New York Attorney General continues to push to investigate the alleged multimillion dollar coverup involving Bitfinex and Tether. In a filing with the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, New York Attorney General Letitia James roundly criticized the efforts of Bitfinex and Tether to halt her office’s investigation into the companies. Bitfinex and Tether […]
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Blockchain-based money transfer startup SendFriend utilizes Ripple’s technology to save up to 80% in remittance fees. Blockchain-based money transfer startup SendFriend utilizes Ripple’s technology to save up to 80% in remittance fees, according to a blog post published on Dec. 12. SendFriend uses Ripple’s xRapid product for cross-border payments, converting between the United States dollar, […]
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Sweden’s central bank plans to create a pilot platform for a new digital currency, called the e-krona, in latest in European CBDC news. Sweden’s central bank is planning plans to create a pilot platform for a digital currency known as the e-krona. While Switzerland took a negative stance towards a central bank digital currency (CBDC) […]
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Digix announces ‘Project Ragnarok’ integration of dissolution mechanism for its DigixDAO platform. Gold-backed stablecoin issuer Digix has integrated a dissolution mechanism into its DigixDAO platform, created to fund projects which encourage the growth of the Digix ecosystem. Each quarter, DGD token holders will vote on the mechanism — called Project Ragnarok — with DigixDAO only […]
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Uphold and SALT form partnership to bring liquidity to millions of crypto holders through crypto-backed loans. Uphold, a digital money platform providing access to investments and payments using blockchain technology, has announced a partnership with crypto-backed lending company Salt. Together, the two plan to provide users with cash or stablecoin loans using cryptocurrencies as collateral. […]
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Crypto exchange Binance partnered with P2P trading platform Paxful to add support for 167 fiat currencies. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced a partnership with peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading platform Paxful with the aim to enable the P2P platform as a Binance fiat gateway. According to a press release on Dec. 12, Binance users will now […]
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Binance launches Latamex, a fiat-crypto platform for Latin American countries that will operate under the Binance Fiat Gateway. Binance, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and users, today announced the launch of its fiat gateway for Latin America. The announcement was made during laBitConf, a major crypto event for Latin America held in […]
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority warned that blockchain tech increases the risk of money laundering in the country. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) warned the country that Switzerland is particularly prone to money laundering risks for reasons including the use of blockchain technology. In its first-ever yearly risk monitor report — published […]
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A curious implementation favors three lesser-used stablecoins, executives shunning Tether, which is by far the industry’s most popular option. Controversial cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay has announced it is adding three stablecoins to its list of supported tokens. In a press release on Dec. 10, BitPay confirmed businesses could now accept payment in USD Coin (USDC), […]
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As Ethereum successfully performs Istanbul hard fork, several crypto exchanges announced support for the network update. Following the successful Ethereum Istanbul hard fork update, several popular exchanges have announced their official support for the network upgrade. Yesterday, on Dec. 7, the Ethereum’s network saw ample collaboration between node operators and miners to update the software […]
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