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After Standard & Poor's in 2011, it's now Fitch's turn to downgrade the US sovereign debt rating.

The powerful current of technological evolution, financial confidence and the eternal crypto cycle intertwine in a whirlwind of opportunity. Dan Morehead, at the helm of Pantera Capital, contemplates the radiant horizon, ready to decipher the signs of this elusive future. Next port of call? A $150k bitcoin.

Crypto Ripple (XRP) has just undergone a most notable judicial jolt. While it had been sailing on calmer waters since mid-July, the recent verdict by New York federal judge Jed Rakoff has propelled XRP into a whirlwind of uncertainty. Indeed, at the heart of the Terraform Labs-SEC trial, he ruled that crypto Ripple (XRP) was a security. This decision has disrupted and blurred the bearings of many players on the crypto market.

At the heart of the technological fray, cryptocurrency giants weave their web. Binance, one of these titans, faces a major challenge: the burning issue of liquidating its US operations.

Scams, hacks, crackdowns, aggressive regularization… so many stories marring the crypto-sphere. When will these terrible nightmares end? No one has the answer yet. We might as well redouble our vigilance to avoid being fleeced by ill-intentioned project promoters like the scammers behind BALD.

In the midst of the U.S. presidential campaign, discussions are heating up around a variety of topics, including Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, which are attracting a great deal of interest. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida and Republican candidate for 2024, is firmly in favor of cryptos. During his campaign tour of New Hampshire, DeSantis firmly promised to end Biden's “war on Bitcoin” and cryptos if he became president.

Donald Trump has declared in a speech that he will build the greatest economy in the history of the world. The former US president has in fact announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. One might wonder whether his approach will be in favor of the crypto sector. Having always shown a certain reticence towards bitcoin (BTC), the crypto market was nonetheless doing well during his term of office. His re-election could breathe new life into this heavily repressed market.

The crypto sector is a tumultuous sea, sometimes capricious, sometimes farsighted. According to renowned analyst Dan Gambardello, Cardano ($ADA) could soon be making meaningful waves.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the SEC asked the platform to remove any assets other than Bitcoin from its list. All crypto assets except Bitcoin were, in fact, securities and had to be removed from the list, the regulator said. According to Armstrong, accepting this request would lead to the end of the crypto industry.

Cryptos are useful for those who invest funds in them. For some, it's a way of diversifying their asset portfolio. Others, on the other hand, see them as an effective way of disguising the provenance of illicitly earned funds.

According to a recent report by Ripple in partnership with United States Faster Payments Council (FPC), blockchain technology offers the prospect of saving financial institutions nearly $10 billion by 2030, by reducing the costs associated with cross-border payments.

The use of a virtual private network (VPN) has become essential to protect our online privacy and secure our activities on the Internet. More and more people are choosing to buy a VPN in cryptocurrencies. What are the advantages of buying a VPN with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum or Monero?

Fabian Vogelsteller, lead developer of Ethereum and inventor of the ERC-20 standard, left the Ethereum Foundation in 2018 to focus on his own blockchain, Lukso. Since the launch of its main network in May, Lukso has been gaining in popularity thanks to its focus on more everyday use cases, such as fashion and lifestyle. Discover in this article the vision and motivations that have guided Vogelsteller on this exciting adventure.

The wait is over! August 8 marks the official launch of Ultra Arena, a revolutionary Esports tournament platform created by cryptographic gaming startup Ultra. Relying on its own blockchain, Ultra aims to offer an unprecedented route for amateur gamers, providing blockchain-based digital identities and NFT pricing.

It's a done deal. China now uses the yuan more than the dollar in its international trade. A requiem for the imperial currency.

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange platform, will be listing the very first digital dollar. For this occasion, find out everything there is to know about FDUSD, from its creator to how it works, and all the benefits the CZ-based company has to offer.

Today, bitcoin seems to be treading on a slippery slope, its trajectory resembling a slow, inevitable descent into a financial abyss. According to deep analyses of historical data, bitcoin could face dark days in the months ahead, like a ship preparing to sail into a raging storm.

Cardano (ADA) puts in a string of masterful performances despite the regulatory crackdown in the USA. Just when everything seems to be going well, network founder Charles Hoskinson announces a fascinating update that should take Layer 2 solutions to the next level.

For a long time, BlackRock had opposed bitcoin (BTC) as an investment alternative. The financial behemoth has finally turned around and set itself up as an apostle of the flagship crypto.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the law introducing the digital ruble (CBDC).

PacWest Bancorp's last resort: to beg its youngest son? Yes, because the company never recovered from its crisis. After a massive outflow of depositors, things got so bad that it agreed to a merger with a smaller lender, Banc of California.

Wright, the man who has long claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin, has just lost a crucial legal battle. The verdict sheds light on the grey areas of his alleged invention. Elevated to the status of a myth, Wright suffered defeat at the hands of Peter McCormack. In 2019, McCormack had challenged his legitimacy as Bitcoin's inventor in a series of fiery tweets.

The creator of ChatGPT launches Worldcoin, a shitcoin that wants the apple of your eye.

Has Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter really set the blue bird free? Or has he simply killed it? Since the takeover of the social network in October 2022, things have been going badly. But the new boss has just demonstrated that he has more than one trick up his sleeve. In addition to replacing Twitter with X.com, Musk also intends to take over half the world's financial system.

Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain seem to be competing with each other. This is despite the fact that some see them as complementary. However, recent work in the emerging field of neuromorphic computing could bridge the gap between these two areas of computing.

The tokenization of the economy is the future. Stocks, bonds, real estate, wine, works of art… everything can integrate this new classification of digital units programmable from a smart contract. To take full advantage of these opportunities, leading players such as Chainlink are deploying major resources to permanently protect investors' assets. Gold tokenization is one of its spearheads.

The BRICS nations have great ambitions for the global financial system. They have already announced plans to create a common currency for the organization's members. But their project goes beyond monetary issues. They want to counterbalance global geopolitics, and the initiative is of interest to many countries around the globe.

Over the past few days, Bitcoin's (BTC) value has been declining. This trend, however, doesn't dampen analysts' optimism about the flagship crypto's short-term prospects.