The publicly listed mining firm Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council have initiated legal proceedings against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal entities, aiming to obstruct what they deem an unauthorized data collection effort targeting the bitcoin mining industry. The legal battle underscores the escalating tension between bitcoin mining operations and […]
Veteran Investor Jim Rogers on Crypto: Bitcoin Unlikely to Become Money, Governments Favor CBDCs
In a new interview, Jim Rogers, who helms Rogers Holdings Inc. and was a co-creator of the Quantum Fund alongside George Soros in the 1970s, shared his observation of “various signs that something is going to go wrong soon” within the U.S. economy, predicting an impending recession. Additionally, Rogers discussed the leading crypto asset bitcoin, […]
Judge Bars Former Binance CEO From Leaving US as the Court Weighs Government’s Request
A federal judge has barred former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) from leaving the U.S. until the court has made a decision on the U.S. government’s motion to prevent his return to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before sentencing. The government filed the motion in response to a release order issued by a magistrate judge, […]
Former Binance CEO CZ Seeks to Dismiss Government’s Motion Blocking His Return to UAE Before Sentencing
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is seeking to dismiss the U.S. government’s motion to prevent him from going home to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before sentencing. Despite the judge determining that the ex-Binance boss poses no flight risk after he voluntarily appeared in court to plead guilty, the government is pushing for a […]
UK Government’s Ambition to Make Britain a Global Crypto Hub ‘Remains Steadfast’
Britain’s Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith MP has reaffirmed the government’s ambition to make the U.K. a global hub for crypto asset technologies. He stressed that in order to realize this ambition, “we must make the U.K. a place where cryptoasset firms have the clarity needed to invest and innovate, and where customers […]