The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany (BaFin) is not ready to classify nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as securities. The agency suggests classifying the NFTs on a case-by-case basis. On March 8, the BaFin journal published an explanatory note considering NFTs legal classification. At this point, the regulators don’t see how NFTs meet the criteria to
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Bitcoin continued to trade lower on March 9, as prices fell to a fresh multi-week low in today’s session. The decline came as crypto bank Silvergate confirmed that it will be winding down operations. Ethereum also edged lower. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday, as markets reacted to news that
Bitcoin (BTC) traders remain sensitive even to small price movements as data shows liquidations climbing. As BTC/USD approaches $21,600 on March 9, those who are long BTC are seeing positions evaporate. Longs begin to disappear with BTC at three-week lows Despite consensus forming around Bitcoin retesting $20,000, small shifts in price are still taking a
U.S. President Joe Biden’s upcoming budget proposal has a few surprises for crypto traders and investors, including a proposed doubling of capital gains for certain investors and a crackdown on crypto wash sales. The Biden administration is set to release its fiscal 2024 budget plan on March 9, which is reportedly aimed at reducing the
On March 8, Coinbase announced the launch of its Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS) product. The WaaS product aims to “bring the next hundred million consumers into Web3 through a seamless wallet-onboarding experience.” The Coinbase WaaS offers wallet infrastructure application programming interfaces (APIs) to companies, enabling them to build their own custom Web3 crypto wallets. Coinbase’s Wallet-as-a-Service Aims
Like it or not, for crypto investors, the U.S. Federal Reserve policy on interest rate hikes and high inflation is the single most relevant measure for gauging demand for risk assets. By increasing the cost of capital, the Fed boosts the profitability of fixed-income instruments, but this is detrimental to the stock market, real estate,
In this week’s newsletter, read about how Yuga Labs’ first Bitcoin-based nonfungible tokens (NFTs) earned $16.5 million in 24 hours, and how the Bitcoin NFT market can reach $4.5 billion by 2025. Check out how Binance’s artificial intelligence NFT generator got 10,000 mints 2.5 hours after its launch, and find out how the Flare blockchain
According to United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a new draft of the bipartisan crypto bill pioneered by herself and Senator Cynthia Lummis will be released to the new Congress after being deferred in 2022. In a March 8 Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Senator Gillibrand asked CFTC chair
On March 7, onchain observers noticed that Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, had allegedly sold billions and trillions of airdropped ERC20 tokens, resulting in a gain of an estimated $700,000 in value. The market liquidity of the airdropped tokens was shallow, and the relatively unknown ERC20 tokens plummeted in value after Buterin reportedly sold
Bitcoin’s price (BTC) fell below a four-day narrow trading range near $22,400 on March 7 following comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as he sat before a Senate banking committee. During the congressional appearance, the Fed chairman warned that the bank is prepared to tame inflation by pushing for more significant interest rate
Bitcoin (BTC) fell to three-week lows on March 8 as stronger-than-expected employment data from the United States dampened risk assets. Employment stats boost Fed hawks, BTC price dips Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $21,858 on Bitstamp. The pair was attempting to preserve $22,000 as support at the time of
While there’s nothing new in imposing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards on crypto, it is only now that the Indian government has decided to notify all interested parties of the obligation to comply with the national AML law. On March 7, The Gazette of India published a notification from the Ministry of Finance, subjecting a range
The law firms, investment banks and consulting companies working with FTX on its bankruptcy case billed the crypto exchange a combined $34.18 million in January, court documents reveal. FTX’s chief restructuring officer and new CEO, John J. Ray III, also received a hefty pay package, charging $1,300 an hour to a total of $305,000 in
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has outlined several risks related to crypto activities during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. While stating that the Fed sees turmoil, fraud, a lack of transparency, and run risk in the crypto space, he stressed: “We don’t want regulation to stifle innovation.” Fed
Bitcoin (BTC) faced a one-hour $1,420 pullback on March 3 following Silvergate Bank’s 57.7% stock crash, which was due to significant losses and “suboptimal capitalization.” The U.S. fintech-friendly bank was a key financial infrastructure provider for exchanges, institutional investors and mining companies, and some investors are worried that its potential demise could have wide-ranging negative
The price of Ether (ETH) declined 6% between March 2 and 3, followed by tight-range trading near $1,560. Still, analyzing a wider time frame provides no clear trend, as its chart can point to a descending channel or a slightly longer seven-week bullish pattern. Ether’s recent lack of volatility can be partially explained by the
A group of United States lawmakers is reportedly planning to reintroduce legislation to change the reporting requirements for certain taxpayers involved in crypto transactions. According to a March 7 report from Punchbowl News, Representatives Patrick McHenry and Ritchie Torres plan to reintroduce the Keep Innovation in America Act. McHenry was one of the leading voices
Silver prices have been hovering just below the $21 per troy ounce mark over the last 24 hours, after jumping above the $24 range in mid-January. While long-term and modest forecasts expect silver to hit $30 by 2025 and $40 by 2027, Keith Neumeyer, CEO of First Majestic Silver, thinks medium to long-term, silver could
According to a new filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, Canaan, a Chinese Bitcoin (BTC) miner and manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining machines, reported that its revenue decreased by 82.1% year-over-year to $56.8 million in Q4 2022. During the quarter, Canaan sold 1.9 million terahashes per second
In this inaugural edition of Cointelegraph’s monthly Web3 gaming column, we highlight some of the top stories and events in the blockchain gaming space over the past few weeks, as well as upcoming releases. Fortnite player sells Dookey Dash prize It has been a little over a month since NFT behemoth Yuga Labs, the company