Day: January 14, 2022

Tether Freezes Over $150M+ Worth Of USDT Stablecoin

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Tether has been one of the biggest question marks in crypto in recent years, and that hasn’t changed as adoption has grown. Decentralization has been a hot topic, and while the word itself isn’t mentioned once throughout Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper, it is a core identity that has been latched on to bitcoin, and crypto in general, since near inception. Of course, decentralization is the core component of just one of many question marks around Tether. However, this week the spotlight is on just that, as Tether announced that roughly…

Second Life creator returns to lay claim to the Metaverse

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The founder of Linden Lab’s virtual online world Second Life Philip Rosedale will be rejoining the project as a strategic advisor to guide its entry to the Metaverse. While he is negative on content interoperability in the Metaverse describing it as “a total fail” he believes an NFT based future is the way forward long term. Second Life is an online social game universe that launched in 2003, when the word “Metaverse” was only being used by Neal Stephenson fans. Since leaving his position as CEO of Linden Labs in…

Coinbase Acquires Fairx Exchange to Make Derivatives Market Approachable for Millions of Retail Customers – Exchanges Bitcoin News

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Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired a regulated derivatives trading platform. Coinbase plans to make the derivatives market more approachable to millions of its retail customers. Coinbase Plans to Offer Crypto Derivatives to All US Customers Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange operator Coinbase announced Wednesday that it has acquired Fairx, a regulated derivatives trading platform. Fairx is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a derivatives exchange or Designated Contract Market (DCM). “Through this acquisition, we plan to bring regulated crypto derivatives to market, initially through Fairx’s existing partner ecosystem,”…

Blockchain to enhance water supply chains in northern Australia

A new project in northern Australia is using blockchain technology to improve supply chains in the water market in one of the first applications of its kind. Fast facts More than 1,000 farmers in the northeastern state of Queensland have partnered with blockchain firm Civic Ledger and other groups for the project to address growing water security issues and protect fair access to water, according to a press release. Known as Water Ledger, the project will be incorporated into the Mareeba-Dimbulah Water Supply…

Shiba Inu (SHIB) fetches 30% gain on Robinhood listing rumor and bullish chart pattern

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Shiba Inu (SHIB) seems to be preparing for a bullish breakout as a falling wedge pattern begins to form. The price of SHIB has been trending lower inside an area defined by two contracting trendlines while accompanying a decline in trading volume. That shows that investors have been less concerned about the downtrend.   As a result, falling wedges typically provide an ideal springboard for an upside break once the price closes above the structure’s upper trendline. On Thursday, SHIB showed signs of following a similar topside break. SHIB/USDT daily price chart…

SEC Must Surrender Hinman Email on Ether to Ripple, Judge Rules

SEC attorneys, for their part, have claimed that these documents contain staffer deliberations, and therefore are protected against discovery. District Judge Sarah Netburn, of the Southern District of New York, ruled that some of these documents are indeed protected, but ordered the regulator to turn over others, including an email with Hinman’s speech and some notes from meetings between SEC staffers and third parties that are not Ripple. CryptoX Portal

US Lawmaker Launches Bill to Prohibit the Fed From Issuing Digital Currency Directly to Individuals – Regulation Bitcoin News

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A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill in Congress to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals. “It is important to note that the Fed does not, and should not, have the authority to offer retail bank accounts,” he stressed. Bill Introduced to Prohibit the Fed From Issuing CBDC Directly to Consumers U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) announced Wednesday that he has “introduced a bill prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals.” He explained…