financial products may be nothing more than public facing fronts for Ponzi schemes and other frauds,” one regulator warned. Crypto Is the Top Threat for US Securities Regulators The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released its “annual list of top investor threats” Monday. The NASAA, formed in 1919, is a nonprofit association of state, provincial, and territorial securities regulators in…
Key on-chain metric shows Bitcoin miners in ‘massive’ BTC accumulation mode
New data shows that Bitcoin (BTC) miners are hoarding more coins than at any time in the past five months, which could be a fresh signal that the current prices are not for selling. Analyzing its miner net position change indicator on Jan. 11, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode revealed what popular Twitter account Bitcoin Archive described as “massive” accumulation by miners. Miners show no desire to sell Bitcoin price may be disappointing spot traders this year, but long-time market participants are anything but concerned. In addition to strong hands or…
Powell Says Fed Will Release Crypto Report ‘Within Weeks’
CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal At Tuesday’s hearing, Powell was asked by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the committee’s ranking member, whether a CBDC couldn’t coexist with “well-regulated, privately issued stablecoins,” if Congress gave the Fed the authority to pursue the digital currency. Original Source The post Powell Says Fed Will Release Crypto Report ‘Within Weeks’ appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal
Powell Tells Senate Fed Will Release Its Crypto Report ‘Within Weeks’
At Tuesday’s hearing, Powell was asked by Ranking Member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) whether, if the Fed was given authorization from Congress to pursue a CBDC, if that would mean that a CBDC could not coexist with “well-regulated, privately-issued stablecoins.” Source
Bitrue Is Launching a New Yield Farming Hub – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. In the world of cryptocurrencies, it is important for any crypto exchange to offer plenty of different options when it comes to making money. This is precisely why Bitrue, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced the launch of a new yield farming hub, available to all of its users from January 10th at 10:00 UTC. The main reason and context behind this new initiative has to do with the fact that staking and yield farming have become immensely popular methods through which investors can earn…
BitMEX Compliance Chief Malcolm Wright Jumps to Shyft Network
“With DeFi, DAOs and NFTs reaching critical mass over the past 12 months, Shyft is trailblazing the way in addressing multiple challenges for financial services firms and governments that go far beyond Travel Rule,” Wright said in a statement, referring to decentralized finance, decentralized autonomous organizations and non-fungible tokens. Source
Why The Stellar Development Foundation Launched New Account Model
Via an official blog post, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced a new account model called Muxed. Created to remove friction and facilitate user interaction with the account model based on this network, and the multiple services build on top of it, the Muxed accounts seem to be an important improvement for the entire ecosystem. Related Reading | Stellar Network Processes 1.8 Billion Transactions, Was 2021 Its Best Year Ever? According to the post, a Muxed account is one that combines the GABC and 64-bit integer ID to create a…