Wall Street’s Bill Miller: ‘Bitcoin Has Potential to Be Worth a Lot or Worth Zero’ Bitcoin (BTC) can potentially have a high value or be worth nothing, noted Wall Street investor Bill Miller told CNBC in an interview on Monday, Jan.7.Miller, the founder of investment management firm Miller Value Partners, spoke to CNBC host Kelly Evans during a show called “The Exchange,” calling Bitcoin an interesting technological experiment and… UAE-Based Crypto Exchange Seals Preliminary Approval From Regulators United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based crypto asset exchange and custodian Arabian Bourse (ABX) — a joint venture from GMEX Group and Arshad Khan — has received initial regulatory approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).The news was reported by financial news website Markets Media on June 6.GMEX Group is… An Inside Look Into the Surprisingly Friendly Rivalry Between Ledger and Trezor Trezor and Ledger, two of the most prominent hardware wallet manufacturers, have long been locked in a rivalry.As part of Cointelegraph’s interview with Charles Guillemet, the CTO of Ledger, he revealed that the relationship is more complex than it may seem at first.Despite the rhetoric, cooperation and respect can be found as well.A collaborative… Bitcoin Gold Blockchain Hit by 51% Attack Leading to $70K Double Spend The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) blockchain has suffered a 51% attack resulting in over $70,000 worth of BTG being double spent.According to a GitHub post by James Lovejoy, a researcher at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, the hard-fork of Bitcoin was hit by two deep reorganizations of over 10 blocks on Jan.23 and 24.A 51%… DeFi leader’s mishap sees his Eth2 validator subjected to ‘continuous slashing’ Slashing is one of the big risks of staking on ETH 2.0, find out how to avoid it.
1245 Total views 13 Total shares One of the most prominent figures in the decentralized finance community has suffered validator penalties on the Ethereum 2.0 network after a mishap with his DappNode’s power button.DeFi protocol Synthetix founder,… Coinbase Hires Former Fannie Mae Exec as New Chief Legal Officer Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has hired on former Fannie Mae General Counsel Brian Brooks as their new Chief Legal Officer, according to an announcement published September 19.At Coinbase, Brooks will be responsible for legal, compliance, and government affairs.Prior to Coinbase, Brooks served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the U.S.Federal… Crooked police chief sentenced to 8 years for dark web shenanigans The charges are reminiscent of events that took place during the “Silk Road” saga.Former police chief Yuri Zaitsev was recently sentenced to eight years in prison for acting as a bounty hunter for a dark web marketplace.In December 2018, Zaitsev was working as the leader of his unit within the Main Directorate for Drugs… Japanese Regulator Officially Proposes Cutting Crypto Margin Trading Leverage Cap The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) — the country’s financial regulator — proposed lowering the leverage rate limit of cryptocurrency margin trading from 4x to 2x.The FSA announced the proposed measure on Jan.14 in a cabinet office ordinance — an official order that is issued along with a new law.If enacted, the proposal would… G20 Country Leaders Call for International Cryptocurrency Taxation The G20 countries have called for the taxation of cryptocurrency, as well as its regulation to combat money laundering, Japanese news outlet Jiji.com reports Dec.
2.According to Jiji.com, the final text of a document jointly delivered by G20 leaders calls for “a taxation system for cross-border electronic payment services.”The article then specifies that under current… .
