Pass the Stablecoin Bill Now
The choice isn’t stablecoins vs no stablecoins. It’s between regulated products with low fees that protect consumers, and offshore assets with low transparency and no oversight, says Austin Campbell.
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AWS-Reliant Blockchains Won’t Bring Transparency to AI
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No, Sam Bankman-Fried Is Not Being Bailed Out by Democrats
Republican candidate Vivek Rameswamy is rightly furious over dropped campaign finance charges. But the charges are likely to return after a procedural adjustment – and claims of corruption do more harm than good.
Aliens Exist. And They Use Cryptocurrency
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‘We’re Compute Cowboys’: Gideon Powell on the Pioneer Spirit Driving Bitcoin Mining
An interview with the CEO of Cholla Inc., an oil & gas exploration company that’s investing in bitcoin mining.
A BlackRock BTC ETF Wouldn’t Be Possible Without Bitcoin Miners
With institutions like BlackRock, Fidelity and Ark Investments all seeking SEC approval for Bitcoin ETFs, it’s time to thank Bitcoin miners for laying the groundwork for industry expansion.
Is the Worry Over Worldcoin Warranted?
No crypto project since Facebook’s Libra has generated such hue and cry from within the crypto community. Is it right to be concerned by Sam Altman’s iris-scanning uber-ambitious UBI project?
Why Ethereum Ditching Mining Isn’t as Green as Advertised
The economic arguments used to justify Ethereum’s switch to staking were intellectually dishonest, developer Lane Rettig writes. (Jan Huber/Unsplash)
Amid Sanctions, Bitcoin Mining Machines Are ‘Flowing’ Into Russia, as Industry Thrives
Mining rig makers like Bitmain and MicroBT are expanding to Russia as the U.S. market becomes saturated, source said.
Tokenization News Roundup: Avalanche Invests $50M in RWA
Competition among blockchains to grab some of the RWA market, new lending pool from Credix that supports Colombian farmer, the first-ever tokenization under Spain’s new laws, how the U.K’s regulations may lead to the country becoming a tokenization hub, and more for the week ending July 27, 2023.