Day: May 8, 2026

HarrisX Poll Found 52% of Registered Voters Support the CLARITY Act

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Nearly half of US voters are willing to cross party lines to get clear crypto regulation off the ground, while public support for the CLARITY Act could bring an electoral benefit for politicians, according to a new survey from HarrisX. The poll included responses from 2,008 registered voters from May 1-4. It found that 52% of respondents support the CLARITY Act, with just 11% opposed.  About half, or 47%, said they would consider voting for a candidate outside their preferred party if that candidate backed the bill and their own…

Zcash Price Soars as Traders Rotate Into Privacy-Focused Crypto

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Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) has spiked by more than 70% over the past week as crypto traders have been paying closer attention to privacy-focused projects. Zcash traded at about $346 on Friday, May 1, before hitting a seven-day peak of $593.86 on Wednesday. It has since settled at around $570 as of Friday, according to CoinGecko. Pav Hundal, lead market analyst at crypto exchange Swyftx, told Cointelegraph that traders have begun paying closer attention to privacy projects “amid broader concerns about the impact of AI, quantum computing and financial surveillance…

US Nabs 8 ‘Laptop Farmers’ for North Korea over 5 months

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US prosecutors said they have secured eight sentences in the last five months against people acting as US-based proxies for North Korea-based IT workers, shedding new light on how they have been able to infiltrate US companies.  Two men have been sentenced this month alone. The Justice Department said Wednesday that separate courts sentenced Nashville resident Matthew Issac Knoot and New York resident Erick Ntekereze Prince for helping North Koreans work remotely for US companies. The US perpetrators, known as “laptop farmers,” acted as recipients for laptops that US companies…

Coinbase Buys $88 Million Worth of Bitcoin in Q1 2026

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Key Takeaways Coinbase purchased $88 million in bitcoin during Q1 2026, the company disclosed on its earnings call. The buy adds Coinbase to the growing list of publicly traded firms holding bitcoin on their balance sheet. Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas also revealed the company’s USDC deal with Circle cannot be terminated. Strong Accumulation Signal Coinbase, the only major U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange, added bitcoin to its corporate treasury during the first quarter of 2026, disclosing a purchase of $88 million worth of the digital asset on its Q1 earnings call, a…

XRP Preis: “Es gibt KEIN Limit”

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Germany weighs ending Bitcoin’s tax-free holding rule by 2027

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Germany has prepared plans to tighten cryptocurrency taxation from 2027, putting the country’s long-standing tax-free holding benefit for Bitcoin and other digital assets under renewed scrutiny. Summary Germany is considering new crypto tax rules that could end the country’s one-year Bitcoin holding exemption from 2027. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil linked the proposed changes to plans for raising an additional 2 billion euros in tax revenue. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said during an April 29 presentation of Germany’s 2027 federal budget that the government intends to “tax cryptocurrencies differently” as part…

Bitcoin Reclaims Short-Term Holder Cost Basis—What It Means

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Keshav is currently a senior writer at NewsBTC and has been attached to the website since June 14, 2021. Keshav has been writing for many years, first as a hobbyist and later as a freelancer. He has experience working in a variety of niches, even fiction at one point, but the cryptocurrency industry has been the longest he has been attached to. In terms of official educational qualifications, Keshav holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from one of the premier institutes of India, the University of Delhi (DU). He started…

Coinbase Exchange Experiences “Degraded Performance” for Over Two Hours After AWS Outage

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Key Takeaways Coinbase’s exchange suffered a 2+ hour outage on May 8, due to an AWS infrastructure failure. Some Coinbase users could not trade or faced degraded performance during the AWS disruption. Coinbase confirmed it is investigating the issue; no resolution timeline has been shared publicly. Major Disruption Affects Withdrawals, Trades Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, experienced a significant service disruption Friday morning after an outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud infrastructure provider underpinning the platform, knocked out trading access for a…

Dogecoin (DOGE) Back Under Pressure, Rebound Chances Face Big Test

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Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked…

AWS Northern Virginia data center overheats, impacting Coinbase

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Coinbase said on Friday its markets are being placed in “cancel only” mode but will begin to re-enable trading “shortly.” Amazon’s cloud unit said on Friday it is working to restore normal temperature levels at its Northern Virginia data center, which has impacted trading on Coinbase and other websites. “We are observing early signs of recovery. We continue to work towards restoring temperatures to normal levels and bring impacted racks back online in the affected Availability Zone (use1-az4) in the US-EAST-1 Region,” Amazon Web Services said in a status update…