#cryptocurrencies

Indonesia's upcoming elections are poised to be a pivotal moment for the nation's approach to cryptocurrencies. Incumbent President Joko Widodo has been supportive of crypto companies and startups, despite implementing comprehensive regulations across the sector, including trading exchanges.

Gary Gensler posted a thread about investing in cryptocurrencies. But there's nothing new there.

In 2023, the interest in AI has markedly widened its lead over Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, as per data from Google Trends.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division has released its Top-10 list of the most prominent and high-profile cases of 2023, with nearly half involving cryptocurrencies.

The CEO of Franklin Templeton Investments, Jenny Johnson, disclosed that she has made personal investments in Bitcoin as well as several altcoins, including Uniswap and SushiSwap.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, in a CNBC interview, made a distinction between cryptocurrencies that facilitate smart contracts (for data transfer and tokenization) and those he considers to have no inherent value.

Elon Musk has shared his relatively indifferent stance towards cryptocurrencies, considering money primarily as a database for resource distribution. He opined that fiat currencies are quite capable of serving this purpose effectively, provided that governments don't abuse the system and fuel inflation.

On a specialized forum, an unidentified hacker is selling access to the law enforcement request control panel for the crypto exchange Binance. The price is set at $10,000, payable in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) or Monero (XMR). The validity of this offer has been verified by the analysts at Hudson Rock.

“I've always been deeply opposed to bitcoin, crypto, etc.,” JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told senators in a hearing examining the U.S. banking industry. He even expressed a desire to ban cryptocurrencies if he had the authority.