Decentralized finance clearly has the potential to change the world, but most of what carries that moniker today is not at all truly DeFi. The ecosystem is crowded with early versions of DeFi with many flaws: Because the tech is new, because the chains they run on have their own shortcomings, and because people are […]
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The highest number of exchanges defying regulatory norms are in Europe More than half of all exchanges worldwide have weak KYC identification protocols — with exchanges in Europe, the U.S. and U.K. among the worst offenders, according to a new study by blockchain analysis firm CipherTrace CipherTrace analyzed more than 800 decentralized, centralized, and automated […]
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Despite skepticism about loosening regulations on loans, the Fintech Task Force couldn’t stop talking about crypto as a way of upgrading payments in the U.S. In a hearing on Tuesday, the Congressional Fintech Task Force heard arguments on new rules that would potentially expand banking regulations to accommodate more technology firms providing financial services. A […]
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A stablecoin that will be used to pay entrance fees for the golfing tournaments of a Kenyan ‘entrepreneurs network’ has started testing under the local regulatory sandbox. YENTS, an unusual stablecoin developed by the Kenya’s Young Entrepreneurs Network (YEN), has entered into testing under the local regulatory sandbox. YEN, which organizes golfing tournaments to facilitate […]
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Banking will not become decentralized, but with blockchain, it will become accountable for both banks and clients. Recently, European central bank executives — Thomas Moser from Swiss National Bank and Martin Diehl from Deutsche Bundesbank — stated that central bank digital currencies don’t need a blockchain. They expressed their opinions by saying that blockchains — […]
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The rise of crypto-related crimes and money laundering cases is the result of the increasing mass crypto adoption. The modern world has become too small for comfort. The truth is that technological advancement is a double-edged sword, which has the potential to enhance human lives drastically at many levels and disrupt them in the blink […]
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Trusple platform promises to apply blockchain, AI and IoT technology to streamline cross-border trading processes for SMEs. Ant Group, the parent company of Chinese payments giant Alipay, unveiled its new Antchain-based global trade platform for small to medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs on Sep. 25. Going by the moniker of Trusple, the platform is based around […]
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Will this legal contradiction be resolved before the deadline? With the South Korean government preparing to implement know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance processes, there is confusion among legal experts as to whether the requirements contradict other laws. According to Digital Today, the new requirements would contravene the existing Personal Information Protection Act, which […]
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This alien doesn’t care about taking over the Earth, but it may steal your Bitcoins and dollars. A newly discovered trojan, known as Alien, is attacking crypto apps on Android phones, including Coinbase, Blockchain.com, and Luno. This new malware strain is based on the notorious Cerberus trojan, which wreaked havoc in the Google Play store until the […]
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“The temptation to print money is the greatest temptation in the whole world.” If you’ve ventured on to Crypto Twitter this year, you may have seen a tweet from the meme account WTF Happened in 1971? Created in March, the account posts numerous times a week to its fast growing fanbase of 10,500 followers. A […]
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