Rwanda Government Orders Banks to Stop Facilitating Crypto-Related Transactions
According to the National Bank of Rwanda, the country’s regulated financial services providers are now prohibited from facilitating crypto-related transactions....
Monat: Februar 2023
UAE Launches ‘Financial Infrastructure Transformation’ Program; CBDC Among 9 Key Objectives
On Feb. 12, 2023, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) announced the launch of a new initiative...
Meta Reportedly Preparing for a New Round of Layoffs
Meta, the company that owns Whatsapp, Instagram, and Facebook, is reportedly preparing to announce a new round of layoffs in...
Bitcoin miners already made nearly $600K from Ordinals‘ NFT transactions
The Ordinals hype is real with the NFT inscriptions now regularly taking over 50% of Bitcoin block space. Bitcoin (BTC)...
SEC to target crypto firms operating as ‘qualified custodians’ — Report
If a majority of the five-member SEC panel votes in favor of the draft proposal, it will proceed to the...
OFAC-compliant blocks on Ethereum hit three-month low of 47%
Back in November, the percentage of Ethereum blocks complying with orders from the Office of Foreign Asset Control peaked at...
Stablecoins not the target in BUSD crackdown: Matrixport head of research
Crypto financial service Matrixport’s head of research believes regulators are not targeting all stablecoins with the regulatory crackdown on BUSD...
Binance withdrawals and BUSD redemptions surge post Paxos crackdown
Net outflows at the cryptocurrency exchange hit $788 million over the last 24 hours, however, Binance told Cointelegraph that "Funds...
India Having ‘Detailed Discussions’ With G20 Members on Crypto Regulation
India is having “detailed discussions” with other G20 members about forming a collective standard operating procedure (SOP) to regulate crypto...
At Least 1,000 Lawsuits Filed Against Crypto Miners in Russia’s Irkutsk Region
Authorities in the Russian region of Irkutsk have so far filed 1,000 lawsuits against what they call “gray” miners, or...
Iris Energy Boosts Self-Mining Capacity With 4.4 EH/s of New Bitmain Bitcoin Mining Rigs
Bitcoin miner, Iris Energy, announced plans to increase the company’s self-mining capacity, from 2 exahash per second (EH/s) to approximately...
Bitcoin hits record 44M non-zero addresses, thanks to Ordinals: Glassnode
Glassnode noted that this is the first time in Bitcoin history where the network has been used for purposes other...
CFTC and SEC cases against SBF deferred until after criminal trial
Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York pushed to defer the civil cases due to a...
Iris Energy to nearly triple hash rate with estimated 44,000 new BTC miners
With the tough conditions that faced Bitcoin miners last year, Iris’ co-founder said the purchase was a “significant milestone” for...
You don’t see that every day: Empty Bitcoin block found
Don’t be fooled by its emptiness: Block 776,339 plays as important a role as busier blocks in the Bitcoin blockchain....
