Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has predicted that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler “will soon introduce new onerous crypto regulations” that will result in “a sharp decline” in the price of bitcoin. Schiff expects the new regulations to focus on anti-money laundering (AML) rather than securities law. Peter Schiff’s …
The Blockchain Basics Act, a bill that seeks to protect several blockchain-based activities from being outlawed by the U.S. government, has been introduced in Nebraska. Sponsored by Sen. Eliot Bolstar, the bill is similar to the one introduced in Missouri recently, and 11 more states are expected to introduce similar regulations this year, according to […]
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: El Salvador launches a pilot to add Bitcoin content to school curriculums, Bitso announces a partnership with Despegar in a cashout program, and Uruguay and Argentina revamp a bilateral local currency-based payment system. […]
Researchers from Glassnode and Ark Invest have collaborated to develop a new economic model for analyzing Bitcoin’s onchain metrics called “Cointime Economics.” The framework offers an alternative way to measure the economic activity and value of bitcoin based on “coinblocks” rather than the standard accounting method of unspent transaction outputs, or UTXOs. Cointime Economics: A […]
BuddyPress 12.0 is set to introduce a new Community Visibility feature that gives site administrators the option to restrict access to the community sections of the site. Sites set to “members only” will show an access error message and a login form when a non-logged-in user tries to view a page generated by …