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ANALYTICS: Elliptic Follows the Bitcoin Ransoms Paid by Colonial Pipeline
May 14, 2021 – Elliptic has identified the Bitcoin wallet used by the DarkSide ransomware group to receive ransom payments from its victims, based on our intelligence collection and analysis of blockchain transactions. Read the report here. |
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DEEP DIVE: DeFi Uncovered – Navigating the Crash
May 24, 2021 – DeFi (Decentralized Finance) has shown strength amidst increased market volatility. We explore the impact of broad selling on the health of DeFi and token valuations. Read the report here. |
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REGULATION: Fed, OCC, FDIC in ‘Sprint’ on Regulation for Crypto, Quarles Says
May 25, 2021 – “We along with the OCC and the FDIC are engaged right now in what we are calling a sprint in seeking to pull together views on exactly that” including discussions of a common regulatory framework, capital treatment and operational treatment. Read the report here. |
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INVESTMENT: Carl Icahn Says He May Get Into Cryptocurrencies in a ‘Big Way’
May 26, 2021 – Any criticism around cryptocurrency having no underlying value is a “little wrong-headed,” Icahn said. “Well, what’s the value of a dollar? The only value of the dollar is because you can use it to pay taxes,” he said. Read the report here. |
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OPINION: Banning Bitcoin is a bad idea
May 27, 2021 – “…we have to think through what a firm ban would actually mean for an asset that an estimated forty-six million Americans now own. Would the plan be to prosecute anyone who does not hand over their Bitcoin…?” Read the report here. |
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THE ECONOMIST: The boundary between crypto and fiat money is becoming more permeable
May 29, 2021 – “Crypto, like gold, is built on a collective belief about its value. But so to an extent are all asset prices. And crypto is moving past the point where it can be considered its own self-contained world.” Read the report here. |
