Day: May 25, 2022

Russian Court Acknowledges Crypto as a Form of Payment

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Russia has joined the list of countries that have adopted cryptocurrency as a means of payment. However, this might be less so from an eagerness to adopt the world of crypto, but rather may be related to the sanctions imposed on the country due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. This Russian court ruling that allows crypto as a payment method came just a week after the Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov hinted that the country would soon make crypto a legal form of payment. As…

Bitcoin Consolidation Uninspiring, But Run To Near $33k On The Cards

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The spring is being compressed further as Bitcoin swings continue to diminish. Since the commencement of active trading in New York, the lower bound of the trading range has shifted to $29K, where the BTCUSD has found support. The top bound of the constructed triangle has advanced to $30.5K, up 1.8 percent from current prices of $30K in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin Consolidation Uninspiring As range adherence continued, Bitcoin (BTC) momentarily returned to $30,000 before the May 25 Wall Street open. While it may appear dull at first glance,…

A New Terra Network Is Coming With Support From Major Exchanges, LUNA and UST Holders Eligible for Airdropped Tokens – Bitcoin News

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According to a recent announcement from the Terra blockchain team, the community voted and passed a proposal that plans to launch a new genesis version of the Terra blockchain without an algorithmic stablecoin. The governance proposal called “Terra Ecosystem Revival Plan 2” has been amended and the final release of the new Terra Core codebase has been released to prepare for the new network. Terra Ecosystem Rebirth to Happen on May 27, Latest Version of Terra Core Has Been Released and Audited On May 27, a new blockchain will launch…

‘Extreme fear’ grips Bitcoin price, but analysts point to signs of a potential reversal

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The cryptocurrency market settled into a holding pattern on May 25 after traders opted to sit on the sidelines ahead of the midday Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting where the Federal Reserve signaled that it intends to continue on its path of raising interest rates. According to data from Alternative.me, the Fear and Greed Index seeing its longest run of extreme fear since the market crash in Mach 2020. Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price action for…

Bankman-Fried faces down roomful of futures industry insiders at CFTC roundtable

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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried did a lot of talking at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff roundtable on non-intermediation Wednesday. He fielded questions and issues from 31 industry professionals about the FTX.US application to offer clearing of margined products, including crypto-based products, without a futures commission merchant (FCM) intermediary.  Many participants felt the need to mention their devotion to innovation and declared that they do not see the proposed new technology as an “us versus them” situation. Joe Cisewski of Pantera Capital said that just six or…

The New Ways of Making Money in the Metaverse

Some traditional internet business models, like advertising, are likely to persist in the metaverse. However, with blockchain-adjacent technologies such as decentralized identity and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP), one’s privacy can actually be preserved in the metaverse, if we construct the foundations just right. Nonetheless, leveraging these kinds of privacy and identity technologies, especially ZKPs, may come with the additional hurdle of poorer latency [because] the zero-knowledge proof itself can be computationally expensive to perform. Source