Author: American Coins & Gold

Trump Reiterates Anti-CBDC Stance, Credits Vivek Ramaswamy for Policy Guidance
The Republican frontrunner credited former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for the policy.

Bitcoin Unphased by China's Stimulus Plan
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index and the CSI 300 both responded to Beijing’s plan to reboot China’s domestic stock market, but bitcoin remains in the red.

Abra to Open Withdrawals After Settling with Texas Regulators
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters Questions Meta’s Ongoing Crypto Efforts
A letter sent to the tech giant said it still has five active patents related to cryptocurrencies, despite the firm saying that it has no digital assets-related works ongoing.

Bug That Took Down 8% of Ethereum's Validators Sparks Worries About Even Bigger Outage
The lion’s share of Ethereum’s validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations. According to some experts, this could be a big risk.

Protocol Village: AaveDAO Approves Deployment of Aave v3 on Neon EVM Mainnet
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 18-24.

SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For About 6 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that a hacker took over its X account through a “SIM swap” attack that seized control of a cell phone associated with the account. That allowed the outsider to falsely tweet on January 9 that the agency had approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a day before the agency actually did so.

SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For 7 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that a hacker took over its X account through a “SIM swap” attack that seized control of a cell phone associated with the account. That allowed the outsider to falsely tweet on January 9 that the agency had approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a day before the agency actually did so.

Bitcoin-Based Digital Art Image 'Genesis Cat' Sells for 4K in Sotheby's Auction
The sale of the digital image from the Taproot Wizards project came as popularity surges for the NFT-like creations minted atop the Bitcoin blockchain’s Ordinals protocol. All in, some 19 lots sold by Sotheby’s raked in a combined $1.1 million.

Bitcoin Slides Below K, Now Down Nearly 20% From Post-ETF Euphoria
Analysts at 10x Research are eyeing the $38,000 level for a potential bottom.