Latam Insights: Brazil to Offer Bitcoin Futures, Paraguay Battles Mining, Worldcoin Wins in Chile Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Brazilian …
Solana Foundation Asserts Core Network Should Be Permissionless Regarding Offensive Meme Coin Issues The Solana Foundation has given its take on the offensive meme coin issue that originates on the Solana blockchain. Austin Federa, head of strategy a…
Buterin, Yakovenko and Gün Sirer: Crypto Creators Take on the Meme Coin Phenomenon The meme coin phenomenon, where communities produce tokens with no other support than a meme behind it, has given rise to opposing opinions. These ra…
LMAX CEO Expects Bitcoin to Trade in Six Digits in the Future The chief executive of LMAX Group says he expects bitcoin to trade in six digits in the future. He explained that based solely on supply and demand, …
Detained Binance Executive Sues Nigerian Anti-Graft Agency for ‘Fundamental Rights’ Violation The Binance executive who is being held by Nigerian law enforcement has sued the country’s anti-corruption agency for violating his fundamental right…
Families Worth up to $100 Million Prefer Algorithmic Cryptocurrencies to Tokens — Study Families with a net worth of up to $100 million exhibit a strong preference for algorithmic cryptocurrencies over tokens (4.32% versus 0.92%), a new …
Bitwise Sees ‘Raging’ Bitcoin Bull Market — Expects April Halving to Be ‘the Most Impactful We’ve Seen” Bitwise Asset Management believes that “bitcoin is in a raging bull market” in the long term. Its chief executive anticipates the upcoming bitcoin ha…
Robert Kiyosaki Urges Ditching US Dollar for Bitcoin — Warns Boomers’ Retirements Going Broke as Paper Assets Crash Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has urged investors to ditch the U.S. dollar and buy bitcoin alongside gold and silver. He warned that “baby…
TRM Labs Report: Tether’s USDT Was the Go-to Stablecoin for Illicit Activities in 2023 A report issued by TRM Labs indicated that Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin in the cryptocurrency industry, was the preferred stablecoin used fo…
Galaxy CEO: US Debt Crisis Drives Demand for Bitcoin Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has proposed several measures to prevent a U.S. debt spiral. The executive explained that the U.S. debt crisis make…
Quadrigacx Co-Founder Compelled to Account for 45-Bar Gold Stash Michael Patryn, co-founder of the now-defunct Quadrigacx cryptocurrency exchange, has been compelled by Canadian officers to explain the origin of hi…
Vitalik Buterin Explores Blobs and Parallelization in L2 Rollup Analysis In a recent deep dive into Ethereum’s future scalability and infrastructure, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discusses the latest introduction of…
TRON DAO Reveals Exciting Updates to Sponsor and Judge List for HackaTRON Season 6 PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland, March 28, 2024 – HackaTRON Season 6, co-hosted between TRON DAO, HTX DAO, BitTorrent Chain, and JustLend DAO, int…
Celo Cements Its Stablecoin Allegiance: Transaction Fees Now Can Be Paid With Stablecoins Celo, a low-fee, usability-focused blockchain network, has approved a proposal to allow transaction fees to be paid with stablecoins. Network users c…
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink ‘Very Bullish’ on Bitcoin — Hails IBIT ‘the Fastest Growing ETF’ Ever The CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, Larry Fink, says he is “very bullish on the long-term viability of Bitcoin.” Noting that he …
LendFi Revolutionizes DeFi Landscape With Comprehensive App Launch PRESS RELEASE. In an exhilarating development for the decentralized finance (DeFi) community, LendFi announces the launch of its innovative app, now …
Nigerian Central Bank Not in Charge of Crypto Regulation, Says Governor According to the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange Commission is responsible for regulating cryptocurrencies. Howe…
Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, and Singularitynet to Merge Tokens Into ‘Artificial Superintelligence’ Coin The teams from Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, and Singularitynet (SNET), three top projects in artificial intelligence (AI) on the blockchain, have announ…
CFTC Takes Legal Action Against Kucoin, Highlights BTC, ETH, and LTC as Commodities The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against Kucoin, emphasizing the classification of bitcoin, ethereum, and lit…
Peter Brandt: Bitcoin Vying to Replace Fiat Currencies as Primary Store of Value Veteran trader and renowned chartist Peter Brandt says bitcoin is “vying to become the Level 1 ‘store-of-value’ standard replacing fiat currencies an…
Robert Kiyosaki Sees Bitcoin as ‘Perfect Asset at the Right Time’ — Calls US Dollar ‘Giant Ponzi Scheme’ Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has answered multiple questions about bitcoin and the U.S. dollar. Declaring that he is a bitcoin bull, the …
Coinbase to Shift USDC Accounts to Its Layer Two Blockchain Base Coinbase plans to transition more customer and corporate Usd coin (USDC) stablecoin accounts to Base, its Ethereum layer two blockchain, aiming for r…
SEC Asks Judge to Fine Ripple $2 Billion in XRP Case — Ripple CEO Says ‘There Is Absolutely No Precedent for This’ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking nearly $2 billion in fines from Ripple Labs in the ongoing XRP lawsuit. “There is absolu…
Roger Ver Rejects Blockstream CEO’s Invitation, Remains Loyal to Bitcoin Cash Over BTC Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin investor, has decided to continue supporting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) over Bitcoin (BTC) despite an invitation from Blockstream…
Robert Kiyosaki Predicts Bitcoin Hitting $100K by September — Plans to Buy BTC This Week as Halving Nears Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has updated his bitcoin price prediction. He now anticipates the cryptocurrency reaching $100K by September.…
GAIMIN’s GMRX Listed on Cryptocurrency Exchanges PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 25th March 2024 – GAIMIN, the world’s leader in delivering GPU-based decentralised data processing services through …
Hedging Shields Portfolios from Whales Known to ‘Sell Their Losses to Retail Investors’ – Robby Greenfield Despite the notion that portfolio hedging is a preserve for institutional investors, Robby Greenfield, the CEO of Umoja Labs, says even retail invest…
Skybridge Capital Founder Advises ‘Act Like You’re Dead With Your Bitcoin and Don’t Sell’ Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has advised bitcoin investors to act like they are dead with their coins and not sell them. “Don’t do an…
JPMorgan: Bitcoin Still Overbought Despite Price Drop Global investment bank JPMorgan has cautioned that bitcoin is still overbought despite the crypto’s recent price decline. JPMorgan’s analysts expect …
Japanese Crypto Influencer Calls Ethereum Improvement Proposal 4844 a ‘Layer 1 Middle Ground’ According to Mai Fujimoto, a Japanese crypto influencer and co-founder of Intmax, the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4844 – also known as proto-…
Bitcoin Tops Crypto Priority for Blackrock Clients as IBIT Holdings Reach 243K BTC Blackrock’s head of digital assets has revealed that bitcoin is the overwhelming favorite cryptocurrency for the asset management firm’s clients. “An…
Renowned Investor Jim Rogers Expects All Cryptocurrencies to ‘Disappear’ — Says Bitcoin Will ‘Go to Zero Someday’ Veteran investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, expects all cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin,…
Robert F Kennedy Jr Sees Cryptocurrency as the ‘Best’ Inflation Hedge — Says Crypto ‘Takes Control Away From the Government’ U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) says cryptocurrency is the “best hedge against inflation.” He stressed that crypto “takes…
Ripple CEO Expects SEC to Lose Against Ethereum, Mirroring XRP Lawsuit Outcome Ripple’s chief executive believes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be unsuccessful in classifying ether as a security, similar …
Avalanche Doubles Down on Meme Coins: Announces $1 Million Liquidity Mining Incentives Program The Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of Memecoin Rush, a program designed to incentivize meme coin liquidity providers on selected platforms…
Crypto Exchange Okx Shuts Down Services in India Due to Regulations — Advises Users to Withdraw All Funds Cryptocurrency exchange Okx has notified its users in India that the platform is shutting down services in the country “due to local regulations.” Th…
Peter Schiff Highlights Problem With Owning Bitcoin ETF — BTC Investors Respond Self-Custody Is Key Gold bug Peter Schiff has highlighted a problem with owning spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). However, the issue Schiff pinpointed isn’t uni…
Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Robert Kiyosaki Advises Buying as Much Bitcoin as You Can Afford Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has advised investors to buy as many bitcoins as they can afford, noting that China is in trouble and this i…
Greenpeace’s Anti-Bitcoin “Mining for Power” Report Receives Fierce Backlash on X “Mining for Power,” an anti-Bitcoin report by Greenpeace USA that explains the links between the bitcoin mining industry and fossil fuel companies, h…
Coinbase to Provide Key Infrastructure for Blackrock’s Tokenized Investment Fund Coinbase has been chosen as a key infrastructure provider for Blackrock’s newly unveiled tokenized investment fund, the crypto exchange has revealed.…
Meme Coin Prices Slide Again But Dogecoin20 Has Raised $3.5m Meme coin mania has taken a backseat in recent days as the speculation that drove viral tokens to billions in market cap cools off. With the broader …
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Defense Challenges ‘Super-Villain’ Narrative in Sentencing Debate In a detailed letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan, the legal representatives for Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, ha…
Goldman Sachs Sees More Institutions Diving Into Crypto — Says Bitcoin ETFs Prompt a ‘Psychological Shift’ Goldman Sachs is seeing more institutions diving into crypto, the global investment bank’s head of digital assets has revealed, noting that until now…
‘Wolf of All Streets’ Warns Bitcoin Market Could ‘Cool off Massively’ Scott Melker, also known as the “Wolf of All Streets,” has shared some concerns regarding the bitcoin market. Pointing to his “top signals,” he cauti…
Salvadoran Press Raises Doubts on Piggy Bank Funds’ Ownership: 80% of BTC Came From Bitfinex Reports from local Salvadoran press are raising questions about President Bukele’s announcement last week, when he transferred 5,690 BTC to a cold wa…
Blackrock Aims to Launch Tokenized Investment Fund, Seeks SEC Nod for ‘BUIDL’ Fund on Ethereum The globe’s most substantial asset manager by assets under management, Blackrock, has submitted a form to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Binance CEO Now Expects Bitcoin Price to Top Earlier Estimate of $80K This Year Binance CEO Richard Teng now expects the price of bitcoin to surpass his earlier estimate of $80,000 this year. The executive anticipates continued s…
Spanish Court Upholds Privacy Watchdog’s Decision to Halt Worldcoin Activities The Audiencia Nacional (National Hearing), a Spanish special tribunal, has maintained the measures that the AEPD, the private data watchdog in the co…
Argentine Senate Passes Reform Creating Cryptocurrency Entities Registry The Argentine Senate passed a law that creates a registry for any institution that offers cryptocurrency services in the country. The CNV, the Argent…
Dubai International Financial Centre Enacts Digital Assets Law The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the largest free zones of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region, has enacted…
Dave Ramsey Sides With Warren Buffett on Bitcoin — Calls BTC Currency Based on Thin Air Personal finance expert and best-selling author Dave Ramsey says he agrees with Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett regarding bitcoin. Viewing the …