The South Korean government is going to invest $16 million in training more digital finance experts in the coming four years. The Korean financial services commission and the Seoul metropolitan government have announced plans to invest $16 million in training digital finance experts for four years on Feb. 12. The application period to win the […]
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Millions of Coinbase Commerce merchants can accept stablecoin Dai as payment method. Coinbase Commerce, a platform that supports cryptocurrency payments for internet retailers, has added MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin as a supported payment method this week. This integration will let merchants around the world accept the USD-pegged stablecoin as payment for goods and services without Coinbase […]
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Poloniex introduces “partially localized” version of Poloniex for Russian speaking users on its platform. Russia is apparently becoming a more attractive market for cryptocurrency firms as another major crypto platform is adding Russian language support. Poloniex, a popular crypto exchange originally based in the United States, has begun adding the Russian language on its platform […]
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Cryptocurrency-lending startup BlockFi has secured $30 million from an array of investors, including Morgan Creek Digital, Winklevoss Capital and Arrington XRP Capital. Cryptocurrency-lending startup BlockFi has secured $30 million from an array of investors, including Morgan Creek Digital, Winklevoss Capital and Arrington XRP Capital. The Series B funding round was led by United States-based capital […]
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Co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and noted crypto advocate Anthony Pompliano has been suspended from Twitter. As of press time on Feb. 13, the Twitter account of the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and noted crypto personality Anthony Pompliano has been suspended. Pompliano, known to the crypto community as “Pomp,” is a noted supporter of […]
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The IOTA Foundation announced an investigation into reported IOTA thefts, possibly linked to the Trinity wallet. The IOTA Foundation has put out a warning regarding IOTA (MIOTA) coin wallet Trinity, and its association with stolen funds. After multiple IOTA holders reported missing coins, the IOTA Foundation announced the suspension of its network node, called the […]
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Decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi, has changed dramatically in a short time span, and more changes are to come this year. Newcomers to decentralized finance, or DeFi, would be hard-pressed to believe how much the industry has grown, changed and matured in just over a year. At the end of 2018, Maker returned […]
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Coinbase misses the number one spot among platforms on CryptoCompare’s new Exchange Benchmark due to a 2019 Bitcoin price glitch. Coinbase, one of the most popular platforms in the United States, missed out on the number one spot in a ranking of crypto exchanges due to a 2019 Bitcoin (BTC) price glitch. The major U.S. […]
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Wells Fargo’s investment branch added $5 million to Elliptic’s Series B round, which will help fuel Asian expansion and the development of a compliance solution for banks. Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the venture arm of the fourth-largest bank in the U.S., is contributing $5 million to Elliptic’s Series B funding round. According to a Feb. […]
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Bangladesh-based Bank Asia has joined Ripple’s RippleNet blockchain-based financial services network. Bangladesh-based Bank Asia has joined Ripple’s RippleNet blockchain-based financial services network. The partnership was only recently discovered after a Twitter user pointed out the Bank Asia logo in an official Ripple document on Feb. 10. Still, the partnership must be well over a month […]
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