The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has scheduled a roundtable discussion centered on privacy and financial surveillance for December, as a renewed focus on privacy grips the cryptocurrency industry. The privacy roundtable is slated for Dec. 15. Like other SEC roundtables, crypto industry executives and SEC officials will discuss common pain points…
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A US lawmaker introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on Thursday that would allow Americans to pay their federal taxes in Bitcoin, which would then be funneled into the US strategic Bitcoin reserve. Under the Bitcoin for America Act proposed by Representative Warren Davidson, a Republican from Ohio, BTC (BTC) transferred to the…
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The government of India may consider stablecoin regulations in its Economic Survey 2025-2026, while the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) takes a “cautious” approach to crypto and pushes for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), revealing a divergence in policy recommendations. The government will “present its case” for stablecoins in the annual report published by…
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The odds of an interest rate cut at the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting have plunged to 33% as “extreme fear” grips the crypto market and the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dips below $89,000. Investors placed the odds of a December rate cut at about 67% during the first week of November, with…
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The US government’s ending of the shutdown and return to the normal legislative session may spark a surge in new crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2026, according to market analysts. There is “huge” demand for crypto ETFs and exchange-traded products (ETPs), Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is the solution to the loss of purchasing power and downward social mobility. However, individuals must understand the root economic issues to see Bitcoin’s true value as a savings vehicle, according to Natalie Brunell, journalist and author of “Bitcoin is for Everyone.” Brunell is a first-generation immigrant; her family came to the US…
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Gold investor Peter Schiff called Strategy’s business model, which hatched the biggest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company in the world, a “fraud” on Sunday and challenged the company’s founder, Michael Saylor, to a debate. Schiff, who is one of crypto and Bitcoin’s harshest critics and a staunch gold advocate, challenged Saylor to a debate at Binance…
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The debate between the Bitcoin (BTC) and Zcash (ZEC) communities intensified on Sunday as the price of Zcash recovered to over $700, after falling to a low of $598 on Saturday. “The ‘Bitcoin only, everything else is a scam’ crowd is going to get really twisted trying to figure out what to say about Zcash,”…
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Steak ‘n Shake, a fast food restaurant company in the United States that accepts Bitcoin (BTC), announced on Saturday that it is expanding into El Salvador. “We were honored to be in Bitcoin Country,” the company said in an X post following Steak ‘n Shake’s participation in the country’s Bitcoin Histórico event on Wednesday and…
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The crypto market’s long-term fundamentals look promising, despite the shakeup in October and November that has left asset prices down and investor sentiment to crater, according to Hunter Horsley, CEO of investment firm Bitwise. Horsley said the four-year market cycle is dead, replaced by a more mature market structure and changed dynamics due to the…
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