Cathie Wood Calls Bitcoin a ‘Financial Super Highway,’ Reiterates $1.5M Price Target

The Ark Invest CEO said the firm has been looking closely at emerging markets, where use cases of the digital asset make her believe that bitcoin is partly a risk-off asset.

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Congress seeks clarification from Yellen on crypto oversight plans, criticizes Howey Test

Congress seeks answers from Yellen regarding her call to address regulatory gaps in the spot market for non-security digital assets.

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CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson touts DCCPA bill in market risk advisory meeting

The committee meeting was Johnson’s first as committee sponsor; she chose to concentrate on digital assets and the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act in her opening remarks.

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Rio de Janeiro forges ahead with Bitcoin integration plans

Rio de Janeiro’s secretary of finance and planning, Andrea Senko, recently revealed in an interview that her team is looking to spur the adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) by adding the digital asset to the city’s treasury portfolio.

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UK Treasury Strengthens Regulations Around Stablecoins Following UST Collapse

In response to the recent collapse of controversial crypto project Terra, Britain is looking into ways to ensure stablecoins don’t threaten their wider financial system. Her Majesty’s Treasury printed a new consultation paper on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, regarding minimizing the risks of the possible collapse of stablecoins and many more digital currencies by utilizing […]

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Blockchain Is Good But Won’t Rush To An Early Crypto Policy: Indian Finance Minister

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has offered a more nuanced response to the need for a policy for the Indian cryptocurrency sector. It presents a noticeable contrast to her usual dismissive stance on the future of digital assets in India.

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Girl, 13, Becomes A Multimillionaire By Selling NFT Art Of Long-Necked Women

Most pre-teens are preoccupied with a variety of things, but one of them may not be developing an empire as a digital designer. A 13-year-old artist has amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune by selling NFTs of her images of long-necked women.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Calls Crypto 'Transformative' in Wide-Ranging Speech

A digital dollar could become a "trusted money comparable to physical cash," U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in her first speech on digital assets on Thursday. Speaking to attendees at an American University event, Yellen highlighted the extreme divergence of perceptions about crypto, saying that’s often the case with “transformative” technology.

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Crypto Rules Should Match Traditional Financial System, Yellen to Say Thursday

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will deliver her first speech focusing on cryptocurrencies and the digital assets industry on Thursday. Excerpts of Yellen's remarks reveal her views on how to oversee the industry according to guidelines set forth in a recent executive order from President Joe Biden.

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Treasury's Yellen to Deliver First Speech on Crypto in US Economy

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has scheduled her first speech devoted entirely to digital assets and their place in the U.S economy. The Thursday remarks are expected to track closely with the sentiments already expressed in President Joe Biden's recent executive order.

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Secretary Yellen recognizes ‘benefits of crypto’ despite lingering skepticism

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen speaks to CNBC's Squawk Box shares her views on the state of digital assets amid calls for imposed regulations.

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US senators Lummis, Gillibrand reveal working on bipartisan crypto legislation

Senator Cynthia Lummis has won support from a Democrat senator for her new digital asset bill.

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Picasso’s Granddaughter: Our Family Will Continue Producing NFTs

Marina Picasso – granddaughter of the renowned painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso – said she and her son Florian will continue launching NFT collections depicting the artist’s work. The digital collectibles caused disputes among the family as some members did not agree with the initiative.

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Nifty’s Interview with Featured Artist, Shay The Surrealist

Featured Artist Shay The Surrealist talks about her work and new NFT collection Blooming Blossoms, launching exclusively on Nifty’s. From the world-famous artist, making digital art since 2014, Shay The Surrealist introduces her newest drop of Blooming Blossoms, exclusively on Nifty’s.

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Picasso Heirs Auctioning Unreleased Work as NFTs

The heirs of iconic artist Pablo Picasso are auctioning a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on one of his unreleased pieces. Sponsored Sponsored Picasso’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso, and her son Florian Picasso, will release 1,010 digital art pieces based on a ceramic work by the artist which has never been seen publicly.

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Perianne Boring says Bitcoin’s fundamentals are still strong

Founder and President of the Chamber of Digital Commerce Perianne Boring believes Bitcoin’s (BTC/USD) fundamentals are strong as ever despite last week’s crash. She aired her opinions during an interview on January 24, saying volatility is not necessarily a bad thing for crypto and that it is normal to see 30-50% price swings.

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Tales of the Web3 Tailors | Track 11, Lillian Sato

Track Eleven for the Tales of Web3 Tailors GDN Podcast is out! You can start listening in now! For this next episode, GDN member Lillian was interviewed! Lillian has an amazing story and journey into web3 fashion… where she first came across digital fashion through a magazine article and Twitch streams, leading her to drop […] The post Tales of the Web3 Tailors | Track 11, Lillian Sato appeared first on NFT News Today.

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Crypto Exchanges Subject to 2% Tax in UK Through Digital Services Law

In the United Kingdom, the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said that crypto platforms will be subject to a 2% tax. The post Crypto Exchanges Subject to 2% Tax in UK Through Digital Services Law appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Crypto Exchanges Facing "Digital Tax" Blow in U.K.

Cryptocurrencies are neither currencies nor commodities, according to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

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Amber Group – October 2021 Recap

Sponsored London Digital Assets Week 2021 and Regional Director for Europe Sophia Shluger joined a panel discussion on the ‘Institutional Participation in Digital Asset Markets’. Regional Director for Europe Sophia Shluger was invited by Sidley Austin to join a webinar and share her outlook on what is next in virtual assets.

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Institutional Buys Will Put Bitcoin At $500,000 In Five Years, Cathie Wood

Cathie Wood is no longer a hardly recognizable name in the bitcoin space. The CEO of ARK Invest has become one of the most prominent proponents of the digital asset. Wood had pitched her tent with bitcoin a long time ago and has not looked back since then.

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Martha Stewart Launches Recurring Seasonal NFTs

Martha Stewart officially launched her first seasonal NFT series on her website, which features exclusive digital art and photos. The post Martha Stewart Launches Recurring Seasonal NFTs appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis Discloses Bitcoin Purchase Worth Up to $100k in Late Filing

Despite being the most controversial digital asset in the nascent industry, Bitcoin is slowly gaining support in Washington. Reports coming from the Capital City states that Senator Lummis has recently increased her BTC holdings.

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110 Countries Are Exploring CBDC At Some Stage, Says IMF Managing Director

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund(IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, recently talked about digital currencies, including CBDC, in one of her recent speeches. The IMF MD gave this speech at the T20 Summit hosted by Bocconi University and Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) on Oct.

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$10,000 Call Very Much A Possibility For Ethereum This Year, Magnetic’s Megan Kaspar Asserts

Digital assets management firm, Magnetic’s Managing Director Megan Kaspar has affirmed her earlier conviction that Ethereum will trade in the $8000-$10,000 range before December 31, 2021, a few months after she successfully predicted that the asset would hit $3000 when Ether was trading close to about $1,200 in January.

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Nigeria moved $40 million via peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) trades last month

Data on Bitcoin peer-to-peer trading has shown that nearly $40 million worth of the leading digital asset was moved in the last 30 days by Nigerian Bitcoin users This figure is in line with those the African country had recorded since her government banned financial institutions from providing their services for crypto transactions.

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Digital currency may be an answer to help the unbanked, Sen. Warren says

Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared to have softened her stance on the crypto industry in recent remarks.

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Senator Lummis bought Bitcoin at $330: ‘one of the strongest stores of value’

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo. ) is making a name for herself as one of the most vocal backers of Bitcoin (BTC/USD) in US politics. She said during the CNBC Financial Advisor Summit on Tuesday that she first bought the digital coin at $330 and has no intention of pocketing her large gains.

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Tanzania’s Central Bank says It’s Working on President’s Directive to Prepare for Bitcoin Adoption

The central bank of Tanzania said it is working on President Samia Suluhu’s directive to prepare for cryptocurrencies, which could reverse the ban put on digital assets in 2019. The new president came to power in March after the death of her predecessor John Magufuli and is much more open to foreign investment than him.

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Tunisian Minister Says He Plans to ‘Decriminalize’ the Buying of Bitcoin

After reports that Tanzanian President Samia Hassan had asked her finance chief to look into cryptocurrencies, Tunisia has become the latest African country to signal a willingness to embrace digital assets.

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Russia’s Central Bank Chief Says CBDCs Are Necessary For Financial Systems

Russia’s Central Bank Chief Elvira Nabiullina said her country's decision to create a central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is due to its perceived benefits. Digital Ruble Prototype Would Be Launched This Year Speaking in a CNBC interview, the apex bank governor said Russia aims to roll out its Digital Ruble prototype by the end of […] The post Russia’s Central Bank Chief Says CBDCs Are Necessary For Financial Systems first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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4BULLS.GAME Launches NFT Staking: Up to 300% APY

4BULLS. GAME introduces a unique NFT staking program with a referral rewards program.   The 4BULLS. GAME NFT Staking program offers a type of staking in which a crypto holder locks his or her NFT digital artworks for a period of time and receives 4Bulls tokens (4B) at the end of the lock for holding, or staking, the […] The post 4BULLS.

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Bank of England and HM Treasury Create Taskforce for Proposed CBDC Project

The Bank of England (BoE) and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury) have jointly created a task force for the UK’s proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) project. Taskforce to Explore Modalities for UK’s CBDC In a press release published on Monday (April 19, 2021), the BoE and the HM Treasury instituted a Taskforce that wouldRead More

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Bank of England and HM Treasury Launch a Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce

Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Bank of England have revealed the establishment of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) taskforce. According to the announcement, the group’s purpose aims to explore a potential UK CBDC.

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Bitcoin May Hit $288,000 This Year: Chamber of Digital Commerce President

President of Chamber of Digital Commerce believes that Bitcoin may reach from $100,000 to $288,000 this year, here are her reasons for this

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SEC Commissioner: “We’re Overdue On Approving A Bitcoin ETF”

“Crypto Mom,” a title that was unofficially assigned to the U. S SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce by crypto users for her unending support for digital currencies might once again be paying off for the crypto ecosystem.

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Ethereum’s Vitalik on NFT sales: Little social value in helping Elon Musk earn yet another $1 M

NFTs have become the rage not only among digital artists but billionaire enthusiasts alike, resulting in token sales that run into millions. Only last month, musician Grimes sold her artwork for a cooThe post Ethereum’s Vitalik on NFT sales: Little social value in helping Elon Musk earn yet another $1 M appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Pop Artist Queen George Celebrates Independent Artistry With NFT Concert

Los Angeles, CA — March 17, 2021 — Queen George, the Los Angeles-based pop artist, today announces her first digital concert produced exclusively for her NFT holders. Her unique digital experience will debut Saturday, April 17 at 6 PM PT as an ode to what has felt like an overdue performance stifled by the pandemic … Continued The post Pop Artist Queen George Celebrates Independent Artistry With NFT Concert appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Fed Is Investing ‘Time and Labor’ As A Digital Dollar is ‘High Priority’ says Chairman Powell

The Federal Reserve is also “committed” to solving the tech problems. Treasury Secretary, unlike her predecessor, also says it “makes sense for central banks to be looking at.” The post Fed Is Investing ‘Time and Labor’ As A Digital Dollar is ‘High Priority’ says Chairman Powell first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Former TD Ameritrade Digital Assets Head Joins Fed Reserve as Chief Innovation Officer

Sunayna Tuteja has joined the Federal Reserve System as the Chief Innovation Officer. Before heading this position, Tuteja was previously working at TD Ameritrade as the Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets & DLT (Blockchain, Crypto), reads her LinkedIn profile.

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Canadian Singer, Grimes, Entering the NFT Scene; Volume Jumps 2.6x This Month

Canadian musician and singer Grimes is ready to join the NFT space with her collection WarNymph on digital art platform Nifty Gateway. “Big NFT News: Grimes is coming to Nifty Gateway! She will be dropping the #WarNymph collection on February 28th.

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Bank of Russia Head says Risks of Investing in Bitcoin Is Intensifying

The head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, believes that the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies continue to increase.  During a press conference on Friday, Nabiullina said that her views about digital currencies remain the same, as per Russian publication Tacc.

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ECB President Says Central Banks Are ‘Very Unlikely’ to Add Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset

In a Business Insider report, European Central Bank (ECB) President, Christine Lagarde, repeated her skepticism on Bitcoin, stating central banks are not looking to add the digital asset as a reserve currency any time soon.

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Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Bitcoiner, to Serve on Banking Committee

Through her role, Lummis will work on ensuring “that regulation of digital assets are structured to encourage innovation, instead of stifling it.” The post Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Bitcoiner, to Serve on Banking Committee first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary Nominee Asserts Bitcoin’s Potential

Mrs. Janet Yellen has made a follow-up comment about cryptocurrencies since the previous one in her recent confirmation hearing. In what seems like a contrary statement, the Treasury secretary nominee is now asserting the potential of digital currencies.

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ECB Sees Digital Euro as Useful for ‘All Citizens’

The European Central Bank (ECB) posted a tweet on Jan. 23 in which ECB President Christine Lagarde calls a properly-implemented digital euro “of service for all citizens”. Lagarde made her statement at the ECB Governing Council meeting in Frankfurt am Main.

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Yellen Clarifies Her Stance On Crypto, Says Digital Assets Have “Potential”

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Senator-Elect Urges Treasury Secretary to ‘Engage with Industry” & Against ‘Hasty’ Wallet Regulations

U. S. Senator-elect from Wyoming, Cynthia Lummis, shares her “deep” concerns with the Treasury Department considering “a hasty rule” to govern the self-hosted digital asset wallets and the Bank Secrecy Act.

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No Immediate Need for Digital Currency Says Norway’s Central Bank

Speaking at a conference on November 5, Ida Wolden Bache, the deputy governor of Norway’s central bank, detailed the decline of cash in her country while also discussing the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

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