Bitcoin (BTC)

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News issued an article discussing Coinbase and its blocking of roughly 25,000 illicit accounts that supposedly stemmed from Russia. Coinbase Has Nothing Against Russia Despite the conflict occurring in eastern Europe, executives and employees of the digital trading platform stated that the action taken had nothing to do with the war but rather with a larger attempt to battle fraud and illicit behavior in the digital currency industry....

Sandeep Nailwal – CEO and Co-Founder of Polygon – sees massive chaos reigning in the Indian cryptocurrency market. In his view, this disorder causes thousands of developers, investors, and entrepreneurs to leave to countries with more friendly regulatory frameworks. The Uncertainty Causes a Crypto’ Brain Drain’ It is safe to say that India’s digital asset environment is controversial. On one hand, the country has millions of crypto investors, some of whom have even swapped...

En février 2018 nous avions relayé ici une étude scientifique du laboratoire d’économie de l’université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, sur l’image de Bitcoin auprès de la population. Thomas Joubert, doctorant à l’université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, nous informe que l’étude est aujourd’hui relancée afin de comparer les données collectées il y a 4 ans avec de nouvelles données. Si vous possédez des...

Sogenannte Crypto-ATMs werden derzeit in vielen westlichen Ländern hochgezogen. Mit ihnen kann Fiat-Geld in Cryptocoins umgewandelt und übertragen werden. Was in den USA bereits flächendeckend eingesetzt wird, wurde nun von der FCA im Vereinigten Königreich als illegal eingestuft. Bitcoin News: UK deklariert Bitcoin-Geldautomaten als illegalDie FCA ist die Financial Conduct Authority, eine offizielle Stelle des staatlichen Finanzsystems im UK. Auf der Webseite der FCA wurde angekündigt, dass...

The Lower House of Russia’s Parliament – State Duma – has reportedly called upon establishing a regulatory framework on cryptocurrencies rather than imposing a blanket ban on them. The authorities joined the likes of the Finance Ministry, which urged for the same thing. The Never-Ending Saga Earlier this year, the Bank of Russia – the central banking institution of the largest country by landmass – reiterated its negative stance on the crypto sector. It called it a pyramid...

Bitcoin’s price continues to consolidate and has failed to produce a meaningful and sustained movement in any direction. Meanwhile, Ripple’s XRP is the only altcoin in the top 10 that’s charting a serious increase. Bitcoin Consolidation Continues Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin’s price failed to produce any meaningful and sustained move in either direction and is pretty much trading right where it was yesterday during this time – at around $39,000. This doesn’t mean that we...

Joe Biden is slated to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency sometime this week. The executive order will be directed towards the regulation and trading of digital currency. Joe Biden Seeks Further Crypto Establishment Given Biden’s history with crypto, traders should be a little worried about what’s to come. Remember last summer’s infrastructure bill? The document opened the doors to more than a trillion dollars in spending. With a name like infrastructure, one...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of Britain has ordered that all Bitcoin cashpoints in the country be shut down. ATM providers recently received an order from the watchdog to cease operations, or risk facing enforcement action. Weeding Out Money Laundering Bitcoin ATMs allow holders of cash to independently convert their cash into Bitcoin, or vice versa. Given that cash transactions are private, the proliferation of these machines has raised concerns that they could help...

The line between banks and crypto is becoming a lot thinner thanks to republican politicians in Virginia. A new amendment will be signed into law by the state’s conservative governor Glenn Youngkin that will allow banks in Old Dominion to offer crypto assets and services to their customers. Virginia Is Plowing Headfirst Into Crypto Last week, the state senate of Virginia unanimously voted to move forward with a bill amendment that focused on digital currency custody. The...

La proposition MiCA (Markets in crypto-assets) pour une réglementation européenne des marchés des cryptomonnaies, sera soumis au vote du Parlement Européen lundi 14 mars 2022.  Les 159 pages de la version finale du compromis trouvé par les différents groupes parlementaires est disponible ici. Tel qu’il se présente, ce texte alourdi considérablement la règlementation existante. Pénalisant les nouveaux acteurs et freinant les cas...