Month: February 2025

Hester Peirce writes: ‘The Journey Begins’

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce published a new paper on Feb. 4, outlining key objectives for the agency’s newly created Crypto Task Force. In the paper, titled The Journey Begins, Peirce acknowledges that the SEC has struggled…...
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Lays Out 10 Priorities for New Crypto Task Force

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-created Crypto Task Force is working to create long-awaited regulatory clarity for the crypto industry, according to a Tuesday statement from Commissioner Hester Peirce. Pierce, who was appointed by Acting Chair Mark Uyeda to spearhead the Crypto Task Force, laid out 10...
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Bitcoin OP_CAT Proposal Gets Boost From Taproot Wizards’ $30M Fundraise

Taproot Wizards has raised $30 million with which it plans to build an ecosystem of applications using the OP_CAT Bitcoin improvement proposal (BIP). OP_CAT is a feature that Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder Satoshi Nakamoto included in the software’s original code but which he/she/they removed out of concerns that it exposed...
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Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Dip, Ethereum Holds Steady As Crypto Market Consolidates

Cryptocurrency markets are trading lower on reduced volatility on Tuesday. Cryptocurrency Price    Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)  $98,858.48 -2.9% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)  $2,747.65 +0.8% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)  $207.51 -2.2% XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)  $2.58 -3.1% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)  $0.2646 -4.6% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)  $0.00001571 -2.4% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock data...
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