CYNTHIA LUMMIS: My son-in-law has a shirt that says friends don't let friends sell bitcoin. And that is my investment strategy for bitcoin.
— “What it has nurtured, though, are Skarlatos’ political ambitions, providing $65,000, records show, to his 2022 bid for a rematch with longtime Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio,” who is one of a number of members being targeted by the GOP for the midterms. Skarlatos, who became famous after he helped disrupt an attack on a train bound for Paris by an armed Islamic State sympathizer, started his nonprofit a month after losing to DeFazio. He named it “15:17 Trust — a reference to the train attack. It was registered in Virginia, with his campaign treasurer also serving as the group’s treasurer, records show.”
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When bitcoin was rising last year, it seemed like a trend everyone from your grandmother to your barista was suddenly becoming hip to. Of course plenty of folks cautioned that it could be a bubble, but it’s always hard to realize such a thing when you’re in the midst of it. It’s free money, right? Why not get in on it? (Just don’t remortgage your house!)
At Cointelegraph, we are chronicling the ongoing story of cryptocurrency and the rise of a borderless, permissionless financial system. How will industry stakeholders work to make crypto a mainstay in people’s lives? How will crypto investments change the paradigm of the current financial system? And will incumbent and legacy systems accept or fight this change?
It was originally known as the Matic Network when it first launched back in 2017.
The difference is that stellar wants to target the unbanked, whereas Ripple works mostly with global banks to transfer money among clients at very low cost. Ripple holds all the cards in this corner of the crypto market.
How does this latest crash compare to previous ones, or even to regular stock market drops — and what does it mean for investors?
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Binance represents the collection of a huge number of customers all over the world. Naturally, this means that the Binance international exchange has a very large liquidity pool. As the world leader in centralized exchanges, Binance also has a world-leading liquidity pool. In May of 2021, the crypto exchange recorded a spot trading volume of $1.5 trillion.
Speculators in the crypto community continue to describe Brooks move as a stepdown, however, in terms of company size and brand awareness in the crypto space considering his office as CEO of Binance US previously.
The world’s largest crypto exchange is going legit. Binance, which processes more than $1 billion on a daily basis and for so long has embodied crypto’s Wild West culture, announced that it will launch a U.S.-based service — but, in the meantime, it is implementing restrictions for U.S. passport holders worldwide and those based in the country.
DeFi and NFT expert Rio Rocket told The Sun that he is hearing "rumblings" from investors noting that they are "unable to take large-scale profits."
But whether that growth is sustainable, and what it means long-term, is still in question. “This crypto, blockchain technology, the public interest in it right now is being driven by a kind of speculative fever,” says Dr. Richard Smith, executive director of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, a nonprofit organization dedicated to studying recurring patterns throughout economies and cultures.
NEW YORK (AP) — A cryptocurrency company launched by partners of a major Wall Street trading firm said Tuesday that it has snagged the support of billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, as big names from the traditional financial world continue to embrace the industry surrounding crypto.
— Allie Caccamo is now an associate doing tech policy strategy at Christoff & Co. She most recently was an account coordinator at Allison+Partners.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, a magnate with large operations in retail, banking and television who has been seen as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s closest business ally, wrote in his social media accounts Sunday that Bitcoin is a good investment.
Twitter is launching a dedicated crypto team to work on blockchain applications and Web3