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- US lawmakers introduce bill aimed at reporting on crypto miners' potential environmental impactby Cointelegraph By Turner Wright on December 8, 2022
The Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act would instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to report on crypto mining activity consuming more than 5 megawatts.
- DMI finds CBDCs not targeting cross-border payments, huge potential in Metaverseby Cointelegraph By Derek Andersen on December 8, 2022
The Digital Money Institute’s third annual payments report looks at CBDCs for the first time, as well as other payment methods, through the lens of cross-border payment utility.
- Ren protocol warns users to unwrap tokens or risk losses as upgrade loomsby Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone on December 8, 2022
The team stated on Twitter that deposits would be disabled “shortly” and withdrawals within 30 days.
- Countries and institutions move into crypto despite market drop: Reportby Cointelegraph By Cointelegraph Research on December 8, 2022
November saw a reduction in BTC mining revenue for publicly traded miners, a decline in venture capital investment, and signals of Bitcoin going to $12,000.
- Paradigm releases 'Ethereum for Rust' to help ensure network stabilityby Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone on December 8, 2022
A previous version of Ethereum for Rust had been released by Erigon in June, but the Erigon team stopped supporting it due to a lack of resources.
- Total crypto market cap falls to $840 billion, but derivatives data shows traders are neutralby Cointelegraph By Marcel Pechman on December 8, 2022
Regulatory pressure continues to limit each upside breakout, but data shows some compelling reasons for an eventual crypto market rally.
- BlockFi employees were discouraged from describing risks in internal communications: Reportby Cointelegraph By Judith BannermanQuist on December 8, 2022
According to a former employee, an internal team at BlockFi raised concerns about the borrower pool being too concentrated among crypto whales such as Three Arrows Capital and Alameda.
- Ethereum developers target March 2023 for Shanghai hard forkby Cointelegraph By Zhiyuan Sun on December 8, 2022
Users will be able to withdrew their staked Ether and applicable rewards after the upgrade goes live.
- US lawmakers question federal regulators on banks' ties to crypto firmsby Cointelegraph By Turner Wright on December 8, 2022
“FTX’s collapse shows that crypto may be more integrated into the banking system than regulators are aware,” said Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith.
- Waves-backed stablecoin USDN drops further after regulator warning and exchange delistingby Cointelegraph By Kyle White on December 8, 2022
WAVES price and its USDN stablecoin lose value after the Digital Asset eXchange Association issues a caution notice and Upbit exchange delists the token.
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- Ethereum developers target March 2023 for Shanghai hard forkon December 8, 2022
Users will be able to withdrew their staked Ether and applicable rewards after the upgrade goes live.
- Bitcoin takes liquidity near $17K as US dollar shows weakness pre-CPIon December 8, 2022
BTC price action targets $17,000 amid gently increasing volatility, with a week to go until U.S. inflation data.
- More than 90% of consumers are curious about the Metaverse: Capgeminion December 8, 2022
The volatility of the crypto market hasn’t stopped the metaverse from gaining potential as a utility for businesses and consumers alike.
- NFTs minted on FTX break, highlighting Web2 hosting flawson December 8, 2022
NFTs hosted on FTX platform were affected by the firm’s collapse, showing blank images instead of the original art.
- Hong Kong to subject crypto exchanges to the same laws governing TradFion December 8, 2022
The new legislation will bring a licensing regime for the virtual asset service providers requiring them to pass strict AML and money laundering guidelines.