Author: American Coins & Gold

Mastercard Teams Up With MoonPay for Web3 Push
MoonPay will incorporate compliance-friendly Mastercard’s Crypto Credential system and integrate payments tech like Mastercard Send and Click to Pay, according to a blog post.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Desperate Last Stand
If his trial were going better, the fallen crypto king wouldn’t be testifying in his own defense.

SEC’s Gensler Won’t Say What’s Next With Bitcoin ETFs After Grayscale Loss

Bitcoin Retreats From K; Miner Selling Pressure May Cap Prices, Crypto Hedge Fund Says
BTC could run towards $40,000-$45,000 after consolidating around current prices, Capriole Investments said.

All of a Sudden, It’s All About Bitcoin
There’s a lot of activity happening in Bitcoin tech development – with innovations that might help the original and oldest blockchain to catch up with the boom of projects building in the Ethereum ecosystem.

Crypto's Darkest Hour, and the Bright Day Ahead
There really is a crypto future worth fighting for if we can just leave the crypto clowns behind.

Are Rising Yields Putting the Squeeze on DeFi?
In this week’s “Crypto Long & Short,” Todd Groth investigates the interplay between TradFi and DeFi yields and why comparisons across markets are often overly simplified apples vs oranges.

Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Wants to Highlight 'Inconsistent Statements' by FTX Insiders Gary Wang, Nishad Singh
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to let them introduce proof of inconsistent statements from former FTX executives Gary Wang and Nishad Singh, tied to their statements to federal officials prior to testifying on the stand.

This Cybersecurity Pro Gets Paid to Hack Ethereum – for the Good of the Network
One technique that these Ethereum Foundation security researchers use to protect the blockchain is “fuzzing,” a term borrowed from the software-development industry that’s become a common way of checking to make sure a system is secure and resilient.

Sam Bankman-Fried Will Take the Stand in His Own Defense
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will directly appeal to jurors in his bid to prove he did not commit, or conspire to commit, fraud before his crypto juggernaut’s spectacular collapse.