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French crypto bloggers face demotion to regular bloggers
French lawmakers have proposed a new law that would restrict the rights of influencers who are not registered with the Financial Markets Authority (AMF). This could mean that such bloggers may no longer be allowed to promote cryptocurrency projects. What are market makers and takers?
Markets are made up of both makers and takers. The makers create buy or sell orders that aren't executed immediately; this generates liquidity. And those who buy or sell instantly are referred to as "takers." In other words, the takers carry out the orders created by the makers. 
The Stellar Development Foundation has announced that it joins an advisory committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Blockchain company Stellar will join representatives of traditional financial markets such as J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock and get a say in institutional-level issues.
SDF representatives noted that they will primarily focus on the use of Layer 1 protocols in government agencies and bank transfers in stablecoins. Standard Chartered forecasts for 2023: What is the future of mark
From the start of December, the biggest analytical companies and financial groups are beginning to publish their predictions for the next year. The chief strategist of Standard Chartered tried to predict the future of markets and crypto in 2023. Providing liquidity in DeFi: what is it and how does it work?
Liquidity (the ability to quickly sell assets at a market price) is an important element in the financial markets functionality, and providing liquidity for DEX and DeFi protocols is a great way to passively earn money in the cryptosphere. 
SEC news. Draft of the strategic plan for 2022-2026
Protecting investors, supporting markets, and creating favorable conditions for capital accumulation are the main objectives of the SEC (the US Securities and Exchange Commission). The financial regulator presented its strategic plan for 2022-2026 for public discussion. What measures does the SEC plan to take shortly? Bank of America: 2023 will be the year of utility tokens
According to the BoA's latest report (https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/02/28/2023-will-be-the-year-of-crypto-token-price-divergence-bank-of-america/), the market is expecting a significant divergence in token prices this year. Industry analysts believe that utility tokens will outperform governance and memecoins. Microsoft halts development of its own metaverse
More than 100 employees who worked on this project will be laid off. The global behemoth underestimated its power and the necessary investments for implementation. Microsoft officials say that everything will happen, but it will be later. When will the global markets calm down? 
Justin Sun, co-founder of the Huobi exchange, expressed his delight at China's decision to levy a tax on cryptocurrency transactions. He believes that this is a sure sign that China is ready to accept the existence of digital assets and ease the pressure on crypto projects.
Even the fact that fiscal authorities require crypto-markets to register users who invest in cryptocurrencies did not dim his joy.
At the same time, he claims that Huobi is registered in the Seychelles and thus is not required to provide customer information.
And Justin Sun dreams that the TRON blockchain will be adopted in China at the national level.
What else is there to say? Justin Sun is like Jean-Claude Van Damme, but for crypto. 
What time do the trading markets close and open? Do cryptocurrency markets have opening hours?
It is a common belief that cryptocurrency markets have specific opening hours. However, cryptocurrency trading is not limited to a fixed schedule, unlike traditional stock exchanges and securities markets. 