USA | ForkLog - Part 124

ForkLog 10 07.12.2021

US Includes Cryptocurrencies in Anti-Corruption Strategy

The Biden administration published the United States Strategy on Countering Corruption. In the first such document for the country, cryptocurrencies are mentioned.

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ForkLog 23 07.12.2021

US banking regulator warns of crypto adoption risks

DLT technology and digital assets, including stablecoins and cryptocurrencies, could broaden the reach of financial services, but banks should deploy such tools with caution. The OCC, within the U.S. Department of the Treasury, said in a semiannual risk perspective report.

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ForkLog 23 07.12.2021

Grayscale: 26% of American investors already own Bitcoin

More than a quarter of investors in the US (26%) say they already own Bitcoin, with over half (55%) having bought the asset in the last 12 months. This comes from a Grayscale Investments survey.

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ForkLog 25 02.12.2021

Marathon to host more than 100,000 Bitcoin miners at Compute North facilities

The Nasdaq-listed Marathon Digital Holdings has expanded its agreement with infrastructure provider Compute North to house more than 100,000 Bitcoin mining devices.

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ForkLog 9 01.12.2021

American trader pleads guilty to $5 million cryptocurrency fraud

In the United States, 25-year-old trader Jeremy Spence pleaded guilty to cryptocurrency fraud, according to a Department of Justice statement.

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ForkLog 23 01.12.2021

Crypto.com to acquire two U.S. derivative exchanges for $216 million

The cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has agreed to acquire two U.S. derivative exchanges from the financial company IG Group Holdings.

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ForkLog 26 01.12.2021

Mining company GRIID to go public via SPAC merger

The American mining company GRIID will go public on the New York Stock Exchange via a merger with SPAC Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. The value of the combined firm was estimated at $3.3 billion, according to the press release.

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ForkLog 24 30.11.2021

Kelly Strategic Management files to launch Ethereum futures ETF

The investment firm Kelly Strategic Management has filed with the SEC to register an Ethereum futures ETF.

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ForkLog 8 26.11.2021

Hillary Clinton warns of cryptocurrency manipulation by Russia and China

The Biden administration must tighten cryptocurrency regulation amid manipulations by certain states and non-state actors that destabilise the dollar, she said in an MSNBC interview.

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ForkLog 30 25.11.2021

US blacklists Chinese quantum computing developers

The U.S. Department of Commerce has imposed sanctions on about a dozen Chinese technology manufacturers in quantum computing and artificial intelligence, prohibiting American companies from cooperating with them.

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ForkLog 17 23.11.2021

Bank of America: Stablecoin Regulation as a Catalyst for Mass Adoption

A US Treasury report on the risks of stablecoins is an 'indicator of urgency' for regulating 'stablecoins', given their potential to become a viable method of payment. Bank of America (BofA) shares this view, according to CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 24 23.11.2021

Brad Garlinghouse signals a successful resolution of the SEC dispute in 2022

Ripple is achieving “significant progress” in its case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company's CEO Brad Garlinghouse told CNBC. In his view, the dispute could be wrapped up in 2022.

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