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Top Stories Dës Woch
D'Fed erhéicht d'Zënssätz ëm 50 Basispunkten am Effort fir d'Inflatioun ze bekämpfen
On Wednesday, the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to raise interest rates by 0.5%, marking its biggest upward adjustment in over two decades. It was the second rate increase of 2022, with seven increases expected in total for the year.
In a press conference following the FOMC meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell further cemented the need to continue raising interest rates to combat inflation.
Coinbase huet den éischte Bitcoin-gestützte Prêt vu Goldman Sachs erausgeholl
Coinbase took an important step toward bridging the mainstream world and the crypto world by using Bitcoin as collateral for a loan with Goldman Sachs. The actual mechanics of the deal involved Coinbase taking out a loan from Goldman that was collateralized with some of the exchange’s BTC holdings. Amounts were not specified, however.
“Coinbase’s work with Goldman is a first step in the recognition of crypto as collateral which deepens the bridge between the fiat and crypto economies,” Brett Tejpaul, head of Coinbase Institutional, told Bloomberg.
Binance engagéiert $500M fir an Twitter mat Elon Musk ze investéieren
In April 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled his intent to purchase Twitter, pending certain approvals, for $44 billion. That $44 billion is not just from Musk’s pocket, but includes contributions from 19 other players. Crypto heavyweights Binance and Sequoia Capital Fund are among the contributors, putting up $500 million and $800 million, respectively.
Geriicht bestallt BitMEX Grënner fir $ 30M Zivilstrof ze bezuelen
A court decision on Thursday resulted in BitMEX co-founders Benjamin Delo, Arthur Hayes and Samuel Reed needing to pay a combined $30 million in civil penalties ($10 million each) for legal infractions pertaining to their running of the BitMEX exchange.
Claimed offenses included a lack of certain customer data requirements, failing to secure proper regulatory approvals, and more. The $30 million ordeal comes following other previous legal issues.
SEC verduebelt op d'Krypto-Regulatioun andeems d'Eenheet erweidert
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans on beefing up its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit — an SEC division in charge of crypto industry policing. Plans include adding 20 people to the unit, bringing the total team count to 50 members.
The additional personnel will almost double the current size of the unit in terms of staff. Gary Gensler, Chairman of the SEC, spoke favorably of the plans while Hester Peirce, one of the SEC’s commissioners, questioned the move.
Gewënner a Verloschter
Um Enn vun der Woch huet Bitcoin (BTC) ass am $35,983, Äther (ETH) at $2,689 an XRP at $0.59. De gesamte Maartwäert ass um $1.65 Billioun, no nei CoinMarketCap.
Among the biggest 100 cryptocurrencies, the top three altcoin gainers of the week are TRON (TRX) at 27.92%, Anchor Protocol (ANC) at 17.18% and Algorand (ALGO) bei 10.21%.
Déi Top dräi Altcoin Verléierer vun der Woch sinn ApeCoin (APE) bei -39.48%, STEPN (GMT) at -34.06% and Kava (KAVA) op -27.18%.
Fir méi Info iwwer Krypto Präisser, gitt sécher ze liesen Cointelegraph's Maartanalyse.
Déi meescht Gedenkminutt Zitater
“I think of Bitcoin the same way I think of the early internet. [The government] didn’t see it coming and now it’s a viable form of currency – you can actually buy things with it.”
Joe Rogan, podcaster
“If you just did an overlay of the Nasdaq and the cryptocurrency markets, they are unbelievably correlated for right now, so I think that that’s creating a lot of churn and pain in the markets. While that’s happening, billions of dollars are going into Web3.”
Anthony Scaramucci, Grënner a Managing Partner vun SkyBridge Capital
“If you told me you own all of the Bitcoin in the world and you offered it to me for $25, I wouldn’t take it because what would I do with it?”
Warren Buffett, CEO vun Berkshire Hathaway
"Firwat ass e Bild 10 Milliounen Dollar wäert? Et ass Ueleg op Leinwand. Also Wäert ass an den Ae vum Beobachter.
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel Securities
“Why are you going to invest a whole lot of effort to developing a […] stablecoin payment system if the Fed is just going to bigfoot you out of existence?”
Randal Quarles, former vice chair for supervision of the United States Federal Reserve
“The NFT market is collapsing.”
Paul Vigna, reporter for The Wall Street Journal
Prognose vun der Woch
Bitcoin fällt op $35.5K well 1,000 Punkt Dow Korrektur de schlëmmste Handelsdag zënter 2020 markéiert
Bitcoin suffered some downward price action this past week. On Thursday, the BTC price dropped below $36,000 in a selloff that affected both crypto and legacy finance markets.
Some technical strategists consider the $37,500 level to be the pivotal line in the sand in terms of bullish versus bearish narratives. Bitcoin’s fall below that threshold suggests its short-term outlook has flipped bearish.
FUD vun der Woch
Opgepasst: Smartphone Text Prognose schätzt d'Krypto Hodler's Seed Phrase
Reddit user Andre, a.k.a. u/Divinux, recently posted a warning on the social media site explaining that a mobile phone’s predictive text can potentially guess the owner’s crypto seed phrase if the phrase has been entered on the device. Andre tested his findings across several device brands, finding similar results. This could potentially put the mobile phone’s owner at risk for crypto theft.
Méi wéi $ 1.6 Milliarde exploitéiert vun DeFi bis elo am Joer 2022
Crypto-related theft via hacks and other malicious activity in 2022 has already eclipsed the two prior years combined, according to data from blockchain security firm CertiK. In total, 2022 has thus far seen the appropriation of about $1.6 billion in crypto assets.
That being said, context is everything. The decentralized finance market has soared in value over the past two years and currently sits at roughly $200 billion in terms of total value locked, according to DeFi Llama.
D'Zentralbank vun Argentinien trëtt an fir nei Krypto-Offere vu Banken ze blockéieren
In Argentina, financial institutions are barred from providing crypto trading to customers, as per a ruling from the Central Bank of Argentina, or BCRA. In justifying its decision, the central bank cited familiar concerns surrounding crypto, including a lack of proper regulation for the asset class.
Earlier in the week before the BCRA’s motion, a pair of notable Argentinian banks unveiled plans to offer certain crypto assets for purchase by customers.
Beschte Cointelegraph Features
Blockchain Spiller huelen de Mainstream un: Hei ass wéi se kënne gewannen
Most P2E games are “shit,” according to one prominent investor. But they can become so much more.
Lues a lues fänkt d'Blockchain Technologie ëm d'Haus op
From ecological seafood to Bored Apes, blockchain technology is making its presence felt in homes.
D'Creatorwirtschaft wäert am Metaverse explodéieren, awer net ënner dem Big Tech Regime
Independent creators and artists should feel empowered by decentralization and not play by Big Tech’s rules, especially in the Metaverse.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/2022/05/07/us-fed-hikes-rates-bitcoin-plunges-below-36k-argentina-central-bank-says-no-financial-institutions-offering-crypto-may-1-7