MicroStrategy is competing with Grayscale in Bitcoin acquisition race according to Barry Silbert. MicroStrategy acquired 16,796 more Bitcoin for $175 million, adding to its previous purchase of 21,454 BTC. Now, it owns 38,250 Bitcoin according to its latest SEC disclosure. This occurred on the same day that its board of directors made the cryptocurrency its […]
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New money transmitter licensing promises to roll 40 states into a single exam and license. An organization of state regulators in the U.S. has announced a new streamlined process for money transmitter licensing that will save crypto firms from getting separate licenses in 40 states. The Sept. 15 announcement from the Conference of State Bank […]
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Web 3.0 will certainly be a step toward a more decentralized, immutable and censorship-resistant version of the web. Lately, the controversial topic of censorship on Big Tech platforms reached a turning point when U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign account was banned on both Twitter and Facebook for “spreading coronavirus misinformation.” The conversation over who has […]
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Bitcoin futures market funding rates show traders are heavily shorting BTC, causing a short squeeze. Since Sep. 5, many trades in the Bitcoin (BTC) futures market have been seemingly net short. As the majority of placed bets against BTC, the funding rate of BTC futures contracts turned negative. But in the last 30 hours, the […]
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Binance’s lax KYC requirements are creating more legal problems for the exchange. Binance’s famously light Know Your Customer requirements are being targeted by the current owners of Zaif, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that got hacked in 2018. Plaintiffs are claiming that its weak KYC requirements and high daily withdrawal limit facilitated the laundering of $60 […]
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The Swiss arm of Russia’s largest bank is exploring blockchain-based trade finance. A subsidiary of Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has joined a blockchain-based platform for commodity trade finance. Sberbank Switzerland AG has signed an agreement with Swiss trade finance platform Komgo to apply its blockchain-powered trade finance service. Representatives from Sberbank Switzerland AG told Cointelegraph […]
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Bitcoin’s macro landscape is making current price levels look like a good buy-in, Willy Woo suggests as support stacks up at $9,600. Bitcoin (BTC) price trajectory is looking to favor bulls going forward, statistician Willy Woo believes as the market nears $11,000. In a series of tweets on Sept. 14, Woo highlighted strength in market […]
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The DAML smart contract language is getting more popular. BNP Paribas’ securities arm has partnered with Digital Asset to develop a number of real-time trade and settlement applications using DAML-based smart contracts, the firm announced on Sept. 15. The new DAML-driven apps will connect BNP Paribas Securities Services with major global stock exchanges like the Australian […]
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An Indian startup plans to take DApps and decentralized services out of the “stone age era of communication.” An Indian startup has built a decentralized notification protocol dubbed Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) allowing DApps to send push notifications to Ethereum wallet users. Speaking to Cointelegraph, EPNS founder Richa Joshi said that they developed the […]
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A new report from Chainalysis has found that Eastern Europe is responsible for more darknet activity and ransomware volume than any other region. Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has found that darknet markets exert a disproportionate presence in Eastern Europe’s crypto sector. In an excerpt from Chainalysis’ 2020 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report, the firm asserts that […]
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