OKCoin says recent U.S. regulatory clarity on digital asset custody is significant for big money players. Recent digital asset custody clarity from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, will likely affect institutional investors more, according to OKCoin CEO Hong Fang. “The biggest impact will potentially be on institutional investors,” Fang […]
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Trump’s TikTok Ban could see 80 million people flock to crypto, which would be great news for Bitcoin price and the entire cryptocurrency space. Yesterday saw many major altcoins rally to their yearly highs, with Ether (ETH) surging past $400, which I expected was a likely scenario in my last article two weeks ago. In […]
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The state of stablecoins: Demand for stablecoins continues to grow amid financial uncertainty. As a new COVID-19 stimulus bill is debated in the United States Senate and Bitcoin (BTC) begins to bounce back from its volatility lows, the demand for stablecoins continues to grow. Powered both by the stability that they provide to tokenholders and […]
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FIX Network is partnering with NEM to provide a solution that prevents SIM swapping. In the US alone, over $55m has been stolen through SIM swapping attacks since 2018. NEM, a blockchain-based ecosystem, believes that decentralized apps could provide a meaningful solution to this problem. According to NEM, they’re working with a solution called “FIX […]
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The leaders in this week’s policy news focus on some case studies in power accumulation that more than anything show why decentralization tech matters. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The concept of monopoly will reign in today’s Law Decoded. […]
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Global payment processors Mastercard and Visa are laying the foundations for crypto support that may drive adoption on a global scale. Leading global payment companies Mastercard and Visa have been making moves to accelerate the support of cryptocurrency payment processors by opening up new options for users around the world. Both companies made strong statements […]
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At the request of the People’s Bank of China, Beijing could soon probe its digital payments monopolies, sources claim. Days after the CEOs of the world’s top tech firms faced antitrust hearings in the United States Congress, sources are alleging that Beijing too could soon probe its own digital monopolies. A Reuters report published on […]
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There’s no doubt noncustodial technology is the future — it’s just a question of when it enters the mainstream. In an increasingly digital world, security is a high-stakes game. The identities of customers along with their privacy and financial information are all in the hands of centralized security systems. We are reliant on these systems, […]
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Paxful has released data showing growing usage of its peer-to-peer trading platform in Russia. Data from Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace Paxful shows a huge surge of interest in cryptocurrency peer-to-peer trading in Russia, with 350% growth on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. According to the study, from the period of May 2019 to May 2020, Paxful is […]
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Announcement by U.S. OCC to fuel business opportunities for crypto exchanges, custodians and traditionals banks. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the United States Treasury that supervises banking in the country, on July 22, issued an interpretive letter clarifying that nationally chartered banks are allowed to provide cryptocurrency custody services […]
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