Bitcoin ordinals, or the ability to create BRC tokens comparable in at least some ways to Ethereum tokenizing abilities, hit a new development twist as of 20 June.
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CRYPTO ADOPTION CONTINUES TO RISE IN DEVELOPING REGIONS AND CUTTING EDGE TECH HUBS
As The Trends Journal has been forecasting and chronicling crypto adoption is happening most rapidly in emerging markets and regions that are either (1) generally friendly to tech innovation, and / or (2) areas where governments and financial systems are most badly failing their citizens.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
On the surface, it has seemed a (sort of) positive development: the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, one of the largest U.S. based banks, Bank of New York-Mellon, and the largest U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase, all working together to gain the greenlight for a Bitcoin Spot ETF.
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IMF SOFTENS CRYPTO STANCE…FOR THE MOMENT
A new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has moderated previous calls for outright bans of cryptocurrencies.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Cryptos were born in the wake of a major banking and financial crisis that unfolded in 2007-2008.
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NEW CONGRESSIONAL BILL: CRYPTO WON’T BE UNLEASHED UNLESS GENSLER IS CAGED
Crypto utility and innovation in the U.S. won’t truly take-off unless Gary Gensler is leashed.
That’s the premise of “The SEC Stabilization Act,” which was introduced this past week in Congress.
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CRYPTO OWNERSHIP WIDER THAN THOUGHT, STUDIES SHOW
Bitcoin has lost 60 percent of its value after peaking in November 2021. The FTX crypto exchange spectacularly collapsed last November, vaporizing billions of dollars in clients’ holdings. The U.S. is suing exchanges Binance and Coinbase.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Call it more Chokepoint, or crippling “regulation by enforcement”, but the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) suing Binance and Coinbase in the space of two days galvanized crypto supporters and Congress last week.
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WEB3 THE KEY, POLYGON HEAD TELLS CONGRESS
It’s all about decentralization and putting users in control of their data and assets. That’s how Ryan Wyatt of Polygon Labs explained the fundamental importance of blockchain technologies to members of Congress this past week.
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CRYPTO WALLETS FOR NFTS MIGHT BE COMING WITH A FUTURE ETHEREUM UPGRADE
NFTs (Non-fungible Tokens) might have built-in crypto wallets, if a new development proposal is incorporated into the Ethereum network protocol.