Major crypto exchange and wallet provider Huobi has partnered with decentralized crypto lending platform Cred to enable users to earn interest on their crypto holdings. Major cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Huobi has partnered with decentralized crypto lending platform Cred to enable users to earn interest on their holdings. An announcement on April 1 revealed […]
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Indian crypto exchange BuyUCoin has sealed regulatory approval from Estonia’s financial watchdog to expand its services abroad. Indian crypto exchange BuyUCoin has sealed regulatory approval from Estonia’s financial watchdog to expand its services abroad. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the exchange’s CEO Shivam Thakral revealed that the platform had received its crypto-fiat license in late 2019, followed […]
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As the coronavirus wreaks havoc with the global economy, the number of transactions in crypto and fiat currency is falling to record lows. Online purchases using Bitcoin (BTC), Visa, and some retail apps are down for the first quarter of 2020, spanning cryptocurrency and fiat currency transactions. With many around the world self-quarantining or otherwise […]
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A new report has found strict cryptocurrency regulations in Japan are discouraging foreign players — but will help the industry in the long run. A new report has found strict regulations are discouraging overseas exchanges from opening in Japan, but would likely benefit new players in the long term. Double jump.tokyo, the game developer behind […]
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Economist Jeffrey Tucker sparked a debate with prominent crypto leaders when he argued the BTC price is depressed because it hasn’t scaled. American Institute for Economic Research editorial director Jeffrey Tucker reignited the long-running Bitcoin scaling debate with a tweet earlier today. The economist — who has long been a proponent of Bitcoin (BTC) — […]
Continue ReadingNo touching required! It’s just the kind of event that these sequestered, hunkered-down times call for. With COVID-19 still wreaking havoc on any plans to get more than ten people in a room together, Virtual Blockchain Week is a weeklong conference taking place completely online, and it just so happens that Cointelegraph is the primary […]
Continue ReadingBinance explains that the removal of FTX leveraged token was the result of users holding tokens instead of trading them. Binance blamed customer confusion for its FTX leveraged token delisting, explaining that users held the tokens instead of trading them, which was the originally intended use case. “The leveraged tokens are not designed for long […]
Continue ReadingDigital payments giant looks to hire a highly experienced person in charge of overseeing their blockchain-related strategies. Digital payments giant PayPal posted a new job listing on March 23, where the company seeks to hire an Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) and Blockchain Strategy director for their Global Financial Crimes (GFC) division. According to the company, the new […]
Continue ReadingSoccer star Kylian Mbappé filed a complaint against an allegedly cryptocurrency scam network under investigation by French police. French international soccer striker Kylian Mbappé filed a complaint on March 31 for the unauthorized use of his name on a cryptocurrency scam network, which is being investigated by local authorities. According to the newspaper L’Équipe, the […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin investment platform XDEX, founded by partners of Brazil’s largest investment broker in LatAm, XP Investimentos announced its closure. Brazilian crypto exchange XDEX, which is owned by the largest stock broker in Latin America, announced the end of its activities. The company announced its closure on March 31: “Today, we announce that XDEX is starting […]
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