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Blockchain payments technology company Ripple is set to partner with Colombia’s central bank, Banco de la República. They aim to research potential applications of blockchain technology within Colombia, a significant development in South America’s adoption of this technology. This collaboration will also involve the Ministry of Information and Communications, as they plan to test possible ways

Move-to-earn platform Sweat Economy is set to repurpose over 2 billion native $SWEAT tokens that were locked up in inactive user wallets. The tokens, valued at around $10 billion, were locked up in dormant user accounts following a token airdrop event in Sep. 2022. According to the platform, Sweatcoin users that opted into the Web3

The price of BNB (BNB) is up around 3% today, in part due to bearish traders opening more BNB-tied contracts despite suffering losses via liquidations in the past 24 hours. In addition, BNB stands extremely “oversold,” which may have prompted traders to buy the dip. BNB price bounces after being “oversold”  On June 14, BNB

Over the last week, the XRP community was abuzz with the expectation that the Hinman documents were finally going to be released. The fight to release these documents had waxed on for a long between Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) before a judge ruled that the documents be unsealed. However,

Amid the panic over lawsuits against major cryptocurrency exchanges, one Bitcoin (BTC) advocate argued that the BTC market is much bigger than the one tracked by exchanges. The total Bitcoin market is not limited to Binance, Coinbase or any other crypto exchange, Jan3 CEO Samson Mow told Cointelegraph at the BTC Prague conference on June

Ripple’s chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty has called for an investigation into the motivations that led to former SEC official William Hinman delivering his now-infamous speech in 2018. Alderoty’s demand for an investigation came as part of a June 13 Twitter thread following the public release of the Hinman documents. The documents revealed that Hinman’s

Expectations for the Ripple lawsuit summary judgment have heightened among XRP community members ahead of essential revelations. The broader crypto community and XRP holders await the unsealing of the Hinman speech documents moved up to June 13. Considering the building pressure and heightened regulatory uncertainty, the crypto community expects clarification from the doc. The Hinman

Buying a small-town soccer club with the aim to propel it into the Premier League — the world’s most popular football league — is a script suitable for a Netflix series. In fact, actor Ryan Reynold’s bid to revitalize lower-league Welsh soccer team Wrexham FC has already caught the attention of Disney+ writers.  It’s a

Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will be calling on United States officials to “nurture” and “support” responsible blockchain innovation, warning that they face “disastrous consequences” if they don’t. Gün Sirer’s comments in defense of what he describes as a “revolutionary technology” is part of a testimony that he is scheduled to give to the

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a “massive” week in a precarious position as key support stays out of reach for bulls. After fresh losses across crypto markets over the weekend, BTC/USD closed the week below $26,000 for the first time in three months. Both Bitcoin and altcoins continue to struggle thanks to legal battles raging in the

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has become one of the latest industry figures to call out the United States securities regulator for purportedly failing to provide cryptocurrency firms with a clear registration process. The Shark Tank investor claimed in a June 11 tweet that no registration exists in the SEC’s “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ Analysis of

Bitcoin remains well above the crucial support at $25,250, indicating that market participants have shrugged off the news of the lawsuits by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Binance and Coinbase. When markets do not stay lower for long after negative news, it is a sign that traders are looking to buy the

The judges presiding over Coinbase and Binance’s lawsuits will likely watch the results of the SEC v Ripple case closely, crypto lawyers told Cointelegraph. Ripple has been in a legal battle with the SEC since December 2020. The regulator alleges it was offering unregistered securities via XRP (XRP) since 2013. On June 6 the SEC

In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Lark Davis, who has been actively involved in the world of cryptocurrency since 2017. He is a Bitcoin (BTC), crypto and stock investor and boasts over 1 million followers on Twitter and over 470,000 YouTube subscribers. In today’s discussion with Davis, we first get to know him

The founder of CryptoLaw, Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton, has weighed in on the controversial Hinman speech document. Deaton has argued against the SEC’s claims that the emails and speech drafts represented Hinman’s personal opinion. In a May 24 tweet, the attorney said the 63 emails and 52 speech drafts are too much to be tagged “personal

The market capitalization of BNB (BNB) has dropped by more than $7 billion since June 5 when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Binance. BNB price eyes technical bounce The impact of the SEC lawsuit on Binance has been substantial so far with BNB down nearly 15% week-to-date. BNB daily