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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) announced on March 10 that it had received the nod from Spain’s securities regulator, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), to offer Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading services to its customers.  Spain’s second-largest bank’s crypto offerings in Spain will enable users to buy, sell and manage digital […]

An Ethereum developer says the recent Pectra upgrade of the Sepolia testnet ran into errors, which was made worse after an attacker used an “edge case” to cause the mining of empty blocks. Pectra rolled out on its final testnet, Sepolia, at 7:29 am on March 5, but Ethereum developer Marius van der Wijden said […]

A weakening US dollar could be bullish for Bitcoin, but two metrics could be cause for concern in the short term, according to Real Vision crypto analyst Jamie Coutts. “While my framework is turning bullish as the dollar plunges, two metrics still raise alarms: Treasury Bond volatility (MOVE Index) and Corporate Bond spreads,” said Coutts […]

Online trading platform Robinhood has agreed to pay $29.75 million to settle several probes from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) related to the company’s supervision and compliance practices. The settlement figure consisted of a $26 million civil fine and $3.75 million restitution to customers, FINRA said on March 7. Robinhood failed to “respond to […]

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development is reportedly looking to experiment with using blockchain and a stablecoin for some of its functions. The department, whose duties include overseeing social housing, has so far discussed the possibility of using blockchain to monitor grants, ProPublica reported on March 7, citing a meeting recording, documents and […]

Utah’s Bitcoin bill has passed the state Senate, but without its cornerstone, a clause that would have made it the first US state with its own Bitcoin reserve. The HB230 “Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments” bill now only provides Utah citizens with basic custody protections, the right to mine Bitcoin (BTC), run a node and […]

Utah’s Bitcoin bill has passed the state Senate, but without its cornerstone, a clause that would have made it the first US state with its own Bitcoin reserve. The HB230 “Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments” bill now only provides Utah citizens with basic custody protections, the right to mine Bitcoin (BTC), run a node and […]

Today in crypto, CZ asks Elon Musk to ban automated bots on X, disappointment surrounding the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve signals unrealistic investor expectations, and according to regulatory experts, Michael Saylor advocated for an aggressive US government approach to Bitcoin accumulation. CZ asks Elon Musk to get rid of automated bots on X Binance co-founder […]

Today in crypto, CZ asks Elon Musk to ban automated bots on X, disappointment surrounding the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve signals unrealistic investor expectations, and according to regulatory experts, Michael Saylor advocated for an aggressive US government approach to Bitcoin accumulation. CZ asks Elon Musk to get rid of automated bots on X Binance co-founder […]

Binance, the world’s largest centralized exchange, has announced a community co-governance structure that allows Binance users to vote to list or delist tokens on the platform. According to the announcement, Binance will select projects which the community can vote on. Tokens that receive the most votes will be listed on Binance following due diligence from […]