Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, co-founder and CSO of Ledn, a Canada-based bitcoin lending platform, stated that Latam citizens are shifting to elect governments supporting bitcoin as a better money alternative. In an interview with Bitcoin News, Di Bartolomeo stressed that presidents like Bukele in El Salvador and Milei in Argentina have shown Latam that proposals including […]
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Cryptocurrency Firm Abra Settles With 25 US States Over Licensing Violations
Financial authorities in 25 U.S. states have reached a settlement with the cryptocurrency investment platform Abra and its CEO Bill Barhydt for operating without proper licensing. This settlement mandates significant changes in how Abra conducts its operations within these states. Abra Reaches Settlement Over Unlicensed Operations, Agrees to Major Concessions According to a report from […]
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Multiple US States Have Revoked Binance US Crypto Licenses
Multiple U.S. states have revoked or declined to renew Binance US money transmitter licenses due to compliance issues and legal troubles involving former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). “North Dakota joins Alaska, Florida, Maine, North Carolina, and Oregon who have taken similar actions to revoke or deny the renewal of BAM Trading Services’ Money Transmission License,” […]
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Microstrategy’s Michael Saylor States Spot Ether ETF Approval ‘May Be Better for Bitcoin’
Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Microstrategy, stated that the approval of several spot ether ETF proposals by the U.S. SEC might be good for Bitcoin. In “What Bitcoin Did,” Peter McCormack’s podcast, Saylor stated this approval gives rise to a crypto asset class, including several use cases like tokens, NFTs, and defi, with Bitcoin at […]
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Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark States Stablecoins Are Coming to the Lightning Network
Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs, stated that tokenized assets, such as stablecoins, are next to appear on top of the lightning network (LN), Bitcoin’s layer two scaling protocol. Stark highlighted the transformative possibilities of this upgrade, stressing that it would allow users to complete stablecoin payments leveraging affordable LN transaction fees. Lightning Labs CEO […]
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Russian Duma Financial Market Chairman States Digital Financial Assets Might Replace Fiat for International Payments
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov stated that digital financial assets, issued by institutions regulated by the central bank, could replace fiat channels for international settlements. Aksakov also acknowledged that while not being controlled for this use case, digital assets were already being used to settle international payments. […]
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DOJ and US States Take on Apple in Major Antitrust Suit Over App Store Monopoly
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), joined by 16 state attorney generals, filed an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Apple, claiming its app store rules create a monopoly that hampers competition and stifles innovation. The lawsuit argues that practices such as forcing developers to use Apple’s payment system and restricting them through various rules […]
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United States Dominates Global Crypto Market With Massive $9.3 Billion In Profits
In a recent report by market intelligence firm Chainalysis, it has been revealed that global crypto gains in 2023 amounted to a staggering .6 billion. This profit surge reflects improved asset prices and market sentiment compared to 2022.
Although this figure falls short of the 9.7 billion gains witnessed during the 2021 bull market, it signifies a significant recovery from the estimated losses of 7.1 billion experienced in 2022.
Sharp Surge In Crypto Gains
The report suggests that despite similar growth rates in crypto asset prices in 2021 and 2023, the total gains for the latter year were lower. According to Chainalysis, this discrepancy could potentially be attributed to investors’ decreased inclination to convert their crypto assets into cash.
The analysis further suggests that investors in 2023 seem to have anticipated further price increases, as crypto asset prices did not exceed previous all-time highs (ATHs) during the year, unlike in 2021.
Cryptocurrency gains remained relatively consistent throughout 2023, except for two consecutive months of losses in August and September, as seen in the image above. However, gains surged sharply thereafter, with November and December eclipsing all previous months.
United States Leads
Leading the pack in cryptocurrency gains was the United States, with an estimated .36 billion in profits in 2023. The United Kingdom secured the second position with an estimated .39 billion in crypto gains.
Notably, several upper and lower-middle-income countries, particularly in Asia, such as Vietnam, China, Indonesia, and India, achieved significant gains, each surpassing billion and ranking within the top six countries worldwide.
Chainalysis had previously observed strong cryptocurrency adoption in these income categories, particularly in “lower-middle-income” countries, which demonstrated resilience even during the recent bear market. The gains estimates indicate that investors in these countries have reaped substantial benefits from embracing the asset class.
Ultimately, the Chainalysis report suggests that the positive trends observed in 2023 have carried over into 2024, with prominent cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) hitting all-time highs of ,700 following the approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and increased institutional adoption.
If these trends persist, the firm believes that it is conceivable that gains in 2024 will align more closely with those witnessed in 2021.
As of this writing, the total crypto market cap valuation stands at .5 trillion, a sharp drop of over 4% in the last 24 hours alone, and down from Thursday’s two-year high of .7 trillion. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is trading at ,400 after dropping as low as ,500 but has quickly regained its current trading price, limiting losses to 4% over the past 24 hours.
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Coinbase States Americans Could Have Saved at Least $74 Billion Using Crypto
Coinbase, a leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, claims that Americans could have saved at least million in 2022 by leveraging crypto tech instead of using credit cards as payment options. In its latest State of Crypto report, Coinbase reveals how traditional finance system institutions keep transaction fees high in a system “mired in delays.” Coinbase […]
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Vaneck Exec States Solana Outage Might Have Been Manually Triggered
Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at Vaneck, revealed that there is speculation around the cause of the latest Solana outage, which stopped its blockchain by five hours. Sigel explained that the bug that created this service interruption was related to the Berkley Packet Filter (BPF) and that it might have been manually triggered. […]
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