US lawmakers discuss crypto’s role in sanctions, national security and humanitarian aid

Industry experts and lawmakers who spoke at a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs clashed on how the country should handle digital assets used for illicit purposes. Speaking remotely in a Thursday hearing on “Understanding the Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance,” Michael Chobanian, the founder of Kuna crypto exchange and president of Blockchain Association of Ukraine, called out Binance. He claimed the crypto exchange was “still working with the ruble” and implied the firm was not in compliance with current sanctions…

Why This 111-Year-Old Investment Firm Is Launching a DAO

Kurzweil said there are five core components of what Bessemer hopes the DAO will do and how it will provide portfolio support for founders and companies: talent introductions, business development through networking, community, tokenomics and, eventually, an education track around investment themes and areas of innovation. Source

Sberbank Gets License From Russian Central Bank to Issue, Exchange Digital Assets

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Bitcoin se mantiene por encima de $40.000 después de la subida de la Fed

La capitalización del mercado de criptomonedas creció 4% en la última jornada, hasta $1.82 billones. El Índice de Dominio de Bitcoin subió 0,2 puntos, hasta 42,8%. El Índice de Miedo y Codicia, que calcula el sentimiento del mercado, sumó 3 puntos más en el día para llevar el nivel de “miedo” a 27, lo que sugiere una mejora del sentimiento entre los inversores. Original

Crypto Biz: Have you considered a career in crypto? March 11-17

Companies like Visa and Nomura Holdings have set up dedicated crypto departments as they continue to embrace digital assets. Analyzing the labor market is a passion of mine. In my past life, I worked as a labor market analyst for a Canadian think tank specializing in the IT sector. Tech employees always enjoyed higher demand, higher pay and lower jobless rates than workers in the rest of the economy.  Although blockchain and crypto were virtually nonexistent during my tenure, these emerging technologies are now leading exponential growth for an industry…

WARNING!! THIS CRASH OF BITCOIN IS TELLING ME SOMETHING BIG BEGINS NEXT WEEK!!!

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io WARNING!! We predicted this Bitcoin crash would come and next week something big is going to happen!! Will it be a big crash if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates early next week?? With today’s inflation data being released at 7.9% very likely the FED will begin raising rates. Will they shock the world and raise them by 50 basis points? Or come in at expectation and raise them by 25 basis points or not raise them at all? Tune in for…

Exchange Reserve Loses Another 50k BTC Over Past Week

On-chain data shows the Bitcoin exchange reserve has lost another 50k BTC over the past week, a sign that could be bullish for the price of the crypto. Bitcoin Exchange Reserve Continues To Observe Further Decline In Recent Weeks As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, 50k BTC in net outflows has exited exchange wallets over the past week. The “all exchanges reserve” is an indicator that measures the total amount of Bitcoin stored in wallets of all centralized exchanges. When the value of this metric goes…

NFT Weekly Sales Volume Improves Jumping 17% Higher Than the Week Prior – Bitcoin News

After cryptocurrency assets jumped in value this week, following the Federal Reserve’s rate hike on Wednesday, non-fungible token (NFT) weekly sales volume data shows an improvement from last week’s sales metrics. At the time of writing, in terms of seven-day sales volume, the aggregate NFT sales volume increased by 17.86% this week to $457 million. NFT Sales Rebound — BAYC, MAYC, Meebits Lead the Pack Non-fungible token (NFT) sales volume has rebounded this week after weeks of sliding sales volumes. According to statistics from cryptoslam.io, out of 15 different blockchain…

AVAX, RUNE up Over 10%, as CAKE Surges 20% on Thursday – Market Updates Bitcoin News

AVAX was once again higher on Thursday, rising for its fourth consecutive session, as it further cements itself in the crypto top ten. Although RUNE was also trading by as much as 15% higher, it was CAKE that led Thursday’s gainers. Pancakeswap (CAKE) Pancakeswap (CAKE) rose to its highest level in almost four weeks on Thursday, as it moved away from its recent lows. Following a bottom of $5.37 on Wednesday, which was close to a one-year low, CAKE/USD climbed by as much as 21% today. CAKE rallied to an…