Crypto

The new law project, proposed by Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger, would allow investment funds to invest in digital assets, the issuance of securities using decentralized technologies, and give full validity to smart contracts, modernizing outdated national market rules. Key Takeaways An Argentine deregulation bill lets investment funds buy digital assets, unlocking billions in…

Coinbase says a routine infrastructure update disabled a critical network gateway, disrupting transfers, debit card purchases, and onchain services for about 50 minutes. Its new postmortem explains the error and why the company’s normal recovery tools also failed. Key Takeaways Coinbase traced the 50-minute outage to an undetected Kubernetes resource name collision during a routine…

A cross-party group of U.K. lawmakers has opened an inquiry into banking restrictions affecting crypto companies and their customers. The review will assess whether account closures, payment blocks and transfer limits threaten Britain’s digital asset ambitions. Key Takeaways The APPG opened a 6-week inquiry after banks reportedly blocked or delayed 40% of crypto transfers. HSBC and four rivals…

When Bitcoin traffic gets heavy, a full block does not stop the network; it turns the next available space into a live auction where urgency has a price. Key Takeaways Bitcoin blocks cap at 4 million weight units, forcing lower-fee payments to wait. Bitcoin Core 31.0 can evict weak packages when a node’s 300 MB mempool fills. Bitcoin users have 3 fee-bump paths, RBF, CPFP, and mining…