We’re suddenly seeing banks lining up to support crypto custody, and KB Kookmin Bank is looking to get in on the action. KB Kookmin Bank, one of the largest banks in South Korea, has partnered with blockchain venture fund, Hashed, and crypto trading platform, Cumberland Korea, to establish “strategic technology cooperation” on the custody of […]
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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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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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Bitcoin price surged 5% to $9,664 less than 24-hours after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced U.S. banks can provide crypto custody services. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is up 5% in the past 24 hours and currently trades at $9,600 after reaching a daily high at $9,664. The overnight increase in […]
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Anthony Pompliano, often referred to as Pomp, weighed in on a recent regulatory update, helped in part by a crypto industry player. Recent regulatory approval for banking crypto custody comes after a Coinbase alum took a prominent seat as the Acting Comptroller of the Currency for the the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, […]
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Grayscale’s $1.4-billion inflow in the first half of 2020, along with two other key factors, shows institutional demand is surging rapidly. Since early 2020, the institutional demand for Bitcoin (BTC) has been steadily increasing. In the second quarter of this year, data show that the appetite for BTC spiked significantly. According to crypto asset fund […]
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Will DeFi take over centralized finance?: A deep dive into the benefits, advantages, dangers and constraints of both systems. Decentralized finance has become one of the hot topics in crypto this year. Although activity and volume in the DeFi space still lag behind its popularity, this is starting to change as novel protocols become available. […]
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Are traditional business enterprises ready to embrace a blockchain-based payments network? Maybe not, according to two research reports. The news that PayPal, the payments giant with 325 million active user accounts worldwide, was considering the direct sale of crypto assets — along with custodial services — had the crypto community buzzing last week, even if […]
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While a minimum stake of 32 ETH is needed to become a validator on Ethereum 2.0, staking pools and services make the participation possible for everyone. As the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade approaches, users have been showing an increasing interest in the staking process, which would allow them to make a passive income by validating the […]
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The CEO of the leading cryptocurrency exchange explains the four key criteria to follow in order to build a truly global business. In a recent interview with Cointelegraph, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, has lended his expertise on how to set up a global cryptocurrency exchange and outlined four key criteria to follow in […]
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