Noelle Acheson

Democratic lawmakers signed on to sponsor the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bill is bad for crypto in the U.S., even if it never gets through Congress.

Noelle Acheson, the mind behind the Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, explores market moves, bitcoin transactions, U.S. GDP strength and more.

U.S. crypto regulation has much to learn from Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. But while these jurisdictions offer legal clarity around digital assets, they also have some of the toughest rules in the world, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.

Regulation should be technology-agnostic, and focus on the activity and the outcome. But with blockchain-based security issuance, that approach could hold back the industry's progress, says Noelle Acheson.

Instead of poking holes in recent anti-crypto comments made by Goldman Sachs’ CIO of Asset & Wealth Management, Noelle Acheson attempts to understand where they’re coming from, and what they suggest for our approach to crypto education.

Germany is a relatively conservative financial market, and landesbank are among its most conservative institutions. So what is the country’s largest landesbank doing launching crypto services? Noelle Acheson explains.

Renewable energies covered around 56% of electricity consumption in Germany in the first quarter of 2024.

Pointlessly onerous anti-money laundering rules lead to debanking of individuals and even entire regions, just as “financial inclusion” is thrown around as a social objective. We need a viable alternative, says Noelle Acheson.

We tend to use the two terms (macro and correlation) without understanding what they mean.

Aren't stablecoins and tokenized deposits the same thing? Not at all, argues Noelle Acheson. It's not just the different functionality and treatment; it's also the different approaches to money.