Apr 4, 2024
Ecosystem - Binance
- Crypto exchange Binance temporarily suspends payments from EU’s SEPA network - Reuters
- Binance Temporarily Stops Payments From EU’s Sepa Platform - Coindesk
- Binance ‘temporarily suspends’ payments from EU’s Sepa network - Financial Times
- Binance crackdown: regulators tussle with ‘wild west’ of crypto - Financial Times
- Santander to block payments by UK banking customers to Binance - Financial Times
- Santander UK is the latest bank to block payments to Binance - The Block
- Barclays stops UK clients from sending funds to Binance - Financial Times
- Binance CEO Calls For ‘Clear Regulations’ Amid Growing Pressure - Decrypt
- A Letter from Our CEO: Reflecting on Progress and the Road Ahead - Binance Blog
Ecosystem - Mining
- Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Records Largest Drop in History, Price Jumps - CoinDesk
- Bitcoin mining difficulty drops after hashrate collapse in China - CNBC
- MicroStrategy and Galaxy ‘Bitcoin Mining Council’ Claims Mining is One of Most Sustainable Industries - Blockworks
Ecosystem - China
- China’s central bank is ‘quite worried’ about global risks from some digital currencies - CNBC
- China cracks down on crypto-related services in ongoing war on bitcoin - CNBC
- Crackdowns by regulators could pop the crypto bubble and mean bitcoin is unsuitable for professional investors, says UBS - Business Insider
Regulation
- Washington is Divided on Crypto, Hearing Reveals - Blockworks
- Fed’s Powell met with Coinbase CEO on May 11 - Reuters
- Crypto lobbyists put DeFi proposals to FATF in open letter - The Block
- EU to Propose New Anti-Money Laundering Body to Crack Down on Crypto - Decrypt
- EU to propose new body to tackle dirty money, documents say - Reuters
- EU to create anti-money laundering agency - EU Observer
- Sen. Warren warns of cryptocurrency risks, presses SEC on oversight authority - Reuters
- FinCEN Welcomes First-Ever Chief Digital Currency Advisor and First Director of Strategic Communications - FinCEN.gov
- FinCEN Appoints First Chief Advisor for Crypto - Decrypt
Ecosystem - Crime
- Bitcoin Fraud Concerns Draw Scrutiny From Regulators - WSJ
- How REvil Ransomware Took Out Thousands of Business at Once - Wired
- Ransomware Group REvil Strikes Again, Demands $70M in Bitcoin From 200 US Firms - Coindesk
- Bitcoin.org Reportedly Hit With DDoS Attack, Ransom Demand - Decrypt
- Israeli Seizure Order Shows Hamas Holds USDT, TRX, DOGE - CoinDesk
Regulation - CBDC
- The Banque de France conducts a successful experiment on the use of central bank digital money
- Bank of France Carries Out Fifth CBDC Experiment With BNP Paribas, Euroclear - Coindesk
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand to Consult on Potential CBDC - CoinDesk
Ecosystem - VISA
- Visa: More Than $1 Billion Spent Using Crypto-Linked Cards in 2021 - Decrypt
- Visa says crypto-linked card usage tops $1 billion in first half of 2021 - CNBC
- Visa’s Crypto Ambitions Are Beginning to Pay Off - Business Insider
Ecosystem - Research
- Digital Assets: ESG – Why Not GSE? - Arca
- Bloomberg Crypto Outlook July 2021
- Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use - Elsevier
Markets
- Kraken Casts Doubt on Bearish Call Over GBTC ‘Unlocks’ - CoinDesk
- Bitcoin Bulls Under Pressure After Cryptocurrency Selloff - WSJ
- In gold-crazy India, millennials are turning to cryptocurrency amid Covid-19 - South China Morning Post
Tech
- Newsletter #156 - Bitcoin Optech
- bips/bip-descriptors-general.mediawiki at descriptors · achow101/bips
- Templates, Eltoo, and Covenants, Oh My! - Jeremy Rubin
- Centralization is the Enemy of Property Rights - Bitcoin Tech Talk #247 by Jimmy Song