GOP U-turn: House Republicans begin accepting cryptocurrency donations

[ad_1] The National Republican Congressional Committee, or NRCC, announced Thursday that it will begin accepting campaign donations in cryptocurrency as a part of a broader effort to retake the House and stop Democrats from pursuing their policy agenda.  “The NRCC is proud to lead the charge in accepting cryptocurrency campaign contributions,” chairman Tom Emmerson said … Read more

“Bitcoin maximalists? They can't stop innovation”, says Mati Greenspan

[ad_1] In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph during Bitcoin 2021 in Miami, Greenspan criticized a segment of Bitcoin maximalists for being “small-minded and insecure”, pointing out that they don’t have control over the main cryptocurrency. “They cannot stop any kind of innovation from happening. So let them yap, it doesn’t bother me,” said Mati Greenspan, … Read more

Block Crunch – Alpha Finance: Building the Y-Combinator of DeFi – Tascha Punyaneramitdee, Ep. 150

[ad_1] Published on June 17th, 2021 by BTCMedia Click to download audio version Alpha Finance is building an incubator for new DeFi projects. Founder Tascha (@Tascha_panpan) joins us in discussing: Why Alpha is the Y-Combinator of DeFi The compounding token value for $ALPHA Projects Alpha are incubating Post-mortem of protocol event with Cream Host: Jason … Read more

Bitcoin price edges higher as Fed inflation meeting sends DXY to 2-month high

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) stayed below $40,000 on June 17 as a surging U.S. dollar added to downward BTC price pressure. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC/USD bounces at $38,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD trading at around $39,300 on Thursday. The largest cryptocurrency fell during a meeting of the Federal … Read more