Less than a year after its launch, Binance Korea is closing its doors amid shrinking liquidity. Binance KR has decided to shutter its operations in South Korea according to an announcement released on Thursday. As part of the press statement, Binance KR attributed the move to declining liquidity and low trading volume of its BKRW trading […]
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Bitgrail’s founder Francesco Firano is accused of fraud related to the massive hack back in 2018. Italian authorities have found Bitgrail’s founder responsible for fraudulent activity related to the platform’s $150 million hack in 2018. Francesco Firano, the sole director of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Bitgrail, is accused of taking over customer funds prior to reporting […]
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A Malta-based progressive house producer has sold an NFT granting 50% of streaming royalties from an exclusive single to the token buyer. The crypto-powered music streaming platform Rocki has sold its first “royalty income right NFT” — a token granting its owner a 50% share in all royalties generated by a specific track’s streams on […]
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Malta’s plan to become a”‘blockchain island” appears to have stalled, with few retail banks indicating a willingness to work with crypto firms. Malta’s Finance and Employment Minister, Clyde Caruana, has revealed that the nation’s plan to become a “blockchain island” is floundering due to the unwillingness of local banks to work with innovative firms. Speaking […]
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“The Woz” makes a big impression in the crypto space as his newly-launched token WOZX records 26X gains after only five days of trading. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s new token, Efforce (WOZX), almost doubled in price today after an astonishing run that saw the price increase around 26X in the past week. WOZX will open […]
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The contracts will offer traders a longer time horizon for speculating on the digital asset. Bybit announced Thursday that it will roll out a BTC/USD quarterly futures contract on Nov. 30. Two contracts will be offered at launch — BTCUSD1225, settling on Dec. 25, 2020, and BTCUSD0326, which is settled on March 26, 2021. Bybit […]
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The MFSA is finally issuing the first licenses formed under the crypto laws introduced in 2018. Cryptocurrency exchange and debit card provider Crypto.com has scored major regulatory approvals from the Maltese government. According to a Nov. 24 announcement, the Malta Financial Services Authority, or MFSA, has granted Crypto.com two financial licenses: a Financial Institution License […]
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CZ admits it’s not always easy weeding out US traders from the global Binance exchange. Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, says he needs to do more to block “intelligent” US traders from illegally accessing his global exchange. In an interview with Bloomberg, CZ said his exchange needs to be “smarter about the […]
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A new virtual assistant powered by blockchain can complete insurance contracts without human assistance. Malta-based virtual assistant firm Vaiot has integrated IBM’s Watson Assistant with the Cosmos blockchain to sell car insurance. The new platform features an end-to-end sales process that does not require human assistance to complete the car insurance contracts. The mobile app […]
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Are a raft of recent FUD events coincidental, or are global authorities targeting unregulated crypto exchanges? The mood of fear, uncertainty and doubt, otherwise known as FUD, that has gripped some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges since October heightened last week — and it had nothing to do with the United States presidential election. “Weird […]
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