Melanie Kramer

Europe Prepares for Stablecoin Regulation, Leaves the US Lagging Behind

In a statement released July 12 Europe’s financial watchdog, the European Banking Authority (EBA) encouraged timely preparation for new Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations which will affect several cryptocurrencies. MiCA’s...

US Regulators Sue Leading Cryptocurrency Exchanges Binance and Coinbase

Crypto pundits have speculated for years on the approach the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) might eventually cement towards cryptocurrency. After posing regulatory challenges to other crypto organizations and...

Crypto IS Gambling says UK Parliamentary Committee

In the UK, a House of Commons Treasury Committee is opposing government plans to regulate crypto-like financial services. The committee says crypto should be regulated like gambling so that consumers...

New Ways to Crypto: It’s Now Easier to Bet on Bitcoin NFTs

Bitcoin NFTs, or Bitcoin Ordinals, launched in January 2023 and have helped to skyrocket Bitcoin blockchain activity. Up to now, an Ordinals wallet has been needed to buy and sell...

Bitcoin is Back (and so is Pepe): Bitcoin NFTs Rocket Daily Transactions to an All-Time High

Bitcoin’s value isn’t back to its peak of 2021; however, the Bitcoin network did see the highest number of transactions ever, in its entire 14-year history, in the past week....

Could Tokenization Fund Struggling Esports Teams?

Esports teams are big spenders without defined revenue streams that deliver clear profits to investors, many could be struggling, but they are an essential element of today’s gaming industry. Could...

Dogecoin Surges as Elon Musk Replaces Twitter Logo with the Crypto’s Shiba Inu

Dogecoin, the digital coin created as a joke by developers in 2013, reached the cryptocurrency top 5 in 2021 and has long been promoted by Tesla and Starlink founder Elon...

GameFi and Crypto Esports Betting: Gambling on Crypto Regulations?

NFTs, blockchain-based gaming and play-to-earn (P2E) game models, often referred to as GameFi, and crypto and esports betting all offer new ways to play. Their evolution, however, will be influenced...

Is Crypto Dead? – Navigating Cryptocurrency Evolution

Is crypto dead? It’s a fair question, 2022 was another tough year for this still nascent industry. The crypto market lost over $2 trillion and Bitcoin over 60% of its...