Crypto exchange Binance has enabled instant purchases of four major digital currencies with the Russian ruble. Binance, the second-largest crypto exchange by daily trading volume, has enabled instant purchases of four major digital currencies with the Russian ruble. The development allows Binance users to link their Visa banking card and purchase Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), […]
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Cryptocurrency companies adopt features similar to legacy finance, offering better benefits to users. But will this help in the end? Cryptocurrency exchange Deribit recently published an analysis explaining that cryptocurrency companies are racing to adopt financial services known from legacy finance. The post points out that all crypto companies, exchanges included, will soon offer users […]
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Binance Launchpad announced the results of the first token sale of the year, WazirX. Binance Launchpad, as the name suggests, is Binance’s token launch platform, which has just announced WazirX’s token sale results. It is the first token sale of this year. According to a Feb. 4 press release from Binance, there were 10,000 winning […]
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Hong Kong-based blockchain remittance startup Bitspark has abruptly announced its closure, citing internal restructuring issues. Hong Kong-based blockchain remittance startup Bitspark has abruptly announced its closure, citing internal restructuring issues. On Feb. 3, Bitspark co-founder and CEO George Harrap officially announced the platform’s plans to shut down its services on March 4, 2020. According to […]
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Researchers writing for the Oxford University Law blog say that the distinction between utility and security tokens is less important than most assume when it comes to regulation. European researchers writing for the Oxford University Faculty of Law blog argue that the distinction between utility and security tokens is less important than most assume when […]
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has debuted the social media platforms’ newly added Bitcoin emoji, apparently urging Unicode to add a function for Bitcoin emoji as well. Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the newly added Bitcoin (BTC) emoji on Feb. 2 and tagged Unicode, the consortium managing the character standard, in an apparent suggestion […]
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There were signs in 2019 that large institutions are moving closer to embracing cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. Slowly but surely, institutional players are moving into the crypto/blockchain neighborhood. According to a 2019 Fidelity Investments survey, about 22% of institutional investors already have some exposure to digital assets, with most investments having been made within the […]
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The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier of Luxembourg has spotted another unregistered crypto company. Major European financial regulator, Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), has spotted another unregistered crypto company. The firm, Crypto Bull, operating under the url crypto-bull.io, claims to be based in Luxembourg while it does not have permission to […]
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The deputy governor of the Bank of Japan has said the institution must be ready to issue a CBDC should public demand surge in response to technical developments. The deputy governor of the Bank of Japan has said the institution must be ready to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should public demand surge […]
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United States presidential candidate Andrew Yang talked about cryptocurrency regulations during a recent interview. United States Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang talked about cryptocurrency regulations ahead of the upcoming caucuses in the state of Iowa. During an interview with Bloomberg Politics on Jan. 29, Yang said that there needs to be a uniform set of […]
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