Congress member Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) introduced a bill on Feb. 22 that aims to prevent the U.S. Federal Reserve from providing a CBDC to individual retail users. Emmer wrote on Twitter: “Any... Read more »
Ad With its vast renewable energy resources, Iceland has emerged as a prominent destination for Bitcoin mining. However, according to new research by one of the industry’s leading watchdogs, the country has... Read more »
Ad A new chart looking at Ethereum gas usage by transaction type relative to a 30-day moving average shows that NFTs now make up for 27% of ETH gas usage, up from... Read more »
Ad According to a new report by digital asset analytics firm eBit labs, NFT lending hit a record month in January, returning to numbers not seen since the sector’s previous all-time high... Read more »
Paxos faces SEC lawsuit over BUSD On Feb. 13, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement division issued a Wells notice to Paxos, ordering the company to stop minting the Binance... Read more »
Ad OpenSea, the leading NFT marketplace, announced in a Tweet on Feb. 17 that it would be adopting a controversial move to temporarily waive its marketplace fee, ramping up the battle for... Read more »
Ad Filecoin (FIL) jumped 27% over the last 24 hours to $6.857 at the time of press, leading the top 100 coins by market cap. A volatile 24 hours has seen large... Read more »
Ad Binance.US sent approximately $404 million to a firm managed by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, according to a Feb. 16 report from Reuters. That report alleges that Binance.US, under the name BAM... Read more »
Ad Almost a quarter of tokens launched in 2022 showed the characteristics of pump-and-dump (P&D) schemes, according to Chainalysis’ recent report. Over one million tokens were launched in 2022 — but only... Read more »
Ad Cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO has received a cease-and-desist order from the FDIC, as seen in a letter published by the U.S. regulator on Feb. 15. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s legal division... Read more »
