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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....

Over the last 24 hours, XRP holders have been surprised by fundamentally positive news. The Ripple foundation will claim that the SEC had failed to inform that XRP could potentially violate U.S. law. Accordingly, the SEC’s actions to strike Ripple’s fair affirmative defense are denied. The following analysis aims to speculate the price reaction to this news. Technical Analysis by Grizzly The Daily Chart Ripple (XRP) was one of the Altcoins to form higher lows after the crypto...

In a bid to spread awareness and bolster usage, the Jamaican Government is all set to airdrop $16 (2500 Jamaican dollars) to the first 100,000 citizens setting up Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) wallets after April 1st. Jamaica Digital Exchange (JAM-DEX) While delivering the opening presentation in the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives this week, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke stated that the main objective of the move is...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) became particularly popular in 2021, and the trend continues, albeit a bit slower, in 2022. Users flock to create, sell, and collect various NFTs for many reasons. Some of them like the art, others are trying to speculate on their value, third are used as a part of a blockchain-based game, and so forth. Whatever the reason might be – it appears that NFTs are here to stay. Naturally, Ethereum emerged as the dominant network for their creation, and...

Ripple’s XRP is one of the few large cryptocurrencies that are not trading flat in the past 24 hours but has, in fact, surged by an impressive 16% before retracing. It appears that the most recent development in the company’s case against the Securities and Exchange Commission is perceived well by market participants. Ripple’s Most Recent Court Win Back in December 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Ripple. The watchdog alleged...

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...

Greg Girasole and Alex Kriete, who were spearheading the recently-launched digital assets group for Wall Street giant Citigroup have announced departing the firm. Citi Execs Bid Adieu According to Kriete’s LinkedIn post, the duo is all set to create their own startup in the blockchain and digital asset space. “Over five years ago my personal interest and subsequent writing about blockchain-enabled digital assets (yes, “crypto”) led to an amazing network of colleagues across...

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...

In light of global trade restrictions against Russia, Chainalysis has introduced two new tools for helping businesses ensure that they don’t interact with sanctioned entities through blockchain. Enforcing Sanctions in Crypto The first of these tools – according to a statement from the company – is an on-chain oracle. The smart contract will store data from economic embargo lists provided by various western authorities like the US, EU, or United Nations. The oracle may be...