Amid US Treasury Crypto Reserve Split Opinions, Could It Mean Good News for B...
US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that altcoins will be included in the government’s crypto strategic reserve. It’s an interesting move that has been met with mixed reactions. Could we potentially see meme coin indexes being added to the reserve? Bitcoin was initially the only cryptocurrency expected to feature in the US crypto reserve. However, Trump’s recent announcement means Ether, XRP, Solana, and Cardano are also expected to be included. The cryptocurrency market has been buoyed by the news, with Reuters reporting a 10% increase in the hours following Trump’s announcement....
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According to Pavel Kravchenko of DistributedLabs, Bitcoin is not going to be a reserve currency anytime soon. It is mainly due to the hesitation of the banking sector to recognize bitcoin as a currency. Opinions are dime a dozen, as everyone has at least one and sometimes more than one. There is nothing different when it comes to the subject of bitcoin either. There are many conflicting opinions about the digital currency which are casually being tossed, even by those who have never used bitcoin in their life until now. But that doesn’t mean all opinions are a waste of time, or useless.....
It happened – Donald Trump named five cryptocurrencies that will form the US strategic reserve. Beyond Bitcoin ($BTC), the US government will buy Ethereum ($ETH), Solana ($SOL), Cardano ($ADA), and XRP ($XRP). $ADA surged 43% in response to the news. Other reserve cryptos saw more moderate increases: $XRP grew by 14%, $SOL by 12%, $BTC […]
Ethereum took a drastic dive this morning as news came in that the DAO smart contract address is being drained of ether in an ongoing and developing news story. Millions of ether are moving to an unkown address with some suggesting that it may be a recursive split hack. Griff Green, spokesman for slockit, the creators of the Dao, stated on the DAO slack channel: “The DAO is being attacked. It has been going on for 3-4 hours, it is draining ETH at a rapid rate. This is not a drill. You can help: If anyone knows who has the split proposals Congo Split, Beer Split and FUN-SPLT-42, please DM....
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has warned the public about crypto investments that seem “too good to be true.” Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department says that the recent crypto market turmoil underscores the urgent need for regulatory frameworks that mitigate the risks posed by digital assets.
SEC Chair Gensler’s Crypto Warning
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler cautioned investors last week about crypto lending platforms offering products that seem too good to be true, Reuters reported.
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After months of heated debate over whether the Bitcoin network should scale or not, there seems to be no consensus in sight. The community is at a crossroads with two differing opinions on forking the network from 1MB to 20MB. Yet, getting most of the validating nodes, miners and the rest of the bionetwork on board in an appropriate manner is a very significant issue. One camp thinks that the current network with its mere 7 transactions per second is debilitating and uncompetitive. However, the other camp believes that promoting a hard fork will revert transactions, which is the opposite....