Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has recently revealed to Bloomberg TV that the increased US regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrencies has significantly impacted the market capitalization of the USD Coin (USDC). This crackdown comes in the wake of the FTX exchange collapse, a major banking crisis, and the depegging of the USDC.

Good day, fellow Internet Patrollers! Today, we’ve got news from the realm of cryptocurrency, and it’s making quite a splash. Binance.US, the American subsidiary of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has suspended U.S. dollar deposits in anticipation of its banking partners ceasing transactions. This drastic action comes on the heels of a lawsuit launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this week.

If you’ve never found yourself hanging around the horned-rim glasses wearing literary fans or the all in black art crowd, you may not be familiar with the word “meta” and it’s many uses. Its origin story, like many others, takes place in ancient greek mythology. Meta was the first wife of the Athenian king, Aegeus. The word itself, Meta, is derived from μετά, meta, meaning “beyond” or “after”. Meta was the equivalent to the Latin “post-” or “ad-”. However, the contemporary version of Meta is not very old; meta appeared for the first time in 1988. Despite its age, Meta, has many definitions, all of which make it an uncanny name for the future of technology… or rather, of all things.

You can now buy cryptocurrency like Bitcoin with Paypal and Cash App! Paypal offers more crypto choices, but Cash App has better offerings.

The demand for Bitcoin (BTC) seems to picking up if the latest Google reports are anything to go by. According to recent Google reports, there seems to be increasing interest in the most popular cryptocurrency. In just one week, BTC searches surged up by 33 percent. Normally, Google searches are…

Walmart, through its joint venture Walmart Apollo, has filed a patent for a Walmart coin based on blockchain. The new cryptocurrency (“Walcoin”, anyone?), intended to be a stablecoin.

Facebook has announced Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Libra, along with Facebook’s crypto wallet Calibra, and it’s that cryptowallet that may be the bigger consumer news. Is Facebook trying to become a cryptobank?