Standard Chartered predicts that #Bitcoin will surge to approximately $50,000 by the end of this year and could reach $120,000 by the end of 2024.

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Bitcoin: Standard Chartered Predicts $120,000 BTC by 2024 - Chris on Crypto

Bitcoin could reach $120,000 by the end of 2024 according to a report by traditional financial institution Standard Chartered.

The SEC claims that Coinbase’s actions contradict its own claims. Since it became a public company, the regulator said the exchange repeatedly told shareholders that cryptocurrencies could be deemed securities in violation of federal laws.

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SEC Says Coinbase Knew That Securities Laws Applied Before Lawsuit - Chris on Crypto

The US SEC responded to a Coinbase motion to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit and grant judgement in favour of all claims.

Post-Blackrock Forbes. Bitcoin is now green, helps third-world countries and is not used by the bad guys anymore.

My sense is that any crypto project which isn't primarily based on censorship resistance is unlikely to be around in the long run.

Litecoin Mweb zaps would be a very cool addition to this platform.

The #AI tool suite is built on L402 Langchain, a framework built for Large Language Models (#LLMs) that are supervised learning algorithms which are used in the assembly and creation of chatbots and generative Q&A answering models.

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Lightning Labs Unveils tools for Bitcoin-Powered AI Products - Chris on Crypto

Lightning Labs released a set of tools that will enable AI interfaces like ChatGPT to send, receive and hold Bitcoin.

I'm a security threat according to Meta. They won't specify anything though so I guess I'll just take their word for it.

Meta is expected to launch a new application called Threads which will harvest sensitive data and faces regulatory hurdles for breaching every data protection law under the sun. Meta platforms are also accused of rampant censorship.

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Meta to Launch Data-Harvesting Twitter Competitor Amidst Censorship Accustions - Chris on Crypto

Meta is expected to launch a new application called Threads, which will attempt to compete with Elon Musk's Twitter and Nostr.

130 countries, representing 98 percent of global GDP, are exploring a CBDC due to their inherent ability to facilitate direct government surveillance and coercive control over payments. Since the supposed problem of ‘cross border payments’ has already been solved many times over, ECB executives have revealed that introducing a digital euro is not necessarily about the public good.

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CBDC Tracker Shows 130 Countries Working on Capital Controls - Chris on Crypto

130 countries representing a total of 98% of global GDP are exploring a CBDC due to their ability to facilitate direct payment surveillance.

#BlackRock has refiled its #bitcoin Spot ETF application. Alongside 5 other organisations including Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, ARK Invest, and Fidelity, the asset manager chose #Coinbase as its partner, despite legal complaints levied against the exchange.

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BlackRock Resubmits Bitcoin ETF Filing Following SEC Setback - Chris on Crypto

Following the SEC's recent rejection of a BlackRock Spot ETF application, the asset manager has refiled its application with amendments.

Litecoin appears to be well positioned for this market cycle.

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Litecoin Fundamental Data Show Resilience as Transactions Hit New Milestone - Chris on Crypto

Litecoin hit a big milestone this week as it set a new all time high in payment transactions on the blockchain amidst various tailwinds.

Hear me out. Imagine an internet where everyone is his own ISP. Peak freedom.

CZ denies market manipulation allegations as traders allege financial Armageddon awaits below the $220 mark for $BNB.

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CZ Denies Market Manipulation Allegations to maintain $220 BNB Price - Chris on Crypto

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao denied allegations that his exchange sold Bitcoin to protect the BNB price, per a June 13 tweet.

Stanley Drukenmiller warns 'more shoes to drop' in regards to US banking woes.

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Stanley Druckenmiller Warns Bank Failures are the Tip of the Iceberg - Chris on Crypto

Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller issued a dire warning on the state of the US economy, saying more shoes (banks) have yet to drop.

Crypto trading on Binance is set to become less private in certain EU. The crackdown on privacy coins, freedom of speech and finances in the EU has accelerated in recent years, seriously undermining credibility in regulators, perhaps indefinitely.

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Binance Exchange to Delist Privacy Coins Amid EU Clampdown - Chris on Crypto

Cryptocurrency trading on Binance is set to become less private in certain European countries as regulators crackdown on privacy coins.

I'm on a privacy, anti-censorship, anti-everything binge at the moment. I don't like where things are trending generally, and that might have initiated some primal threat-response mechanism. In any case, here's why privacy matters.

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Why Privacy Matters: Defending Your Sovereignty in a Data-Rich world - Chris on Crypto

Few would disagree that we live in an age where data harvesting is the norm. Many believe privacy is already a lost cause. It is not.

Hello world. Guess I'm on nostr again.