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Canadian Police Launch Cryptocurrency Investigations Center
The police service of the Canadian city of Calgary is launching a Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre in partnership with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to help combat crypto crime. The center “will enable law enforcement to tackle…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce States Proposed Amendments to Definition of ‘Exchange’ Render…
Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has issued her opinion on the recent attempts of the institution to change the definition of “exchange” under the Exchange Act Rule. According…
First Mover Americas: Ether Holds Above $2K
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 17, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Fedi Gives Bitcoiners a Community Custody Option
For most people, crypto custody comes down to the choice of holding their own keys or giving them to an exchange. Fedi offers an intriguing third way – to share the burden with trusted family and friends. That’s why Fedi is one of…
Jack Mallers’ Strike Service, Send Globally, Tackles Bitcoin-Fiat Remittances
The new Lightning-based service lets users in the U.S. send even small cash payments to parts of Southeast Asia and Africa quickly and cheaply. Eventually, the service will be available throughout the world, giving foreign workers…
NFTs Will Persist for as Long as Communities Are Willing to Use Them — Lostworlds Co-Founder
According to Quaison Carter, the co-founder and CMO of the location-based NFT platform Lostworlds, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are still not widely used due to what he called “user friction.” Carter, however, insists that the…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Acknowledges Sanctions Weaponization Could Hurt Dollar Hegemony
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talked about the dangers that sanctions based on the U.S. dollar might pose for the hegemony of the currency in international markets. According to Yellen, the government tries to use sanctions…
China Opposes Recent US Sanctions for Chinese Firms, Criticizes ‘Long-Arm’ Jurisdiction Policies
The government of China protested the enactment of sanctions on a series of national companies by the U.S., barring them from doing business with U.S.-based entities for allegedly collaborating with Russia. China’s Commerce Ministry…
Latam Insights – Inflation Skyrockets in Argentina, El Salvador Processes Digital Assets Licenses,…
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue: Inflation in Argentina goes over 100%, El Salvador issues its first digital assets…
De-Dollarization: China, Brazil Can Be Instrumental in Building Less Centralized World With No…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s chief adviser on foreign policy, Celso Amorim, says China and Brazil “are coming closer together” and they could play important roles in building a less centralized world with…