Tag: Stablecoins
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SEC Lawsuits Against Binance and Coinbase: A Damning Indictment of the Cryptocurrency Concept?
In an unprecedented move signaling increased scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed lawsuits against leading crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase. Allegedly, both exchanges knowingly violated securities laws, prompting the debate: is the entire concept of cryptocurrency fundamentally flawed, or even a sham? The SEC contends that Binance,…
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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: XRP and the SEC- Is XRP a security?
The court proceedings between Ripple Labs and the Securities and Exchange Commission haven’t come to a conclusion, and we won’t be able to provide any definitive answers to what we as here today, but we can speculate based on the existing information. Determining whether or not the XRP cryptocurrency is a security is really beyond…
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Today’s Idea: Wellfield Technologies (WFLD.V) offers tomorrow’s markets today
Tomorrow’s markets are going to be easier to navigate, or so we’re told by anyone close to decentralized finance (DeFi). The essential promise of DeFi is that it could lead to an altogether more efficient, more democratic form of finance. It promises a system that’s cheaper, faster, more transparent and less prone to manipulation by…
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The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)
USD Coin (USDC) is a digital stablecoin pegged to the United States dollar and runs on Ethereum, Stellar, Algorand, Solana, Tron and the Hedera Hashgraph system. It’s managed by a group called Centre, which was founded by the company and includes members from Coinbase (COIN.Q) and the Bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, as investors. For the…
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The Bitcoin Bubble: Is Tether too big to fail?
Bitcoin’s zoomed to a new all-time high of $28,601.89 over the Christmas season, likely fattening the wallets of hodlers while causing a nasty case of regret in everyone who didn’t get in when it was $2,000 about a year and a half ago. But there was some uneasy rumblings throughout the cryptosphere about what it…