The whispers are growing louder. The unthinkable is becoming…plausible. Is the same US government that a few years ago called Bitcoin a failure now scheming to weaponize it? Are they really trying to achieve global superiority? Forget decentralization. Forget financial freedom. Have we become so accustomed to Silicon Valley’s predation...
GreenLedgers’ audacious leap into DeFi and NFTs looks like strolling into a high-tech poker game. So they’re betting the farm every time. Are they preparing their next strategic step, or are they soon to be surprised by a tsunami of fresh regulations? The promise is tantalizing: democratized finance, unique digital...
The SEC’s joint work with El Salvador on crypto “regulatory sandboxes” is frankly kind of fishy. Two pilot programs, totaling less than $10,000 combined, to educate the SEC’s new Crypto Task Force on digital assets? That’s less than what the average American pays for a used car of modest quality....
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is one of the most active investors in cryptocurrency and fintech. They are proving time and again that they’re the dominant player in the digital asset space. The firm has already made a number of strategic investments. This step demonstrates its bold confidence in the long-term promise...
Bitstamp, the world’s first and longest-standing cryptocurrency exchange, is looking toward a bullish 2025. They’re just getting started, intent on going global, improving the user experience—and staying ahead of regulators. The exchange is well-known for its security and mature industry approach. It aims to continue its integration with Robinhood, grow...
In short, the SEC is seeing the trees and missing the forest. Badly. We're all caught in this endless loop, debating decentralization like it's the holy grail of crypto regulation. But let's be honest, isn't this whole "decentralization determines security status" argument a convenient smokescreen? Without question, this feels like...
AG James is right. It’s time for Congress to stop looking the other way on the crypto Wild West. The Celsius debacle, in which 26,000 New Yorkers alone lost a shocking $440 million, is just one painful example. Another $12 billion disappeared down the crypto fraud rabbit hole last year....
We're told MiCA is a victory. A landmark. A victory, indeed, though perhaps a surprising one as Ekmel Çilingir, Chairman of EMBank’s Supervisory Board, would have you think. Volumes up, stablecoins flowing, fintechs supposedly empowered. But before we uncork the champagne, let's ask a crucial question: Does Regulation Truly Set...
Ekmel Cilingir, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of European Merchant Bank (EMBank), has released an article examining the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S. and the European Union. Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, Cilingir's LinkedIn Pulse article, titled "Crypto Going Legit: New Direction in the US, MiCA's Early Success,...
Jerome Powell’s recent recognition of crypto’s increasing mainstream adoption as disruptive and revolutionary was a watershed moment. At last, a big establishment player recognizes that crypto is here to stay. He's right; stablecoin regulation is needed. As a surgeon with a blunt scalpel, Congress is in danger of hurting more...
