Now returning to SEC Chair for a third time, Paul Atkins appears to be willing to work with Congress to make crypto work. He promises welcome clarity, touts entrepreneurs who deserve rules, and even gives a shout out to Hester Pierce, crypto’s favorite commissioner. Congress’ FIT21 is on the table,...
The Indian government’s ambitious Digital India initiative, launched in 2015, has not produced desired results. Its vision is to make the country digitally empowered in all the aspects of the economy. Nevertheless, India still has more than 15 million cryptocurrency holders—second only to the United States. Furthermore, the country’s dynamic...
El Salvador. A tiny nation. A David facing a Goliath. Here, David’s foe is epic-Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), shackled as it is by decades of tradition. At the same time, El Salvador races toward the front of the pack in the cryptocurrency competition. What’s really revolutionary though, is that...
Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) like Uniswap, Curve or SushiSwap have grown into a multi-billion dollar ecosystem worth far more than just simple trading venues. Now, DEXs have changed in tremendous ways since EtherDelta brought the “first principle” to life. Today, they act as liquidity onramps, protocol orchestrators, and interchain swap engines,...
Kenya is taking a commendable, proactive step to regulate its digital asset ecosystem. The country has passed the Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASP) Bill. The bill seeks to bring much-needed clarity, safety, and structure to our nation’s fast-expanding crypto marketplace. Kenya is already making moves to protect its digital economy....
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...
