The U.S. government is sending USDC payments to Venezuela using Circle and Airtm to bypass Nicolas Maduro, the nation’s dictator.
Cryptocurrency investigation firm Chainalysis expects to raise $100 million venture capital at a $1 billion valuation as early as next week, the company told Forbes.
MicroStrategy executives are on the hunt for blockchain experts who could help the publicly traded firm build a suite of bitcoin data services.
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- Japan continues to build its regulatory framework for digital assets.
- After difficult years due to heavy-handed regulation in light of several hacks, Japanese cryptocurrency businesses might finally be able to expand at home and abroad.
Institutional buyers are loading up on BTC puts, Deribit analysts say. Goldman Sachs thinks the “digital yuan” could be in a billion hands in a decade.
Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what’s wrong with the financial system.
Bitcoin’s “rich list” hits an all-time high alongside the meteoric price rally.
MicroStrategy is in the early stages of developing what could become commercial bitcoin data products.
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- CGI influencer Miquela is selling NFT-based art on SuperRare.
- Her creator hopes the project will inspire real artists to explore crypto art marketplaces.
- SuperRare’s CEO calls the project a “metaverse experiment.”
Olaf Scholz said banks need to adapt for a digital world but seemed to rule out private digital currencies from that future.
