$450 million in Bitcoin futures are set to expire on Friday and data shows bullish pro traders are prepared to defend $13K. A total of 62K Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expire this Friday, and this is equivalent to $830 million in open interest. These massive numbers fail to reflect the fact that 58% […]
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“We have increased the scope of the project and extended the timeline,” said ASX CEO Dominic Stevens. The Australian Securities Exchange, or ASX, has delayed its switch to blockchain for the third time, citing complications due to COVID-19 and additional feedback from stakeholders. According to an Oct. 28 update from the ASX, the exchange has […]
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The debit card was made possible thanks to an alliance with a Spanish neobank Bitcoin (BTC) P2P marketplace Paxful has partnered with Spanish neobank Bnext to launch its first crypto debit card in Mexico. The partnership will allow Paxful’s Mexican customers to use their crypto funds to pay with a debit card in any national […]
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The new bank will be subject to heightened scrutiny from the OCC for at least three years. In an announcement on Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted SoFi a conditional license to operate as a national bank in the United States. The OCC is the office of the U.S. Treasury […]
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The Wyoming State Banking Board voted unanimously to grant Avanti a bank charter. According to an Oct. 28 announcement from Avanti, The Wyoming State Banking Board voted 8-0 to grant the financial institution a bank charter. The approval will allow Avanti to operate the new crypto-friendly bank under the name Avanti Bank & Trust as […]
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Altcoins took a serious hit as Bitcoin dropped below $13K today, meanwhile, BTC’s macrostructure remains bullish. The equity markets across Europe closed deeply in the red and the U.S. markets are also witnessing intense selling pressure as investors fear a rise in COVID-19 cases could stall the fragile economic recovery. This increasingly negative sentiment has […]
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The pandemic is not stopping Peru’s lawmakers from testing ways of regulating the crypto industry. A Peruvian regulator authority said on October 26 that studies currently performed on local crypto exchanges will keep on going despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country is looking to find ways to regulate the national crypto industry. According to […]
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Though the hearing did not focus on solutions, open source looks like a real way of addressing the committee’s concerns about transparency and accountability. In a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Friday, the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, faced a veritable firing squad in what has become bipartisan hatred based […]
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But don’t call it a CBDC, says central bank reps. Amid a global race toward central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, Cambodia officially launched a blockchain-based platform for digital money transactions called Bakong. “Bakong, a payment and money transfer service through banks or microfinance institutions, was established under the initiative of the National Bank of […]
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Only two decentralized exchanges on the list received high cybersecurity scores. 14 out of 25 decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, scored poorly in terms of cybersecurity according to a recent report. Source: CER. CER’s criteria included several factors such as whether a DEX underwent security audit, availability of bug bounties, and proper SSL/TLS certificates. CER deemed […]
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