The central bank wants to learn from private-sector digital currencies — but still believes they are inferior to central bank money. Philippine central bank governor Benjamin Diokno has announced that the institution’s “exploratory” study of central bank digital currency study suggests that much more work is needed to make a digital peso a reality. During […]
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If you look at its governance, definitely not. No major euphoria-worthy moments happened this week — the ecosystem is still cooling off. I think the biggest sign of that is Uniswap’s trading volume. After hitting a peak of slightly less than $1 billion in daily volume in early September, those numbers steadily deflated. Courtesy of […]
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Bitcoin price hits a new record high in seven national currencies of 500 million people. Compiled by entrepreneur and market commentator Alistair Milne, exchange rate figures show that at this week’s highs, Bitcoin was worth more in seven currencies than ever before. Countries where #Bitcoin has hit a new ATH in their local currency: Brazil […]
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The platform is just the latest product in the fintech’s long-evolving blockchain solutions. Chinese fintech Ant Group — which is now poised to launch what could be the world’s largest initial public offering — has announced a new platform via its blockchain business. Ant Group spun out from e-commerce giant Alibaba and is the parent […]
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Of the 450 million new USDT tokens, more than 185 million have been distributed with 126.9 million USDT going to Binance alone The Tether (USDT) Treasury has minted almost half a billion new USDT tokens and distributed more than 185 million tokens to exchanges and other addresses in the last 36 hours. As shown by […]
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Demand for Ethereum-based stablecoins exploded during the third-quarter DeFi bubble, with DAI’s supply growing by more than 600% and USDC expanding 200%. Decentralized finance’s (DeFi) explosive third-quarter brought significant growth to Ethereum (ETH)-compatible stablecoins. According to crypto market data aggregator Messari, the supply of MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin grew by 623% in Q3 2020, pushing the […]
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LGO exchange is a gateway for Voyager to access Europe. Crypto broker Voyager has teamed up with LGO, a European digital asset exchange focused on institutions. “LGO and Voyager will merge their services and offering under the Voyager brand, to offer a premium experience to retail cryptocurrency investors, in the US and in Europe,” LGO […]
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Japanese residents can once again trade BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, and BCH on Kraken, two years after it pulled out of the country. Major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched funding and crypto trading services in Japan, furthering its expansion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. On Oct. 22, the exchange announced it had launched spot […]
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True decentralization will take time, U.S. presidential candidate Brock Pierce suggests, citing DeFi as a crucial stepping stone towards this end. U.S. presidential candidate Brock Pierce believes true decentralization, in its purest form, does not exist today, and is not practical in the near future. He told Celsius founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky in an […]
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The move reverses a 2018 decision that officials did not have to declare crypto holdings. Russia‘s public officials will be mandated to declare all private crypto assets holdings from New Year’s Day, 2021. The requirements were announced on Oct. 20 by the office of Russian prosecutor general, Igor Krasnov, following a meeting with 15 fellow […]
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