Binance is said to be “operating a recognized market” without authorization from the Malaysian regulator. Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance was added to the Securities Commission Malaysia’s list of unauthorized entities earlier today. According to the regulator, the digital asset trading platform is “operating a recognized market without authorization from the SC”. Malayisan law requires cryptocurrency […]
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A company founded by Jacques Voorhees, father of ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees, is offering NFTs representing diamonds on the OpenSea marketplace. Non fungible tokens (NFT) representing diamonds have made their way to the OpenSea marketplace. In the past, there have been quite a few attempts to tokenize diamonds and other precious stones and metals. But […]
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The announcement follows a Dogecoin marketing campaign that caused the coin’s price to surge 124% in two days. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx launched saving accounts and margin trading for meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE). According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on July 9, OKEx announced that leveraged spot trading, perpetual swap contract trading, and saving features […]
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Chairman Tarbert of the CFTC wants to see more clarity on which tokens are securities within the U.S. as well as broader international cooperation on regulation. In a July 7 interview with predecessor Jim Newsome, current Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Heath Tarbert ran down a list of pending concerns standing between […]
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Part 1 of this series covers the legal implications associated with the sale of SAFTs and different approaches to legal interpretations of tokens. The enfant terrible of the digital token world, the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, or SAFT, continues to grab headlines. In the recent Telegram case, the federal district court for the Southern […]
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The price of Bitcoin briefly dropped below $9,000. The weakening of a key support level may lead to a bigger drop. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $9,000 in a rapid pullback, falling by 5% in 48 hours. It marked the seventh drop to the $8,000s for the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization within […]
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On-chain data shows the total number of Bitcoin whales surpassed a 3-year high above 1,800 over the past 3 months. Recently published data from glassnode shows there are currently more than 1,800 Bitcoin (BTC) whales. From a macro perspective, this increase in the number of whales can be considered bullish. The term whale is used […]
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The lack of progressive jurisdictions in which a particularly attractive regime for regulating derivatives exists keeps crypto in a gray area, and it has to be changed. Like every maturing industry, the cryptocurrency market is experiencing extensive developments on many fronts. The potential continues growing every year — from the emergence of initial coin offerings, […]
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Bitcoin price dropped below $9,000 for the second time this week but traders continue to buy on each dip. Within the last hour Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below $9,000 to a daily low at $8,813. Since June 24 Bitcoin price has been losing momentum while pinned below the 20-MA and today’s drop to $8,813 coincided […]
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Even a 15% correction won’t help bears as Bitcoin price remains bullish ahead of Friday’s record $1.06 billion BTC options expiry. This Friday’s Bitcoin (BTC) futures and options expiry has been causing anxiety and excitement amongst traders as the price has oscillated with no clear trend for the past 30 days. There have been moments […]
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