The Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act is a step in the right direction, but enactment in an election year may be difficult.
Is El Salvador’s Bitcoin gambit finally paying off?
The rise in El Salvador’s bond prices “almost defies gravity,” and it may soon have access to Eurobond markets, said Santander Bank.
Why Binance’s US plea deal could be positive for crypto adoption
Is the settlement further indication that the crypto industry’s Wild West era is winding down, with a new epoch marked by regulation and taxation beginning?
Can blockchain supply the guardrails to keep AI on course?
Some believe that hybrid blockchains with both private and public aspects can solve AI’s black-box problem.
Can blockchain solutions disrupt US inflation forecasting?
New blockchain-based apps like Truflation could be a “healthy development,” given that gauging inflation is more art than science.
Terrorist fundraising: Is crypto really to blame?
The industry is reeling as governments, legislators, and even investors ask if its networks are being exploited by terrorists. A sense of proportion may be needed.
Central banks want to look under crypto’s hood — Is this a positive sign?
The mere fact that the Deutsche Bundesbank, BIS and other financial incumbents want such information now suggests a tacit acceptance of crypto.
Beyond crypto: Zero-knowledge proofs show potential from voting to finance
An emerging cryptographic technology may provide help with two gaping 21st-century needs: Privacy and truth.
ETF filings changed the Bitcoin narrative overnight — Ledger CEO
Ledger’s CEO says that, while it may take a few years, big money is getting into crypto.
‘Massive’ crypto use cases to surface by 2030 — Coinbase exec
Cointelegraph talks with Coinbase protocols lead and Base creator Jesse Pollak about the company’s new blockchain, which is already a force to be reckoned with.
How blockchain tech and dMRV can help carbon trading markets
Combining blockchain with digital monitoring, reporting and verification protocols may not only improve VCMs but even rescue them.
From the U.S. to Japan, regulators are beginning to embrace crypto
Switzerland, Singapore and the EU have taken the early regulatory lead, but Japan and the UAE are coming on now. Even the U.S. may be awakening.
Blockchain technology lets East African farmers sell globally
Blockchains’ tracing capacities can help certify that crops weren’t grown by razing woodlands or harvested with child labor.
United Kingdom’s digital pound meets public backlash — Why?
The use of physical currency for transactions is plummeting globally, so why is the U.K. so tentative with its own central bank digital currency?
Will BlackRock’s ETF slingshot Bitcoin’s price skyward?
Have the world’s largest financial firms finally “seen the light” with Bitcoin? Will demand outstrip supply, making a BTC price rise inevitable?
Unfazed by SEC tumult, top banks work to make blockchains interoperable
Swift, the interbank payments network, has enlisted a dozen world-class institutions — and Chainlink — to fix blockchain’s interoperability deficit.
Does the US have a crypto ‘tax loophole’ problem?
The Biden administration wanted to nix a “special tax subsidy for cryptocurrency,” but it wasn’t in the May 28 debt ceiling bill. Another narrow escape?
In the US, targeted crypto legislation ‘could start the ball rolling’
Is the EU’s crypto regulatory framework a useful model for U.S. legislators? Can a “security” token really morph into a “utility” token?
‘Moral responsibility’: Can blockchain really improve trust in AI?
Experts are still divided on the real impact blockchain tech can have on solving some fo the problems that ail AI.
Will compromise on anonymous crypto appease US regulators, spur adoption?
Asking exchanges to identify users might seem like a minor inconvenience, but could it drive DeFi firms overseas, and would crypto users even care?