This seeming fight or flight response to blockchain’s rising ubiquity may be “too little, too late.” SWIFT, the Brussels-based interbank cooperative, has unveiled its first active instant cross-border payment connection — a move that could have major implications for the global payments landscape. The cooperative announced Thursday that U.K.-based Lloyds Banking Group has become the […]
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Hosting an Eth2 node is a big responsibility — and if things go wrong, this could result in some painful penalties. How does a hosting provider tackle the dangers of running your own node? Allnodes can offer an affordable alternative to doing everything yourself, reducing the risks of financial penalties and slashing. The company offers […]
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But only for vendors, so retail users will have to wait. Online payments giant and Cash App owner Stripe is stepping into a new realm of financial services for vendors. Per a Wall Street Journal exclusive on Thursday, Stripe is looking to offer customers bank accounts and debit cards. However, these financial products will be […]
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In the latest big move to incorporate crypto by traditional finance, 550 coins will appear in the new indexes from next year. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), a joint venture between S&P Global, the CME Group and News Corp, will debut cryptocurrency indexes in 2021, it has confirmed. In a press release on Dec. […]
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This is a first for the traditionally Bitcoin-centric exchange. The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange announced that it would match $150,000 in donations to support open-source Ethereum (ETH) projects on Gitcoin. Gitcoin is a developer funding platform relying on a hybrid model of sponsored donations and direct community support. Through its quadratic funding model, community donations are […]
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The latest in securities law and crypto is not a revolution but it is a step forward. As Cointelegraph reported two weeks ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission put out a rare no-action letter in defense of IMVU’s new blockchain-based VCOIN. VCOIN is only the third digital token to get such legal protection from the […]
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COVID-19 could force the Bank of Canada to launch a CBDC sooner than previously expected. Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and head of research at the bank’s fintech and crypto department, claimed that Canada’s central bank digital currency, or CBDC, might see the light of the day “sooner than expected. Lane […]
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Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s premium is now above 30% as institutional demand for BTC continues to increase. The demand for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) continues to rise with its premium surpassing 30% on Dec. 3. This indicates that Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing increasing institutional demand as its price consolidates above $19,000. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust […]
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The Financial Times scorns Nigel Farage for his apparently predictable embrace of libertarian cryptocurrency influencers. The United Kingdom Tory Party’s nemesis, Nigel Farage, has gone “full crypto.” On Nov. 27, Farage sat down for a video interview to discuss all things crypto with Sam Volkering, the editor of Southbank Investment Research, which is, notably, the […]
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Yearn “acquisitions” dominated headlines this week. The biggest events in DeFi this week all involved Yearn.finance, the yield farming optimization protocol. I covered the first, Pickle Finance, in my last installment. Since then, we’ve seen integrations with Cream Finance, a lending protocol similar to Compound; Cover Protocol, an insurance provider that recently paid out users […]
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