Month: October 2023

On Oct. 18, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a joint opinion statement on the regulation of “digital euro,” proposed by the European Commission in July 2023. The regulators made several recommendations to enhance the personal data protection standards for the European central bank digital currency (CBDC). 
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Bitcoin (BTC) kept pressure on $28,500 after the Oct. 19 Wall Street open ahead of a key speech on United States economic policy. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Lepard: Powell may flip “very dovish” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action gaining strength ahead of commentary by Jerome Powell, chair of
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The United States Treasury Department is reportedly planning to expand its sanctions to designate cryptocurrency mixers as money-laundering hubs following Hamas’ attack on Israel. According to an Oct. 19 report in The Wall Street Journal, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the addition of crypto mixers to entities sanctioned by the U.S. government was aimed
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From privacy coins to shiny iris-scanning orbs, zero-knowledge proofs have become synonymous with crypto, scalability and privacy. In 2022, investors gave over $700 million in funding to companies pushing the envelope with zero-knowledge proofs. This year, ZK-proofs has arguably become one of the biggest blockchain trends, with several major Ethereum scaling protocols hitting mainnet. ZK-proofs
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Coinbase crypto exchange chief legal officer Paul Grewal called on the crypto community to join the movement against the United States Treasury’s proposed tax reporting regulations on cryptocurrencies. Grewal urged the community to oppose the proposed regulations, as they could set a dangerous precedent for surveillance. Grewal took to X (formerly Twitter) to address the
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The United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is strengthening its presence in Europe and has officially announced Ireland as its chosen main European crypto hub. Coinbase has selected Ireland as its EU entity location of compliance with Europe’s major cryptocurrency regulatory framework known as Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the firm announced to Cointelegraph on Oct.
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