Christine Lagarde wants regulation of Bitcoin Christine Lagarde is in favor of global regulation of Bitcoin.This proposal is justified by the supposed money laundering problems that cryptoassets would pose.Ms. Lagarde also says that a digital euro will become a reality within five years. Launch of FEI, a decentralized stablecoin The Fei protocol launches its decentralized…
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Major Ripple investor lays claims against them Tetragon, the lead investor in Ripple’s Series C, files a lawsuit against the company.The lawsuit follows recent actions taken by the SEC, a U.S. regulator, accusing Ripple of selling financial securities without going through the regulatory process.Tetragon is seeking to recover its investment and wants to exercise its…
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More freedom for Stablecoins in the United States OCC, the U.S. state currency regulator, now allows U.S. banks to use stablecoins for payments and other banking activities.Banks will also be able to hold blockchain nodes to secure their operations.The regulator, however, emphasizes the responsibility of banks in the fight against money laundering, but seems increasingly…
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Ripple’s lawsuit in sight The SEC, the policeman of the U.S. stock exchange, launches a lawsuit against Ripple. The main accusation is that the company and its founders have manipulated the market, and sold assets with the expectation of profit, rather than utility chips, as they claim.According to published documents, the only few money transfers…
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Record on an NFT sale The 3D artist Beeple sold NFTs (non-fungible tokens) for $3.5 million.The sales were conducted at the Nifty Gateway marketplace.This is an all-time record over a 72-hour period.This shows a growing appetite for digital art.The NFT market is growing and can be monitored at https://nonfungible.com/. Artists are in favor of NFTs?…
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MassMutual buys $100 million in Bitcoin The American insurer MassMutual buys 100 million dollars worth of Bitcoin.The company, which specializes in life insurance, currently has a portfolio of 235 billion.It also took the opportunity to invest 5 million in NYDIG, the company that enabled it to make this investment, which currently has 2.3 billion under…
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