On April 17, the two pro-crypto Senators introduced the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act. The bill “solves key policy challenges that have lingered around previous proposals and provides prudential regulation and added consumer protections to stablecoin issuers,” said Lummis, who added, “But above all, it allows innovation to prosper.” The Senators …

For the first time since March 15, the net aggregate flow of funds to the newly launched batch of spot BTC ETFs is positive. March 25 saw a net inflow of $15.4 million, reversing a trend that has resulted in net outflows of $887 million over the past week. While …

A digital Euro CBDC will be “designed for making payments, not for investment,” explained Ulrich Bindseil, Jürgen Schaaf, and Executive Board member Piero Cipollone in a blog post on Feb. 19. They added that many banks worry their customers might withdraw deposits to hold digital Euros instead. “These fears are …

Hester Peirce, also known as ‘crypto mom,’ didn’t mince her words in a statement responding to the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products by her agency after a decade of rejecting them. “Today marks the end of an unnecessary, but consequential, saga,” she said on Jan. 10. The saga likely …

A recent move was the introduction of the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, another bill aiming to curtail the use of cryptocurrencies in America. On Dec. 11. the bill gained five new Senators as cosponsors, including, unsurprisingly, three members of the Banking Committee.  Crypto advocate Evan Van Ness posted a …

According to on-chain data from analytics provider Santiment posted on October 17, LINK has made 30% over the past five weeks or so. It reported that whale wallets with 100,000 to 1 million LINK tokens “have accumulated aggressively,” with $38.5 million worth added in the past week alone.  “Their moves …

Bitcoin network “horsepower” continues to climb, which is good news for its security but bad news for miners who are now facing more competition than ever.  Bitcoin’s hashrate hit a new peak on October 12 of 447 exahashes per second, according to Blockchain.com.  Bitinfocharts has a slightly higher average figure …

Despite an overall depressed market and now the specter of another war as tensions escalate in the Middle East, crypto experts and executives remain confident for the future.  Many have been sharing their thoughts recently, and the Bitcoin halving narrative seems to be strengthening. There are various counters, but the …

However, fundamentals for the asset and network are as strong as ever. On Aug. 11, crypto industry and DeFi analyst Miles Deutscher highlighted some of Ethereum’s bullish fundamentals. “It’s hard not to be ridiculously bullish on Ethereum,” he said. Ethereum Fundamentals Strong Firstly, some of the world’s largest companies, such …