China Looks to Ramp up ‘Cross-border’ Digital Yuan Spending
Source: Keitma/Adobe Chinese bank chiefs are looking to start 2024 by driving up “cross-border” digital yuan spending. Per the Haikou Municipal Commerce Bureau (via Hainan News), the tourism hub of Haikou has begun issuing over $706,000 worth of “offshore tax-free coupons” for
South Korean Exchange Searches for ‘Lost’ Owners of $206M Worth of Crypto
Source: Paweł Michałowski/Adobe The South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it wants to find the “dormant” owners of $206 million worth of coins, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP. Per Chosun Ilbo, Bithumb said it was launching a “campaign” to help
Frenzy for 1,000x Gains Drives Surge in New Tokens on Solana
Source: AdobeStock / Aleksandra Sova The Solana blockchain network has experienced an unprecedented influx of new tokens this month, surpassing any previous records by a significant margin. According to data from Solscan, over the last two weeks alone, a staggering 72,202 new tokens
Bitcoin Price Prediction as BTC Keeps Selling Off – Is Negative ETF News on the Way?
In the ever-dynamic world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin continues to be a focal point of market activity. As of Sunday, Bitcoin is trading at $42,270, marking a slight increase of 0.52 percent. Amidst this fluctuating landscape, Nigeria’s Yellow Card projects a
Court dates and primaries: Trump faces competing calendars in 2024
Former President Trump holds a commanding lead over the Republican presidential primary field, but as he criss-crosses the nation campaigning in an effort to turn that lead into a secured 2024 GOP nomination, he will also be expected to sit
Former top Obama adviser says if Trump prevented from running it ‘would rip the country apart’
Former top Obama adviser David Axelrod warned Friday that a court decision removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot ‘would rip the country apart.’ ‘I have very, very strong reservations about all of this,’ Axelrod said on CNN on
2023 in political scandals: A Senate sex tape and indictments galore
From the slew of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden to an explosive Senate sex tape, 2023 was not short of political drama as the presidential race ramped up ahead of an election year. Here is a
Biden’s foreign policy challenges in 2023: China, Russia and war in the Middle East
The Biden administration experienced a tumultuous 2023 that saw the U.S. backing two foreign conflicts while China started to push for a new world order. But it wasn’t all a disaster, according to some analysts. Joel Rubin, a former State Department
SEC Whistleblower Reveals Chai Payments App in Terra Ecosystem Didn’t Use Crypto
Source: Adobe/Casimiro Four crypto tokens sold by Do Kwon and his co-founded company, Terraform Labs, has been qualified as unregistered securities. The tokens in question are TerraUSD (UST), LUNA, wLUNA, and Mirror Protocol (MIR), according to a recent summary judgment ruling by
U.S. oil production hit a record under Biden. He seldom mentions it.
You won’t hear President Biden talking about it much, but a key record has been broken during his watch: The United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The flow of huge amounts of crude from American producers