Author: American Coins & Gold

Anonymous Crypto Interests Bombard Key Senator Sherrod Brown With Political Ads
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is arguably the most important lawmaker currently standing in the way of a crypto regulation bill, and industry interests have paid for a new campaign in his own back yard to nudge him.

Protocol Village: Immutable zkEVM Will Allow Developers to 'Abstract' Transaction Fees
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout.

The Tether Killer? A True Stablecoin Would Enhance Banking and Crypto

U.S. CFTC Approves Bitcoin Futures Platform Bitnomial's Derivatives Clearing Application
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted crypto derivatives company Bitnomial approval to register as a derivatives clearing organization in the U.S., letting it settle margined futures and options contracts.

Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s executive board, once pushed “layer-2” networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he’s got ideas for “enshrining” some of those functions on the main chain.

The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero
In this week’s issue of The Protocol newsletter, we’re covering Worldcoin’s latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey’s company and the “data availability” network Celestia’s market-moving plan to plug into Polygon’s blockchain development kit.

Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, but Indicates More Dovish 2024
The U.S central bank Wednesday left its benchmark fed funds at a range of 5.25%-5.50%.

Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards k
Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market.

Bitcoin Has Gifts This Holiday Season
Historical data helps us understand what to expect as crypto markets once again head upwards, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.

Coinbase Launches Spot Trading of Bitcoin and Ether Outside the U.S.
Crypto exchange Coinbase will soon be offering the option to spot trade cryptocurrencies outside of the U.S. as part of its global expansion efforts, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday.