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Texas securities regulator investigates Celsius over withdrawal suspension: Report

The Texas State Securities Board has reportedly opened an investigation into crypto lending platform Celsius Network over its decision to suspend user withdrawals. According to a Thursday report from Reuters, Texas State Securities Board director of enforcement division Joseph Rotunda said the regulator began investigating Celsius on Monday shortly after the platform announced it would be “pausing all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts.” Rotunda reportedly called the investigation a “priority” for the Texas regulator. “I am very concerned that clients — including many retail investors — may need to…

Accepting Bitcoin for your business just like Tesla: Report

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Tesla temporarily embracing Bitcoin (BTC) as a method of payment for its products was conceivably one of the catalysts that pushed asset prices to record highs last year and put the spotlight on crypto legitimacy — particularly in the realm of payments. Moreover, crypto enthusiasts had lauded the fact that Tesla even set up its own node to accept BTC and stated that it wouldn’t swap its holdings for fiat, implying high confidence in the crypto’s long-term prospects. But despite having backtracked and ceased its Bitcoin acceptance a few months after…

Banking uses 56 times more energy than Bitcoin: Valuechain report

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Fresh figures on Bitcoin’s (BTC) energy consumption, efficiency and scalability serve to expose the banking sector while bathing the world’s largest cryptocurrency in a new light.  A research report published by Michel Khazzaka, an IT engineer, cryptographer and consultant, calculates that Bitcoin payments are a “million times more efficient” than the legacy financial system. Plus, the banking sector “uses 56 times more energy than Bitcoin.” The report compiles almost four years of research and suggests a new calculation for estimating Bitcoin’s proof-of-work energy consumption. In an interview, Khazzaka told Cointelegraph: “Bitcoin…

Metaverse could be worth $5 trillion by 2030: McKinsey report

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Global spending in the metaverse could reach $5 trillion by 2030, according to a new report from international consulting firm McKinsey & Company.  Published yesterday, the 77-page report titled “Value Creation in the Metaverse” analyzed current adoption trends and drew additional insight from two global surveys; one gathered data from 3,104 consumers across 11 countries, while the other polled a range of executives from 448 companies across 15 industries in 10 different countries. McKinsey used this data to predict that the future of consumer behavior in the metaverse will most…

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Says Exchange Will Launch Big Hiring Spree During Crypto Bear Market: Report

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The world’s largest digital assets exchange is planning a hiring spree as some of its competitors slash jobs during the current crypto market downturn. According to a new report by Fortune, Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, says that the company has secured the resources to hire more employees as well as focus on acquisitions. Zhao’s announcement comes at a time when other prominent crypto firms, such as Coinbase, Gemini, Crypto.com, and BlockFi all announced significant layoffs. “We have a very healthy war chest; we in fact are expanding hiring right…

FINRA may hire employees terminated from crypto firms: Report

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The United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, reportedly plans to “bulk up” its capability to monitor crypto — a move that could include scooping up employees recently terminated from crypto companies. According to a Tuesday Reuters report, FINRA president and CEO Robert Cook encouraged crypto workers who expect to be on the chopping block to reach out to the financial regulator as part of its efforts to increase resources related to the space. Major crypto exchanges in the United States including Coinbase and Gemini have announced plans to cut…

Illicit crypto usage as a percent of total usage has fallen: Report

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Illicit cryptocurrency activity in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 has declined as a percentage of overall crypto activity, according to blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace. The cryptocurrency industry has long held a reputation in some jurisdictions as a haven for illegal activity. However, CipherTrace estimates that illicit activity was between 0.62% and 0.65% of overall cryptocurrency activity in 2020. The firm reported that it has now fallen to between 0.10% and 0.15% of overall activity in 2021. Source: CipherTrace In its Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report released June…