Author: BitsCoiner

“We are entering a significant moment for alternative governance models, and we think there’s an important opportunity to advance these efforts using the blockchain,” said Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan and co-founder Perry Chen. Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter will be launching a new company that will eventually see its website move to […]

Brian Brooks proposed regulators treat crypto in much the same way as traditional financial institutions rather than creating an entirely new body to create a single framework for digital assets. Bitfury CEO and former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks has hinted the regulatory environment in the United States […]

Terra’s native cryptocurrency, LUNA, has emerged as one of the best-performing digital assets of the past 11 months. Hong Kong venture capital firm Chiron Partners has launched a new ecosystem fund dedicated to Terra (LUNA), opening the door to new innovations for the layer-one decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol. The […]

While built on the idea of connectivity, the Metaverse could instead break the internet apart, but the solution lies in how the business is done. In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well […]

The crypto venture is expected to formalize its operation by the end of 2021 and start offering its services by early 2022. SBI Digital Asset Holdings, a fully owned subsidiary of Japanese banking giant SBI Holdings, announced a joint crypto venture with Switzerland’s SIX digital exchange (SDX).  The joint venture […]

There’s no reason to discount the Bitcoin bull run yet, longer-term price data shows, but faith in an end-of-year rebound is thin. Bitcoin (BTC) retained $50,000 as support overnight into Dec. 8 amid confidence that the 2021 bull market was not yet over.  BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView […]

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announced on Monday that he will leave his role as CEO after more than eight years of serving in that capacity. Dorsey initially served as CEO of Twitter between 2006 to 2008, then took on a second term as CEO between 2015 to 2021. During that […]

Starting December 7, no new requests for power from Bitcoin mining operations will be accepted from the country’s energy utility service. National Iceland electrical company Landsvirkjun has cut the amount of power it will provide for some industries, including aluminium smelters and Bitcoin miners. A representative from the island’s power […]

Saule Omarova backed out of her nomination to be the Comptroller of the Currency amid a blizzard of scrutiny over her positions on crypto and banking. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the USA will operate with only an acting Comptroller for a little longer after President […]

William Burns said that building knowledge on crypto was “an important priority” for the CIA, and he planned to devote “resources and attention” to it. Current director of the Central Intelligence Agency William Burns said his predecessor at the government agency initiated projects focused on gathering intelligence on cryptocurrency. Fielding […]