On this week’s episode of “Macro Markets,” Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman delves into a thought-provoking discussion on the United States Federal Reserve’s financial woes. Pechman opens by highlighting how the Fed is grappling with staggering losses and emphasizes a fundamental macroeconomic principle: that overall wealth cannot be universally enhanced as demand for goods and services grows.
Bitcoin’s price is trading in a frustratingly tight range between $25,500 and $26,500, leaving traders unsure of the next direction that the asset could take. However, Charles Edwards, founder of Capriole Investments, believes that Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price presents a low-risk long-term buying opportunity. Edwards’ view is based on Bitcoin’s production cost and energy value. Capriole Investments
The first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application, filed in July 2013, was denied in both 2017 and 2018. A decade has passed since that initial application, and the Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected more than a dozen additional applications and repeatedly punted the date for deciding on others. The ETF saga’s latest iteration
Financial technology firm Ripple is expanding its portfolio of regulatory licenses in the United States with the acquisition of Fortress Trust, according to an announcement on Sep. 8. Fortress Trust provides regulatory and technology infrastructure for blockchain organizations. The company holds a Nevada Trust license that allows it to custody financial assets. The acquisition is
Cointelegraph video journalist and YouTube host Giovanni Pigni challenged ChatGPT to a crypto investment game. Both contenders had $100 to build a strong crypto portfolio and make as much money as possible in two weeks. The goal of the experiment was to find out whether artificial intelligence can beat a human in crypto trading and
The United States regulators have finally taken steps to resolve an enforcement case against the collapsed Mirror Trading International (MTI). The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas has ordered MTI to pay $1.7 billion in restitution to victims for operating a fraudulent scheme involving digital assets and forex, the Commodity Futures
Last month, Bulgarian plumbers were called to clear a blocked drain at an apartment block in the capital of Sofia. The blockage turned out to be the decomposing remains of 41-year-old United States crypto mogul Christian Peev — suspected to have been battered to death with a dumbbell by a friend out of jealousy. Weeks
Bitcoin (BTC) extended volatility into the Sept. 8 Wall Street open as a classic “short squeeze” sparked new September highs. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin offers a round trip to $24,400 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price movements liquidating shorts and longs alike. Bitcoin had seen upside momentum the day
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger, has said that he is concerned that the United States CFTC is considering enforcement actions related to decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols rather than engaging with the public. In a public statement issued on Sept. 7, the dissenting commissioner expressed his misgivings about the approach taken by
The former CEO of Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, Faruk Fatih Özer, was sentenced to 11,196 years in prison by a Turkish court on charges of “establishing, managing and being a member of an organization”, “qualified fraud”, “laundering of property values”. The Anatolian 9th High Criminal Court sentenced Ozer along with his two siblings to the
Zero-knowledge (ZK) proof solutions have proved critical in helping scale the Ethereum ecosystem, but proto-danksharding is expected to drastically reduce the cost of rollups, according to Consensys’ zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph Magazine editor Andrew Fenton during Korea Blockchain Week, Liochon estimated that proto-danksharding could further reduce rollup costs by 10 times.
Bitcoin (BTC) is about to test hodlers with a “mid cycle lull” before starting a bull run in late 2024, a new BTC price model states. According to its creator, popular analyst CryptoCon, the “November 28th Cycles Theory” demands the BTC price all-time high in 2025. Countdown to BTC price “bull run launch” Amid debate
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is on the brink of a significant evolution, with the XLS-30 AMM amendment now open for voting on the mainnet. Ripple CTO Schwartz has expressed his enthusiasm for this feature, retweeting RippleX’s announcement and commenting, “One of my favorite XRPL features ever, explained in my keynote at Apex Development Summit, is
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. $500B firm partners with Polygon South Korea’s Mirae Asset Security Token Working Group, with over $500 billion in assets under management (AUM), is collaborating with Ethereum layer-two scaling solution Polygon (MATIC) for security tokenization initiatives. According to a Sept. 7 press
Zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proofs) solutions have proved critical in helping scale the Ethereum ecosystem, but proto-danksharding is expected to drastically reduce the cost of roll ups according to Consensys’ zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph Magazine editor Andrew Fenton during Korea Blockchain Week, Liochon estimated that proto-danksharding could further reduce rollup costs by
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has said that no businesses have qualified to participate in its FinTech Regulatory Sandbox framework as cryptocurrency payment providers. Responding to a letter criticizing the Singaporean government’s lack of public consultation and oversight on crypto adoption published in the Financial Times, the MAS clarified that the country does not
A decentralized version of Infura will launch by the end of the year, with major Web2 cloud providers set to become part of the network, the chief strategist of ConsenSys says. “We’re looking to launch something later this year, but then there’s going to be what they call a federated phase that they’re expecting to
Australian fintech firm Block Earner is charging ahead with plans to launch a crypto-backed loans product, despite staring down an upcoming court date with the financial regulator for allegedly offering financial products without a license. The new crypto loan product allows Australian crypto investors to use crypto as collateral to borrow cash. Similarly, a Colorado-based
Blockchain-based file-sharing and payment network LBRY may be reversing course on an earlier decision to wind down, filing a notice of appeal against a federal judge ruling in July that sided with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On Sept. 7, LBRY filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Coinbase has flagged several countries outside the United States where it intends to focus its operations in the near term, citing their comparatively clearer crypto laws. In a Sep. 6 blog post, Coinbase’s international business VP, Nana Murugesan and international policy VP, Tom Duff Gordon, marked the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Singapore and
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