BitMEX’s insurance fund now holds nearly 0.2% of all Bitcoin in circulation after growing 61% in 2019, but what exactly is it for? The BitMEX Insurance Fund has added nearly 13,000 BTC in 2019, reaching a total of just over 33,491 BTC as of Dec. 30. This is equivalent to 0.19% of the total Bitcoin […]
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TRON CEO Justin Sun explains how cryptocurrency will help reduce carbon footprints after pledging $1 million to Greta Thunberg campaign. On Dec. 18 Cointelegraph reported that Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun publicly pledged to donate $1 million to Swedish activist Great Thunberg to raise global awareness of the climate crisis. Following the COP25 UN Climate Conference […]
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Chinese President Xi publicly supports blockchain development in the country. The first blockchain industrial park was opened in Shanghai’s Baoshan District in November 2016 with the goal of not only developing blockchain technology for government-related work, but also for connecting the technology with finance, insurance, real estate, intellectual property and other industries. Shortly after the […]
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An application for a blockchain-focused ETF has been filed with China’s securities regulator, according to a disclosure from the China Securities Regulatory Commission. An application for a blockchain-focused exchange-traded-fund (ETF) has been filed with China’s securities regulator, according to a disclosure from the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The proposal, filed on Dec. 24 by Shenzhen-based […]
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Coinbase noted that it might be forced to drop DApp browsing functionality from its mobile wallet to abide by Apple’s guidelines. After Google removed Ethereum-based decentralized application (DApp) browser MetaMask from its Android application store, Apple may now force Coinbase to remove the DApp browser feature from its crypto wallet application. According to a Reddit […]
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The top five performers of the past seven days are bouncing off their support levels, which indicates a pick up in demand. Swiss finance minister and outgoing president Ueli Maurer believes that one of the most ambitious crypto projects of 2019, Facebook’s Libra stablecoin, will not be accepted by regulators in its current form. Though […]
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Euro-backed stablecoins could make a digital currency truly borderless and more global than ever before. We live in the days of next-generation digital money emergence. Ultimately, the world lacks a clean balance sheet and an asset that has significant appreciation potential to create more loans against it. Euro-backed stablecoins can help boost the crypto-lending sector […]
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2019 was a very busy year with crypto tax legislation — check out Cointelegrahp’s 2019 global overview. 2019 was, without a doubt, a milestone for crypto taxation. Countries around the world realized cryptocurrencies are here to stay and adjusted their crypto tax policies as a result. This year alone, several countries have been busy establishing […]
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The basket of assets backing Facebook’s Libra stablecoin needs to change for the project to be accepted by regulators, according to Switzerland’s President. The basket of assets backing Facebook’s Libra stablecoin needs to change in order for the project to be accepted by regulators, according to Switzerland’s President. “Central banks will not accept the basket […]
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The New Year is a time for self-development as well as splashing the cash. Here’s how you can spend like royalty in Europe. A new year heralds the opportunity for a new beginning. The start of a new life cycle. As the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, the year 2019 will be dealt a […]
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