Speaking before Congress, OCC head Brian Brooks describes the importance of digital asset innovation and the private sector. Amid a global race toward central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, the United States needs to focus on the private sector, says Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks.  “We have built private stablecoins in this country that already have a market cap in the tens of billions of dollars,” Brooks said in a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Thursday. Formerly head of Coinbase’s legal department, […]

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Bitcoin price is holding the $16K level but on-chain data suggest BTC could face a major roadblock in the short term. Bitcoin (BTC) price is proving to be relatively stable at around the $16,000 level, heavily outperforming both safe-haven and risk-on assets, including gold and stocks. But in the near term, the digital asset faces a major roadblock in the form of whales. On Nov. 12, the price of Bitcoin reached $16,199, a level not seen since the famed 2017 rally. Although BTC dropped to $15,600 within a […]

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“At that point in time we will make the decision as to whether or not we go forward with the digital euro.” The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has said that the bank should reach a decision on releasing a digital euro early next year. In an online policy panel held on Nov. 12, Lagarde stated that the European Central Bank, or ECB, was not “racing to be first” in its efforts to release a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. However, she said […]

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Data shows Bitcoin spot volume reached a 2020 high as retail and institutional interest surged. Bitcoin (BTC) has had a great November so far and many analysts believe the future remains bright for the top-ranked cryptocurrency. Currently sitting at $16,000 the price has surged by 23% since the start of the month, rallying mostly after the completion of the U.S presidential election. Now, Bitcoin spot volume has passed all previous records in 2020, showcasing the growing demand for acquiring BTC. The strong rally to $16,200 led Bitcoin […]

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Could Digital Currency Group be the first major crypto company to go public? What would an initial public offering for Digital Currency Group, or DCG, look like? Analysts at digital analytics firm Messari believe they have the answer.  In a newly published report, researcher Jack Purdy lays out a theoretical initial public offering for DCG. Using data from quarterly updates, along with other publicly available information and the average price-to-sales ratio for comparable fintech companies, Purdy concludes that DCG would be valued at more than $4 billion […]

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Strategic investor Lyn Alden says the 2020 macroeconomic environment is extremely favorable to Bitcoin. Strategic investor Lyn Alden believes Bitcoin’s growing network effect coupled with favorable macroeconomic factors may bring its market capitalization to $1 trillion in the next few years.  Back in 2017, Alden was skeptical toward Bitcoin (BTC), as the network effect of the main cryptocurrency was still relatively weak: “I was concerned with dilution. […] So, if there isn’t one network effect that retains control, you could see that kind of market cap distributed […]

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Customers will be able to trade up to $20,000 a week, rather than the originally announced $10,000. On Thursday, PayPal’s crypto trading and payments went live for all eligible customers in the United States. Per its updated announcement, PayPal ended its waitlist for customers looking to use cryptocurrency in the U.S. Trading features a limit of $20,000 per week, which is double the originally announced $10,000. PayPal ultimately plans to make crypto payments available at 26 million merchants globally.   A representative told Cointelegraph that PayPal will notify U.S. […]

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