This opposition has become infamous in crypto circles, so much so that a new report commissioned by the Digital Chamber of Commerce is accusing the SEC of hurting U.S. investors by denying them a trading vehicle already accessible in other countries, CoinDesk reported on September 12. Specifically, the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group’s report states that the government’s securities agency regards the country’s public as still unprepared for such a financial product and that such a position is harming investors:...

CSS provides you with nine units with which to define the value of properties that require some sort of measurement. You should note that you can use each of these units to define the size of anything, even if the unit itself is derived from a font’s size. You’ll have to decide for yourself which elements should be sized using which units, but there is nothing preventing you from sizing elements using whichever measurement type you choose....

In this overview, we will be covering the background-origin and background-clip properties. At first, it may seem that these two properties provide the same results, but we will take a deeper look and show how these two properties complement each other. The background-origin Property The background-origin property is used to determine how the background-position of background is determined. The background-origin property takes three different values, border-box, padding-box and content-box. You need to understand the CSS Box Model to understand how the background-origin property is used....

Indeed, Garlinghouse expressed his expectations that the SEC case would conclude in the first half of this year, as he told CNBC during the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2023 annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, in an interview published on January 18. Asked by the hosts about the lawsuit, the blockchain company’s CEO explained that: As Garlinghouse stressed, Ripple wouldn’t mind settling, but that this was impossible unless the regulator admitted that XRP wasn’t a security....

The returns are also highlighting the growing maturity in the DeFi space. In particular, four selected yield aggregators recorded returns of 2.87% on average between January and July 2022, according to a new report compiled by Bolide Finance on October 4. Over the period, Acryptos recorded the highest returns at 6.4% on average, with profits peaking in January at 12.55%. Other yield aggregators with positive average returns between January and July include Autofam (1....

Discord utilizes the “Rich Presence” feature that displays what game you are playing on your profile status, such that someone can know you are currently gaming. They can message you if they are interested in participating in the game. The key concern gamers have is whether their gaming status still displays when they are offline. We will discuss what happens when you are offline and whether others can know what game you are playing when you are offline....

In particular, the executive, Fabio Panetta, stated that cryptocurrency investment could be equated to gambling, noting that digital assets are not economically useful, he said in a blog post on January 5. He suggested that following the recent price movement, digital assets, due to their unbacked background, carry a ‘speculative nature’ due to fluctuating value and should be treated as ‘gambling activities.’ Borrowing from gambling laws Furthermore, Panetta stated that in enacting regulations, the agency should focus more on borrowing a leaf from the existing gambling laws....

Meanwhile, governments have allocated roughly $276 billion to try and soften the blow of the rising energy sector on household budgets. This government spending has been picked up by the director of Heimstaden, Andreas Steno Larsen, who took to Twitter on September 19, to share energy costs as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). Hurting growth High energy costs are making inflation issues in Europe much worse than they should, creating a vicious cycle where growth expectations will have to come down....

According to data acquired by Finbold as of January 23, banks across the European Union (EU) member states as of Q3 2022 accounted for assets worth €29.01 trillion, representing a year-over-year (YoY) growth of 11.54% or €2.29 trillion from the €26.72 trillion recorded in Q3 2021. Notably, the number of assets recorded a sharp drop between 2019 and 2020 in the wake of the pandemic. During Q3 2020, the EU banking sector assets stood at €26 trillion, a drop of about 15% from 2019’s figure of €31....

In particular, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Timothy Massad suggested that if regulatory agencies cooperate, they can leverage the existing banking laws to oversee stablecoins, he said during an interview with Bloomberg on September 22. According to Massad, enacting regulation is good for the sector but expressed doubt if financial players can roll out comprehensive laws. He believes regulators have a sufficient starting point to regulate stablecoins. Cooperation of American regulators Interestingly, Mossad pointed out that it is not common for American banking regulators to work together while noting that it could be a key inhibitor to attaining stablecoin regulation....

Evidence suggests the liquid assets of the crypto exchange are reportedly not as liquid as they are made out to be, according to Kaiko researcher Conor Ryder. As of November 16, Ryder noted that FTX’s “Liquid” assets were at a bid depth of 2%. In particular, the researcher pointed out that the aggregate bid depth of Polkdadot (DOT), Pax Gold (PAXG), and TrueUSD (TUSD) was only barely over $7 million, which corresponds to a bid depth of 2% and indicates that these cryptocurrencies ‘should probably be classified as illiquid....

Meanwhile, just days prior to the NFT announcement, GME topped the list of stocks with the most social media buzz as it announced a four-for-one stock split. Further, Micheal Patcher, Wedbush Securities analyst, gave an update on the stock, remaining wary of the company’s fundamentals. Presently, GME shares are up over 13% in the past five days, with most other stocks down in 2022. GME chart and analysis GME shares closed up over 3% in yesterday’s session; however, a double bottom has been noted on the daily chart, which usually indicates a change in sentiment....

As a result of the announcement, the interest in the anticipated new blockchain has skyrocketed – in some regions more than others, according to the Google Trends data acquired by Finbold on May 25. Indeed, the interest in the keyword ‘LUNA 2.0’ on Google Search has increased dramatically in the past weeks, soaring from only 8 in the week starting on May 1, to 100 on May 15. On May 22, the interest score somewhat dropped and stood at 89....

Similarly, you can pick your favorite status post, compile them into themes, and permanently display them on your profile. These are called highlights and serve as mini windows into your everyday life. Stories add spice and variety to your Facebook profile, but how do you add highlights to your Facebook page? This article breaks down the detailed process of setting up highlights across multiple devices, including Android and iOS....

Nowadays, Discord users can listen to music, play games, and watch the news without doing a thing. Bots like Kupo bot have facilitated this. Before you start doing various things like getting news updates using Kupo, you must add it to your server. It can be challenging when you want to add Kupo to your server and don’t know where to start. This post has illustrated the usage of the Kupo bot and how you can add it to your Discord server....

If you use an iPhone, there is a chance that you use your iMessage to communicate a lot. Since there is no limit to how you can enjoy your conversation, you may employ different communication methods. Thankfully, Picsart offers many stickers for users on iMessage. However, many want to know how to add Picsart stickers to iMessage. Besides the original Picsart stickers, Picsart allows you to personalize stickers to your satisfaction....

While it is easy to follow someone, various privacy settings restrict who can follow you on Facebook. If you want to allow people to follow you, then you must change the privacy settings and set who should follow you. This guide covers allowing people to follow you on Facebook using the mobile app and the desktop. How To Allow People to Follow You on Facebook Now that you’ve seen your list of friends, it’s time you modified your privacy settings to allow people to follow you....

What is cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrencies (also known as digital currencies, cryptos, virtual assets, or digital assets) are digital representations of traditional currencies. As with conventional currencies, they may be used to make purchases of products and services. Traders may exchange digital coins such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) against one another on specialized platforms known as cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to how fiat currencies such as dollars and euros can be traded against one another on the foreign exchange market....

The LinkedIn Sales Navigator is an excellent tool for managing your sales and helping you manage your activities as a seller on LinkedIn. However, if you feel the tool is not adding value, you can cancel the subscription. We will discuss everything about canceling the LinkedIn Sales Navigator. We will see the various steps to follow to cancel the subscription and explain what happens when you cancel your subscription. Let’s begin by explaining what a Sales Navigator is and what you should know before canceling one....

Since Facebook caters to a large group of people, it has made its interface user-friendly and simple. Furthermore, there are helpful icons available to graphically represent each action you must take to land somewhere on the app. In this article, we will discuss how you can change comment settings on Facebook. Changing Your Comment Settings on Facebook on Computer If your usage of Facebook is typically through the desktop version, you can change the comment settings from there in two ways....