The Philippine central bank has confirmed in a virtual briefing that it has formed a committee to look into issuing a digital currency. The Philippines has become the latest country to look at the possibility of releasing its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC. According to a report by Bloomberg, July 29, the Philippine […]
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Just as blockchain exists to innovate technological frameworks and finding better solutions, it has to improve gender diversity and inclusion in the space. The lack of gender and racial diversity in the tech space is no longer a “secret.” According to data from Statista, while the percentage of employed women across all job sectors in […]
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Wash trading hurts investors and taints the crypto industry, but extinguishing it will be difficult absent global regulation. When Bitwise Asset Management declared in a March 2019 presentation to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that 95% of the Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume being reported globally on cryptocurrency exchanges was “fake,” it jolted rating […]
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EToro is reportedly moving ahead with its debit card plans as it acquires a U.K. Visa Principal Member. The crypto-enabled investment app eToro is set to launch its debit card in the United Kingdom as it acquired Marq Millions Ltd, a licensed e-money business holding a principal Visa membership. As reported by TechCrunch on July […]
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An increasing number of cryptocurrency exchanges are beginning to take steps to work with traditional stock and asset exchanges. Typically, blockchain exchanges and traditional exchanges, such as the Nasdaq or London Stock Exchange, have been seen as polar opposites where blockchain exchanges are seen as a more open, community-focused option, whereas traditional exchanges are seen […]
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LocalBitcoins has partnered with blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic to gain access to new blockchain monitoring tools that can help prevent the illicit use of its services. LocalBitcoins has partnered with blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic — the latest move in the veteran peer-to-peer exchange’s fight against criminal activities on its platform. Speaking to Cointelegraph, chief operating […]
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Hardware wallet provider Ledger said its marketing database was breached between June and July. Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July. In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on July 14 when a researcher […]
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Aave is climbing the DeFi and market cap rankings as its flash loans see daily volume exceeding $100 million. Decentralized finance (DeFi) loan protocol Aave has seen an explosion in the number of flash loans issued — with the daily value of said loans growing more than 1,000% since the start of July from $11 […]
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U.S. online brokerage TradeStation will soon launch its own cryptocurrency lending service. United States-based TradeStation, a subsidiary of Japanese firm Monex Group, is planning to launch a crypto lending service. The plan was announced in Monex’s earning report published on July 29. Called “Crypto Earn” the new lending service is “C2B2B” that lends institutions borrowed […]
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Popular Australian crypto exchanges Coinjar, Cointree and Swyftx have partnered with Koinly to track their clients’ tax obligations. Crypto taxation software provider Koinly has announced a partnership with three Australian digital asset exchanges to simplify their clients’ tax reporting. Coinjar, Cointree and Swyftx announced support for Koinly on July 29, allowing the exchanges’ customers to […]
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