COVID-19 has forced businesses around the world to adapt to new ways as crypto companies embrace the “decentralized normal.” 2020 will forever be remembered as the year of COVID-19, but there is no telling what the long-lasting effects of the pandemic will be on the global economy. Around the world, countries have been forced to […]
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency have great potential to help us, especially in these challenging times of the global coronavirus outbreak. In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic. Just over six months after that declaration, there have been almost 33 million cases of the disease worldwide and nearly 1 […]
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But it remains unclear where KuCoin is actually headquartered. Chainalysis, a major global cryptocurrency analytics firm, is expanding its presence worldwide to embrace more jurisdictions for its crypto investigations. Providing services to federal agencies like the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI, Chainalysis is launching new offices in Singapore and Tokyo to better service customers […]
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Is it time to find another name for this phenomenon? Alexis Direr, a researcher at the University of Orleans in France, has released a paper summarizing the mathematical underpinnings of Uniswap and other exchanges based on Automated Market Makers. Automated Market Maker is the term for a class of decentralized exchange that reached significant popularity […]
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“Regulators can get comfortable with privacy-enabling cryptos,” Gemini says. Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, aims to improve user privacy with a major privacy token, Zcash (ZEC). Starting Sept. 29, Gemini will support shielded withdrawals of ZEC, which allows users to hide their transaction data. Gemini representatives said that the new feature […]
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The owner of a Bulgarian crypto exchange has been convicted of providing money laundering services to a Eastern European cyber fraud syndicate. Rossen Iossifov, a 53-year-old Bulgarian national and owner of the ‘RG Coins’ cryptocurrency exchange, has been convicted of operating a multi-million dollar money laundering ring as part of a transnational auction fraud scheme. […]
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Data shows decentralized exchange volume skyrocketed in the last 6-months and Uniswap leads the pack. Uniswap, the most widely utilized decentralized exchange on Ethereum, has seen explosive growth throughout the second quarter. In fact, less than a month ago, Uniswap’s trading volume surpassed Coinbase Pro as the exchange processed $426 million worth of trades in […]
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Bitcoin and altcoins may hit a few roadblocks in the short-term as they near stiff overhead resistance levels, but the overall trajectory remains bullish. Bitcoin (BTC) soared above $10,000 on July 27 and has sustained above this level since then. Data shows that this streak of 63 consecutive days of closes above the $10,000 level […]
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For the U.K. to remain attractive to the crypto industry, it should strive to provide more clarity and certainty around compliance. Policymaking in the United Kingdom is typically reactionary, and this is no less true in the context of the crypto-asset industry. Reactionary policymaking means that the U.K.’s crypto regime is occasionally behind those of […]
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If it’s a taxable event, authorities want to know. New Zealand businesses must now submit information on their clients’ digit asset usage to the country’s tax regulator, the Inland Revenue Department, or IRD. The governing body said it wants to get a better grasp on the crypto scene in the country and determine an applicable tax […]
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