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Stand-Off Over $28T of US Government Debt Could Rattle Bitcoin Market

The American government has never defaulted on its debts, but congressional gridlock over raising the debt ceiling is making investors question what would happen if it did.

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks during an interview at the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Yellen today warned that her department will effectively run out of cash around Oct. 18 unless Congress suspends or increases the federal debt limit, putting pressure on lawmakers to avert a default on U.S. obligations. Photographer: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Coinbase Signs Deal With Homeland Security to Provide Analytics Software

The initial contract amount is for $455,000 but can go up to a total of $1.37 million by 2024.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

Bitmain to Send 56,000 Antminers to US State of Georgia Under ISW Deal

It will cost $62 million to bring 200 MW to the Georgia facility.

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Policy

BitConnect’s Top US Promoter Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge

Glenn Arcaro faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in the alleged $2 billion Ponzi scheme.

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Finance

Constellation Network to Provide US Air Force With Blockchain Security for Data Sharing

The contract with the Air Force is to develop a way of exchanging mission data securely across the Defense Transportation System.

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Markets

Cuando China habló, bitcoin reaccionó. ¿Cuando lo hizo Estados Unidos? No tanto

Días después de que China reiterara medidas drásticas contra el segmento cripto, bitcoin cayó hasta 30%. Estados Unidos, por su parte, parece no ser el centro del universo cripto.

Crypto Long & Short Aug 22

Policy

Crypto Long & Short: When China Spoke, Bitcoin Reacted. America? Not So Much

It could just be the U.S. is not the center of the crypto universe.

Crypto Long & Short Aug 22

Markets

US Derivatives Traders Are Easily Bypassing Blocks on Offshore Exchanges: Report

U.S.-based traders are able to use virtual private networks designed to mask the country where they are based. Or they simply lie about where they are from.

U.S. investors are finding ways to access offshore exchanges.

Markets

FTX US Affiliate Sees Record Daily Trading Volume in First Half of 2021

Daily volume hit its all-time high on April 22 when $993 million was traded during a 24-hour period.

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Markets

Think Tank Rand Says Crypto Should Be Included in US-Japan Digital Trade Deal

It may be the time to reconsider the exclusion of crypto in the 2019 agreement, according to experts from the Rand Corporation.

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