2020 has apparently been the year of privacy wallets, as more exchanges onboard KYC requirements. Elliptic, a leading firm in blockchain analytics, has found major shifts in recent trends in illicit crypto usag Per the firm’s Dec. 9 study, the proportion of Bitcoin transactions that the firm has linked to criminal activity is way down, […]
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The initiative wants to set clear boundaries for the personal data accessed by third parties. Oasis Labs, the commercial venture closely related to the Oasis Protocol blockchain, announced a new data privacy project built in collaboration with BMW Group. Announced on Wednesday, the collaboration between the two companies aims to build a new method of […]
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New technology also means new responsibilities. Security is key in the digital age. As internet banking comes of age, so too do new ways of stealing funds. That makes cybersecurity central to modern banking, according to David Leach, JPMorgan Chase’s Asia-Pacific head of cybersecurity and technology controls. “It’s a competitive disadvantage not to have a […]
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The addition of auction formats should make buying and selling digital artwork easier, more fun and more profitable. Digital art trading platform SuperRare has launched two different timed auction formats, to complement its existing fixed-price and open-offers sales. Early-access began on Dec. 7, with a number of special auctions featuring works by well-known digital artists […]
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Airbnb pre-IPO contracts are now available on FTX. FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange, has added Airbnb to its list of stock offerings on the eve of the online rental marketplace’s highly-anticipated IPO. As of late Tuesday, cryptocurrency traders can gain exposure to Airbnb through a pre-IPO derivatives contract directly on FTX. As a pre-IPO product, the […]
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As Bitcoin dropped below $18,000, major altcoins including XRP and DeFi tokens fell by 10% to 30%. The price of several big-name alternative cryptocurrencies fell especially hard following a Bitcoin (BTC) pullback to $17,650 on Dec. 9. Namely, XRP and top decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens, YFI and AAVE, dropped by as much as 10% to 20% in […]
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Depositors using Fidelity Digital Assets custody will be able to access liquidity via BlockFi. Fidelity Digital Assets, the crypto arm of the asset management conglomerate, will allow institutional customers to pledge their Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral for cash loans. As reported Wednesday on Bloomberg, the firm partnered with crypto lender BlockFi to disburse the loans. […]
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A crypto advocate group in Russia is lobbying for more friendly federal crypto law. Major cryptocurrency advocates in Russia are opposing the government’s stringent approach to regulating the crypto industry. The Committee on Blockchain Technologies and Cryptoeconomics, whose ranks include executives from major crypto exchanges Binance and OKEx, has called on the state to soften […]
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Blockchain interoperability has been a long-time dream for the Ethereum network, and ConsenSys eyes the latest release to deliver it. Enterprise blockchain applications are slowly but surely making their way to public networks, especially as new upgrades and features are being implemented into the Ethereum ecosystem. While Eth2 promises to bring scalability, security and capacity […]
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Ukrainian government officials are investing in cryptocurrency. A newly appointed official in Ukraine has officially declared his cryptocurrency holdings including a significant amount of privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero (XMR). Rostyslav Solod, a 19-year-old deputy of the Kramatorsk regional department and the son of Ukrainian politicians Natalia Korolevska and Yuriy Solod, reported holdings of 185,000 XMR, worth […]
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