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2022-10-05 22:43:59 EU agrees on text of the first-ever regulatory Bitcoin framework
The European Union has reached an agreement on the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework that spells out how the region should approach the crypto sector. Officials from countries in the bloc signed the framework text into law without any further deliberation, the Council of European Union said in a statement released on October 5. MiCA is a culmination of political outlines set out in June seeking to have a comprehensive crypto legislative text covering the region. Notably, the framework is guided by the goal of protecting consumers and fighting crypto-related crimes like money laundering. Read more Open / Comment

2022-10-04 14:12:20 Bitcoin supply on exchanges hits a 4-year low
The quantity of Bitcoin is gradually being removed from crypto exchanges as investors show signs of being content with their existing holdings, according to data from behavioral analysis platform Santiment on October 4. Santiment noted: “With less than 9% of BTC on exchanges for the first time since 2018, it is a good bode of confidence for bulls.” Read more Open / Comment

2022-10-03 19:16:22 Coinbase Says Funds Are Safe After 6-hour Bank Outage
Coinbase has reassured users that all funds are safe after the exchange was unable to process US bank transactions for nearly six hours over the weekend. Account holders with US bank accounts found they couldn’t make withdrawals or payments on Coinbase from 6:57 am ET to 12:41 pm ET on Sunday. The company identified the issue as a snag with the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system, the electronic network that facilitates online transfers between US banks. Read more Open / Comment

2022-10-01 21:13:01 Solana back online following latest network outage
Solana is back online following an outage on Friday night. A misconfigured node stopped the blockchain from processing transactions. Despite promoting itself as a high-performance blockchain, Solana has suffered a series of outages over the last year. In September 2021, it went offline for almost 18 hours. It also froze for about seven hours in early May until validators restarted, and was knocked offline for about four hours in June. The network saw degraded performance in January, March, April and May. Read more Open / Comment

2022-09-30 15:22:10 Facebook, Instagram Enable NFTs for All U.S. Users
Starting today, all U.S.-based Facebook users will have access to the social media platform's NFT features. Additionally, all users in the 100 countries where Instagram supports NFTs will gain access to the feature. Read more Open / Comment

2022-09-28 14:02:13 “We Stand For Bankers”: ECB Chief Lagarde
ECB Chief Lagarde disclosed today on an online panel hosted by the Bank of France that she does not like seeing a new period of “free banking” due to cryptocurrencies. According to Lagarde, Central Bank digital currencies (CBDC) are required to maintain the role of central banks. Lagarde referred to historical examples where the Central Bank was not there, and according to her, this precipitated in crisis after crisis. Read more Open / Comment

2022-09-25 13:14:53 This Week In Crypto (38)
1. Kraken CEO departs
2. Wintermute suffers $160M attack
3. US bill aims to ban algo stablecoins
4. ‘HODLed’ Bitcoin hits a 5-year high
5. ETHW Suffers Replay Attack
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2022-09-22 20:21:09 ‘HODLed’ Bitcoin hits a 5-year high amid heavy market volatility
Investors are adopting different strategies to manage the ongoing Bitcoin (BTC) price correction amid expectations that the asset will rally again in the future. In this case, most Bitcoin investors seem to be adopting the ‘HODL’ investment strategy. In particular, as of September 21, the amount of Bitcoin HODLed hit a five-year record high at 7,495,059.588 BTC, worth approximately $143.74 billion. The last record five-year-high was registered on October 19, 2020, according to Glassnode data. Read more Open / Comment

2022-09-19 11:34:12 Ethereum Proof-of-Work Suffers Replay Attack, Price Tanks 27%
Ethereum proof-of-work token suffered a replay attack through the Omni bridge of Gnosis chain. The ETHW team have clarified that the attack was not on a chain level. ETHW token has shed 27% of its value within the last 24 hours. Read more

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2022-09-18 19:06:45 This Week In Crypto (37)
1. Ethereum completes Merge
2. Do Kwon faces arrest warrant
3. Bitcoin dives after small rally
4. Thai SEC intends to ban crypto lending
5. Possession of Bitcoin still legal in China
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