The weekend saw the biggest yield farming craze develop as a new governance token gained over 4,000% in a day. The trend of usage incentives in decentralized finance kicked off with Compound’s COMP token distribution, and it continued through several other platforms that sought to replicate its perceived success. But the latest DeFi yield farming […]
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Julius Baer, a top-five Swiss bank, saw its net profit climb by 34% in the first half of 2020, a period during which it began offering digital assets like Bitcoin to its clients. Top five Swiss bank Julius Baer Group, which manages $427 billion in assets, announced on July 20 that its profit increased by […]
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Mastercard is reaching out to cryptocurrency firms and encouraging them to apply to become partners as part of its newly-expanded cryptocurrency card program. Mastercard is reaching out to cryptocurrency firms and encouraging them to apply to become partners as part of its newly-expanded cryptocurrency card program. On July 20, Mastercard said it was simplifying access […]
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The European Union’s 5AMLD has been adopted as the first regulation in Romania of virtual currencies, crypto-wallets and fiat-crypto exchange platforms. The European Union and the European Central Bank wanted to create a unitary legal framework that would limit the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions, especially in the spectrum of money laundering, terrorist financing and tax […]
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Analysts predict that the end of Bitcoin’s compression cycle will hit within days as price action continues to preserve $9,000 support. Bitcoin (BTC) price begins a new week ranging north of $9,000 as it awaits cues from macro markets — what could be in store for the coming days? Cointelegraph takes a look at the […]
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Bank of Japan has announced the launch of a new CBDC research team, which will continue the work of its previous CBDC research team. The Bank of Japan announced on July 20 that it had formed a new team to accelerate research into the feasibility of central bank digital currencies (CBDC). The team takes over […]
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Cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea shrink within national boundaries due to lack of regulatory clarity. The lack of regulatory uncertainty in South Korea is causing major Korean cryptocurrency exchanges to lose international traders and turn their focus on the domestic audience. Speaking to Cointelegraph, a spokesperson of the South Korean exchange Upbit expressed his concern about […]
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PayPal reportedly plans to introduce crypto trading through a new brokerage service offered by United States stablecoin operator Paxos. Digital payments giant PayPal reportedly plans to facilitate cryptocurrency trading through a new partnership with stablecoin operator Paxos. Industry news outlet Coindesk reported on July 20 that PayPal plans to introduce crypto trading through Paxos’ new […]
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Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binanace, says that Bitcoin will eventually break out of this $9,000–9,500 corridor but the token is “really stable” now. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of crypto exchange Binance, isn’t sure what will cause Bitcoin to hit $10,000 again, but has remarked on the token’s recent stability. In a July 19 interview with Bloomberg […]
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Synthetix unveils decentralized asset management platform dHedge. Synthetix unveiled its new decentralized asset management platform dHedge, emerging out of stealth mode. dHedge takes advantage of non-custodial mimetic trading for Synths, or tokens that provide exposure to assets such as gold, Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar on the Ethereum blockchain. Synthetix founder Kain Warwick said dHedge […]
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