Știri Binance, Circle intenționează să devină publică și comentarii bullish cripto: Hodler's Digest, 4-10 iulie

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US financial regulator FinCEN hires its first-ever chief digital currency adviser

The United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, filled a new role — that of chief digital currency adviser, unveiled on iulie 6, recrutare Michele Korver for the job. Korver has an array of experience in crypto regulation, including serving as digital currency counsel for the United States Department of Justice.

“Ms. Korver will advance FinCEN’s leadership role in the digital currency space by working across internal and external partners toward strategic and innovative solutions to prevent and mitigate illicit financial practices and exploitation,” a spus a public statement from FinCEN describing the new chief digital currency adviser position.  

In other regulatory-related news, Wyoming, a U.S. state that has been highly favorable toward the crypto and blockchain industry, officially named the American CryptoFed DAO a legal entity — a first for any decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO. 

Additionally, China has continued its regulatory crackdown on crypto.

Bitcoin price dips below crucial $33K support as Bitfinex shorts jump by over 5,000 BTC

Bitcoin (BTC) had another range-bound week, falling under the $33,000 mark on iulie 8, down from near $35,000. Short positions also became significantly more prevalent on crypto exchange Bitfinex, indicating bearish sentiment. Although Bitcoin fell below $33,000, the asset once again broke above the level on iulie 9. 

BTC analyst Willy Woo noted that the current environment appears similar to that of the pre-Bitcoin breakout in the latter portion of 2020. The analyst noted metrics that show BTC being pulled into longer-term holdings, which could, in turn, decrease the available coins in circulation. Data also exposed a notable influx of fresh users on the Bitcoin blockchain. Additionally, Bitcoin exchange withdrawals have increased și deposits have lessened.

Poland financial regulator issues public warning about Binance

Regulatory complications surrounding the Binance crypto exchange continued to surface this past week, with several news developments on the scene. In light of recent regulatory moves around Binance related to Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom, the ruling body of Poland’s finance scene, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, or PFSA, cautioned Polish Binance users on their interactions with the exchange, as well as with crypto in general. 

“In view of the protection of financial market participants and the warnings of foreign supervisory authorities, the PFSA Office recommends special caution when using the services of Binance group entities and when trading cryptocurrencies and crypto assets, as it may involve a significant risk that may result in the loss of funds,” the PFSA a spus in a public statement on iulie 7. 

La începutul săptămânii, Binance suspended the ability to send euros from bank accounts to its exchange platform, citing no firm explanation on its rationale for the move. “Due to events beyond our control, we are temporarily suspending EUR deposits via SEPA Bank Transfers from 8 am UTC on July 7, 2021,” Binance noted in a July 6 email to exchange users. 

Additionally, Binance users came forward with a tribunal de acțiune against the trading platform, demanding compensare semnificativă for losses they allegedly incurred due to the platform suffering outages during times of important price action. Participants claimed they did not have access to their accounts during pivotal periods of time. 

Barclays bank also ceased payment card transactions to Binance. Schimbul responded to the development with displeasure, saying the decision seemingly stemmed from a misunderstanding. In late June, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority demanded that Binance Markets Limited, or BML, cease all domestic operations. Binance claims that BML is a separate legal entity. 

In a separate story on July 7, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao expressed positivity toward crypto industry regulation in general via a iulie 6 letter posted on Binance’s blog. He notat a lack of regulatory clarity still exists and that Binance desires to work alongside regulators. 

Fondatorul avalanșei, Emin Gün Sirer, este „destul de optimist” în ceea ce privește perspectivele pieței cripto

Although digital asset prices have fallen in recent weeks, Cornell University professor and Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer retains positive expectations for the industry, citing increased interest in crypto assets from a bevvy of entities. “I have been getting contacts from retirement funds, not hedge funds, but retirement funds,” he a spus Cointelegraph China. domnule foresees further ranging for crypto over the next several months, with things picking up in the fall.

Stablecoin firm Circle to go public in $4.5B blank-check deal

Circle, the firm behind the $26 billion market cap stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), intends to take its operation public through a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company. Its ticker will be ClCr and the stock will trade on the New York Stock Exchange if all goes according to plan. “Circle to become public via a business combination with Concord Acquisition Corp (NYSE: CND), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition corporation with $276 million in trust,” Circle a spus in a public statement on iulie 8.

Câștigători și pierdeți

La sfârșitul săptămânii, Bitcoin este la $33,499, Ether la $2,131 și XRP la $0.63. Capacitatea totală a pieței este de 1.39 trilioane $, conform la CoinMarketCap. 

Among the largest 100 cryptocurrencies, the top three altcoin gainers of the week are Axie Infinity (AXS) at 147.51%, KuCoin Token (KCS) at 80.82%, and Synthetix (SNX) at 76.67%.

The top three altcoin losers of the week are Telcoin (TEL) at -21.46%, Celo (CELO) at -15.37%, and Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) at -9.71%

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“Ransom payments are the fuel that propels the digital extortion engine, and […] the United States will use all available tools to make these attacks more costly and less profitable for criminal enterprises.”

Lisa Monaco, DoJ deputy attorney general

„O schimbare a operațiunilor miniere criptografice din China va fi o oportunitate imensă pentru Canada. Bursa din Toronto a listat recent primul ETF Bitcoin din lume, astfel încât națiunea este deja înaintea curbei, în ceea ce privește integrarea criptomonedelor. ”

Khurram Shroff, iMining CEO and IBC Group chairman

“If the BoJ were to issue [a] CBDC, it would have a huge impact on financial institutions and Japan’s settlement system. [A] CBDC has the potential to completely reshape changes occurring in Japan’s financial industry.”

Hideki Murai, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan’s panel on digital currencies

“Regulators have demonstrated they can and will crackdown on crypto, so we suggest investors stay clear and build their portfolio around less risky assets. We’ve long warned that shifting investor sentiment or regulatory crackdowns could pop bubble-like crypto markets.”

UBS global wealth management team

“So China decides to go for the kill. It didn’t work & that was their last ace. So expect them to try anything. You can’t beat the bull.”

Alex se trezește, Nuggets News CEO and founder

“We are disappointed that Barclays appears to have taken unilateral action based on what appears to be an inaccurate understanding of events.”

Purtătorul de cuvânt al Binance

„[Ether] arată în prezent ca criptomonedă cu cel mai mare potențial de utilizare reală ca Ethereum, platforma pe care este moneda digitală nativă, este cea mai populară platformă de dezvoltare pentru aplicații cu contract inteligent.”

Goldman Sachs

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Goldman Sachs: popularitatea Ethereum ar putea face ca ETH să devină un magazin dominant de valoare

Bitcoin is the dominant player in the crypto markets, holding the industry’s prime position as the largest asset by market cap. The asset is viewed largely as a store of value, although Goldman Sachs expressed a view that Ethereum (ETH) could take over as the market’s main asset, flipping Bitcoin in market cap as well as taking its spot as the core store of value asset in crypto. Goldman’s rationale? The firm essentially said Ethereum has greater potential in terms of its versatility. 

“Ether currently looks like the cryptocurrency with the highest real use potential as Ethereum, the platform on which it is the native digital currency, is the most popular development platform for smart contract applications,” expressed Goldman via a July 6 communication, as raportate by Markets Insider.

FUD al Săptămânii 

„Investitorii sunt clari”: UBS avertizează că autoritățile de reglementare ar putea declanșa „piețe criptografice asemănătoare cu bule”

UBS, a well-known investment bank, sent clients a communication expressing concern over a potential crash in crypto prices due to increased regulatory scrutiny. UBS cited the recent regulatory tightening in China as one bit of rationale for recent downward crypto price action. 

“Regulators have demonstrated they can and will crackdown on crypto, so we suggest investors stay clear and build their portfolio around less risky assets. We’ve long warned that shifting investor sentiment or regulatory crackdowns could pop bubble-like crypto markets,” UBS noted, as raportate by Markets Insider.

„Regele Bitcoin” al Braziliei a arestat peste 7,000 de BTC dispăruți

Claudio Oliverira, Brazil’s self-styled “Bitcoin King” and chairman of digital asset brokerage firm Bitcoin Banco Group, was arrested by Brazilian federal police on fraud charges relating to 7,000 of investors’ BTC that the firm claimed went missing in 2019. According to a press release, federal police from the Curitiba Metropolitan Region served Oliverira, who was president of the group at the time the BTC was reported missing, and other persons associated with the firm with one preventive arrest warrant, four temporary arrest warrants and 22 search-and-seizure warrants. Several developments surrounding the firm raised suspicions, including a supposed hack că operația revendicat to have suffered in 2019 without being able to provide convincing evidence that the hack had actually occurred. Over 200 lawsuits have surfaced against Bitcoin Banco Group. Brazil’s authorities have taken Oliveira into custody.

Proprietarul Bitcoin.org raportează că site-ul a fost lovit cu un atac DDoS „absolut masiv”

Bitcoin.org, an educational site about BTC that also promotes the asset’s development, recently suffered troubles. “Bitcoin.org getting hit with an absolutely massive DDoS attack and a ransom demand to send Bitcoin or they’ll continue,” tweeter the site’s proprietor — a pseudonymous entity known as Cobra - pe iulie 5. DDoS stands for distributed denial of service. Historically, such attacks have not been terribly uncommon in the crypto space, although one might question the value of Bitcoin.org as a target, seeing as the website carries no private customer data, unlike crypto exchanges and other sites.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/2021/07/10/hodlers-digest-july-4-10-binance-news-circle-plans-public-bullish-crypto-comments