"Argentina wants to learn from El Salvador’s experience of Bitcoin adoption and other cryptocurrency activities.
The government of Argentina is working with El Salvador to learn from its experience of Bitcoin adoption and other cryptocurrency activities.
Argentina’s securities regulator, the National Securities Commission (CNV), held a meeting with El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) to address crypto adoption and regulation..."
"El Salvador currently holds 5,750 BTC worth $354 million, accumulated over three years.
El Salvador has mined a total of 474 Bitcoin worth $29 million using volcanic geothermal energy since 2021.
The Bitcoin was mined with power from the country’s Tecapa volcano, using 300 mining processors. The country has allocated 1.5 megawatts (MW) to cryptocurrency mining out of the 102 MW produced by the state-owned power plant, according to Reuters..."
"El Salvador was the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021 and now holds over 5,700 BTC.
El Salvador has launched its own proof-of-reserves website, featuring various tools for monitoring the country’s Bitcoin holdings using on-chain data.
El Salvador’s online Bitcoin treasury provides real-time data on the nation’s Bitcoin reserves. The Central American nation officially holds 5,748 BTC, which is currently worth approximately..."
"She also warned that generative artificial intelligence was like the “kid that got an ‘F’ in math.”
Jenny Johnson, the president and CEO of Franklin Templeton, a financial firm with $1.6 trillion in assets under management, recently reiterated her pro-blockchain stance during an interview with Bloomberg anchor David Westland during the 27th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference in California..."
"The House of Representatives has voted to overturn controversial SEC guidance that has virtually blocked banks from custodying crypto assets.
The United States House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill that overturns controversial Securities and Exchange Commission guidance preventing banks from owning crypto.
President Joe Biden, however, warned earlier in the day that he would veto the new bill if it were to make it to his desk..."
"While Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao received a surprisingly moderate jail term, Oregon has become the sixth state to revoke, suspend or decline to renew Binance.US’ license.
A United States judge has sentenced former Binance CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao to four months in prison for violating U.S. money laundering laws.
Prosecutors had recommended that the former Binance CEO serve three years for failing to maintain an effective Anti-Money Laundering program while at..."
"Even after Binance announced its departure from Canada in May 2023, local authorities have continued to investigate the exchange.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been slapped with a new class-action lawsuit in Canada, with plaintiffs alleging that the firm has violated local securities laws.
Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice published a certification motion on April 19 for a class-action lawsuit against Binance alleging that it sold crypto..."
"Wikipedia censored data for U.S. elections and the Covid pandemic in 2020, former Wikimedia CEO Katherine Maher admitted in a viral video.
The cryptocurrency community has been reminded again to be skeptical about mainstream media amid the ongoing scandal involving NPR CEO Katherine Maher.
The resignation of NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner has triggered shock waves in the media industry. Politicians, activists and editors have blasted..."
"The newly discovered Telegram vulnerability can be avoided by disabling the automatic downloading of media files on Telegram Desktop.
A major vulnerability on Telegram messenger is exposing users to malicious attacks, according to a new report released by the blockchain security firm CertiK.
CertiK Alert took to the social media platform X on April 9 to warn the public against a 'high-risk vulnerability in the wild,' potentially allowing hackers to..."
"Voting for and against the proposal was evenly matched but recently tipped in favor of the ‘yay,' despite continued criticism of the plan on social media. Voting ends April 10.
A controversial proposal to change SushiSwap’s treasury structure by the team behind the decentralized exchange looks like it may go through, despite vocal opposition to the proposal on social media.
The SushiSwap team made a controversial governance proposal on March 26..."
"BlackRock’s new additions include ABN AMRO, Citadel Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs and UBS Securities.
Global asset manager BlackRock updated its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) prospectus on April 5, adding five big Wall Street firms as new authorized participants.
New members include ABN AMRO Clearing, Citadel Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs and UBS Securities, according to the document amending BlackRock’s..."
"USDe is already backed by Ether, Ether-based liquid staking tokens and Tether, but Ethena says Bitcoin will provide more 'safe' and 'robust' product for USDe token holders.
Ethena Labs, the team behind the USDe, has added Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral to its synthetic dollar-pegged product with the hopes of scaling 'significantly' from its current $2 billion supply.
With Bitcoin open interest increasing from $10 billion to $25 million over the past year..."
"Binance ex-boss CZ will be sentenced in April and the ring of FTX executivies that admitted to fraud are also set to soon be sentenced.
The cryptocurrency 'trial of the century' wrapped up a week ago with the 25-year sentencing of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, but there’s plenty of crypto action still to come throug the United States courts.
At the end of this month, Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will know what jail time, if any, he’ll serve.."
"Ripple expects the stablecoin market to surpass $2 trillion by 2028 and aims to compete with Circle’s USDC and Tether USDT.
XRP issuer Ripple has announced plans to launch a United States dollar-backed stablecoin and hopes to compete with Circle and Tether for a slice of the market share over the next five years.
Cointelegraph spoke to Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz ahead of the announcement, which outlines plans for the stablecoin that..."
"Many expect the commission to reach a final decision on spot Ether ETFs in May with approval or denial of a filing from VanEck.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is soliciting comments from the public on proposed rule changes allowing the listing and trading of shares of three spot Ether exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, on exchanges.
In separate notices filed on April 2, the SEC said the public had 21 days to respond upon..."