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Analysts note parallels with March 2020: Will this time be different?

Analysts across crypto and traditional stocks have taken notice of the similarities between what happened in March 2020 and market moves so far this month.

German BaFin official calls for 'innovative' EU-wide DeFi regulation

Highlighting Germany’s crypto license as an example of attractive regulation, Birgit Rodolphe writes that similar frameworks should be the same throughout the EU to “prevent a fragmented market.”

DOJ Files First Criminal Complaint Against US Citizen Allegedly Using Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed its first criminal complaint against an American who allegedly used cryptocurrency to circumvent U.S. sanctions. “The payments platform advertised its services as designed to evade U.S. sanctions, including through purportedly untraceable virtual currency transactions.” DOJ Charges US Citizen in Crypto Sanctions Evasion Case The U.S. Justice Department has […]

Ethereum’s popularity 'a double-edged sword’ — a16z's State of Crypto Report

“Ethereum’s overwhelming mindshare helps explain why its users have been willing to pay more than $15 million in fees per day on average just to use the blockchain,” a16z stated.

The amount of people who report hacked wallets is scary. What are your thoughts on it?

I've been using computers since I was a small kid and besides two credentials of mine being in certain leaks, I'm not aware of ever being hacked or having my passwords stolen. ​ However, I see here and elsewhere that people look into their crypto wallets and see "everything is gone" so often that I…
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Forking Optimism L2, having several L2 forks to increase capacity

I noticed Metis Network is just a fork of Optimism L2. Looked at Optimism’s Github and glanced at the instructions, deploying your own L2 fork seems simple enough. Some brainstorming later, it seems like having a wallet that would make bridging assets between L2 networks would be a major milestone. When dapps start deploying their…
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Elon Musk: US Economy Is Probably in Recession That Could Last 18 Months — Warns It ‘Will Get Worse’

Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that the U.S. economy is probably in a recession and it could be “tough going” for 12 to 18 months. He added: “The honest reason for inflation is that the government printed a zillion more money than it had.” Elon Musk on U.S. Recession and Inflation Elon Musk, […]

Daily Discussion – May 18, 2022 (GMT+0)

Welcome to the Daily Discussion. Please read the disclaimer and rules before participating.   Disclaimer: Consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on this thread with known sources. Any trade information posted in this open thread may be highly misleading, and could…
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What needs to happen for the bull run to start?

We’re in a bear market and it has been apparent for awhile. A lot of influencers who kept saying were in a bull run are finally being forced to admit the truth. Right now, stocks are down, crypto is down, macroeconomics are a mess and the cost of living is outrageous. It looks like this…
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