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A plan to freeze the creator’s Bitcoin sparks fierce debate about crypto regulations

He authored Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 361 (BIP-361), which outlines a phased migration to quantum-resistant cryptography. “The goal is to create incentives and deadlines so that users, exchanges, custodians, wallets and institutions actually migrate in a timely manner,” said Lopp, who said in April that it would be better to freeze Satoshi’s stash and millions of […]

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Why bitcoins (BTC) disconnect from record high stocks won’t last

Bitcoins BTC$62,829.74 lackluster results this year have puzzled investors. Despite record highs in stocks, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency has struggled to regain momentum, while US tech stocks have rallied on enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, currently trading just below the $62,000 mark, down more than 50% from its peak in October. Two new outlooks from asset

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Massive EU legislation threatens the explosive boom of multibillion-dollar prediction markets

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said some prediction market contracts may be covered by the EU’s ban on binary options, warning firms that yes-or-no event contracts cannot be marketed, distributed or sold to retail clients when they qualify as financial instruments. “This means that the marketing, distribution or sale to retail customers of

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Europe led the way on crypto regulation. Now the implementation must match the ambitions

Europe has done something important. With MiCA, the EU created the world’s first comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptoassets. It is a significant achievement, not only for the digital asset industry, but for Europe’s wider ambition to lead in responsible financial innovation. MiCA’s promise was clear: a harmonized framework for the single market for crypto-asset services

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UK’s bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trade, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten rollout

“The existing AML registration process at the FCA, which is much more restrictive, is already incredibly demanding, with the FCA rejecting or forcing the withdrawal of over 85% of applications,” he said in an emailed comment. The new framework introduces significantly broader requirements covering consumer duty, supervisory standards, operational resilience and senior management accountability. Cattee

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XRP price jumps 8%, Ripple-linked token can provide great risk-reward at these levels

XRP holders are on average more underwater than they’ve ever been, according to onchain data, which some traders are treating as a contrarian floor signal. The reading comes from MVRV, or market value to realized value, a ratio that compares XRP’s price to the average price its supply last moved to. When it sits below

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Bitcoin’s next parabolic run is coming. But there is a $1 trillion catch

The 2015 cycle took in about $69 billion for a gain of nearly 10,000%. The 2018 cycle needed about $365 billion for about 2,000%. Running since 2022, this cycle has taken in about $697 billion and returned 689%. The numbers track realized capitalization, a measure that values ​​each coin at the price it last moved,

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