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Despite the spreading of such information online, it appears Joe Biden and the rest of the White House staff have no plans, currently, to convert the U.S. dollar (USD) into a digital asset. Biden Won’t Go the Crypto Route White House assistant press secretary Robyn Patterson explained in a recent interview: There are no plans to convert the U.S. dollar into a digital asset. The discussion about whether Biden would take such action goes back to the crypto executive...

BlackRock has submitted its new application for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). After an initial send-back, the documentation is in, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that it’s reviewing the application. Many traders are waiting on the sidelines with their fingers crossed, hoping this is when the SEC gives a greenlight to bitcoin spot trading. BlackRock Won’t Help Much Despite the big move forward and all the anticipation...

XRP – the cryptocurrency of Ripple – has shot up in price and is now the fourth largest digital asset, having beaten out BNB, the digital currency of Binance which is the world’s largest and most popular crypto exchange. Ripple Currency XRP is Surging! XRP has been involved in a huge legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ripple had a suit filed against it back in 2020 by the financial agency, which swore up and down that the company was...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is likely starting to sweat a little given that the Ripple case it worked so hard on hasn’t traveled in its favor. Ripple May Get the SEC to Back Off A few weeks back, a judge in New York of all places (New York is often considered a very unfriendly place when it comes to digital assets) ruled that Ripple wasn’t necessarily a security, and while not all the legal ramifications or doors have been closed yet, things are...

Primal – a company that seeks to develop bitcoin-infused applications for the Nostr social networking community – has recently garnered as much as $1 million in new funds from firms like Ten31 and Hivemind Ventures. Primal Gets a Nice Chunk of Money The main goal of Primal is to allow users of the program to send “zaps” (small amounts of bitcoin) to other users that post content or items they enjoy anywhere in the world. Primal founder and CEO Miljan Braticevic...

In a recent discussion, roundtable leader Rob Nelson and crypto evangelist Luke Stokes sat down to discuss the state of the global economy, which as we can see, is not in the best shape. The conversation then turned to blockchain and how it could potentially solve the problems associated with the world’s economic frailty. Blockchain: The Solution to the World’s Problems? Nelson started things off by saying: Most people in this country feel like the economy’s a...

A man named Orion Alexander Holtby was found not guilty in a court of law in British Columbia, Canada after he was accused of stealing thousands of dollars in crypto from his ex-girlfriend. This Crypto Case May Be the Most Unusual The situation is odd in that while it was deemed that he likely did steal and then sell the crypto, the lack of traceability regarding situations like these wound up working in his favor. With little evidence to support the idea that he...

As discussed in prior articles, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple (XRP) have been fighting it out in court over the last few years regarding XRP’s status as a potential security. Ripple Appears to Have Beaten the SEC The SEC has said in recent statements that the way XRP is structured and the way it was first sold to users makes it a security token. Ripple has long denied these statements, and it seems the judge overseeing the case agrees. In...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]CoinspeakerAlibaba Unveils Two Open-Sourced AI Models that Understand Images  Alibaba revealed its intention to provide the two AI models as open-source solutions to the global community. Alibaba Unveils Two Open-Sourced AI Models that Understand Images 

Could bitcoin put an end to censorship? According to a new study conducted by Ville Kokkomaki of the Abo Akademi University in Finland, the answer is “yes.” Bitcoin: The Worst Enemy of Censorship? Censorship is a bad thing no matter how you look at it. Countries like the United States, for example, are free and have the status they have because they permit free speech (at least they used to – ask any conservative if they’re allowed to speak freely and they’ll...