Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to use crypto in a transaction, Arthur Hayes thoughts on rate cut: Hodler’s Digest Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/donald-trump-bitcoin-burgers-arthur-hayes-fed-rate-cut-hodlers-digest/?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Regulating and speeding up payments without a CBDC are more important to the Canadian central bank. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bank-canada-halts-retail-cbdc-focuses-payment-systems?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

German authorities sent a loud and clear message to criminal users of the exchanges: We found their servers and have your data — see you soon. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/german-government-shuts-47-suspicious-crypto-exchanges?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Louisiana is now taking crypto payments for state services, and its Wildlife and Fisheries Department has just taken the government’s first crypto payment. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/louisiana-accepts-first-crypto-payment-bitcoin-lightning?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US Representatives Tom Emmer and Patrick McHenry gave Gary Gensler until the end of the month to answer questions about the SEC’s approach to crypto airdrops.  Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/republicans-demand-sec-gary-gensler-clarify-crypto-airdrops?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Cathedra Bitcoin said Bitcoin mining simply hasn’t provided enough shareholder value on a Bitcoin basis over the last three years, which prompted a change in strategy. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-miner-cathedra-shifts-focus-toward-bitcoin-stacking?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

According to a recent report, OpenAI is currently trying to raise funds from private investors at a $150 billion corporate valuation. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/reddit-user-claims-chat-gpt-initiated-conversation?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Caroline Ellison’s lawyers say she “poses no threat to public safety” and Bitcoin ETFs attractive to hackers due to the potential payout. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/spot-bitcoin-etfs-hackers-risk-caroline-ellison-ftx-prison-hodlers-digest/?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

According to a 2024 analysis by the Federal Reserve, 7% of adults in the United States currently hold or have used crypto in the past. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-voters-can-swing-election-battleground-states-law-professor?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Chinese crypto noobs are being tricked into laundering funds for ‘rewards’ — and pig butchering scammers are kidnapping kids: Asia Express. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/china-usdt-scam-indodaxs-free-money-damage-control-asia-express/?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound