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CFTC Commissioner Opposes Regulation by Enforcement, Says Crypto Needs Clearer Rules

A commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dawn Stump, has voiced concerns about cryptocurrency regulation through enforcement — the approach taken by both the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CFTC Commissioner Stump on Crypto Regulation CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump has raised concerns regarding the approach her agency and the […]

Massive improvements to Ethereum’s anti-scam database are coming

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Are there plans to reduce the Time to Finality?

Much of the conversation regarding the future of Ethereum has been around improving transactions per second, privacy, security, data storage, and some specific applications. I think there is another very important metric which seems to be mostly left out: time to finality (TTF). The TTF metric seems crucial to me for many applications. You probably…
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Data shows pro traders are currently more bullish on Ethereum than Bitcoin

ETH has outperformed BTC by more than 230% this year and derivatives data suggests traders believe the altcoin has a lot more upside.

WisdomTree amends Bitcoin ETF application, naming US Bank as custodian

U.S. Bank launched crypto custody services for institutional investors in October as part of a partnership with New York Digital Investment Group.

Volatility, hyperinflation and uncertainty: How everyday Venezuelans are using stablecoins to protect their livelihoods

Customers of stablecoin payment app Reserve express their dependency on technology for everyday transactions.

Why did Polygon buy MIR when it already had Hermez?

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BTC Repeating Patterns (Bleeding The Wick)

Ok, here's why I'm not freaking out. And if you are – please take this as a bit of good new in what seems to be a sea of red. Every major drop like we experienced on the 3rd has a pattern. Every single one. It's not a, oh, maybe it's going to swing this…
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Is it possible the transition to POS never happens?

I say this with all sincerity. It’s been years now, constant delays, difficulty bombs added and removed and added again. Those who preach that this upgrade is “trivial” or “easy” I don’t think have a full handle of the level of testing that’s required and the Ramifications of just one line of code being wrong.…
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