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KuCoin and DeMR establish a strategic partnership
26.12.2023
KuCoin recently announced a strategic investment and partnership with DeMR. The announcement was made on Kucoin’s official X/Twitter account. The tweet read that the parties will build the world’s biggest scan-to-earn spatial internet infrastructure. DeMR, the leading decentralized...
US-Approved Spot Bitcoin ETFs Could Surpass Entire $50 Billion Crypto ETP Market: BitMEX
26.12.2023
Source: Pexels The global market for cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) has reached a significant milestone, currently comprising approximately 150 products with a total value of $50.3 billion in assets under management, as reported by BitMEX research. According to the research,...
Mt. Gox Creditors Report Receiving Compensation Payments via PayPal in Japanese Yen
26.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / 24K-Production Creditors of now-defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox have reported receiving fiat repayments for their trapped Bitcoin on the social media platform Reddit. According to recent posts on the Reddit page r/mtgoxinsolvency, Mt. Gox has begun sending Japanese...
China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange Cracks Down on $2.2 Billion Crypto Exchange Ring
26.12.2023
The Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) has cracked down on an underground bank that used crypto to offer illegal exchange services. The operation, which had over 1,000 bank accounts and a presence in 17 provinces, moved over 15.8 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) to purchase crypto...
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Debtors Reach Settlement in Embed Proceeding
26.12.2023
Image by Александр Поташев, Adobe Stock The bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its debtors have reached a settlement agreement with founder Samuel Bankman-Fried and others to address certain claims related to the acquisition of the stock trading platform Embed. In a December 22 filing with the United...
US Lawmaker Spotlights Crypto Bills Approved by House Committee This Year
26.12.2023
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer has highlighted various crypto bills that passed out of the House Committee on Financial Services this year. Among them is his appropriations amendment barring the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “from using taxpayer dollars on its abusive crypto...
Coinbase Fires Back at Senator Elizabeth Warren — Says Accusations Are Unfounded
26.12.2023
Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange Coinbase has responded to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s accusations that it hires national security veterans to oppose her legislation. “Your claim that Coinbase is attempting to undermine bipartisan legislation related to cryptocurrency is simply wrong....
Crypto Exchange Listing and Delisting Announcements: December 25, 2023
25.12.2023
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto exchanges that we found last week and today. Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here....
Seychelles-Based Crypto Exchange MEXC Rejects ‘Baseless’ User Asset Freeze Claims
25.12.2023
The Seychelles crypto exchange MEXC has rejected claims it is unilaterally freezing users’ accounts or “wiping” out their profits. The MEXC team said it opposes ongoing attempts to defame its name and may resort to taking legal action. Baseless Claims The Seychelles-based...
ZA Bank Supports Over 80 Web3 Companies with Commercial Banking Services
25.12.2023
  Hong Kong-based ZA Bank announced that it has been providing support for over 80 web3 companies since early this year. This is in line with its vision for “Banking for Web3,” which it introduced in April. Among these companies is OKX Hong Kong, and ZA Bank serves as the banking...
Study: Nvidia Stock and Bitcoin the Top Two Performing Assets in 2023
25.12.2023
With its U.S. dollar value having risen by nearly 160% since the start of the year, bitcoin is set to end 2023 as one of the best-performing assets. Only semiconductor giant Nvidia’s stock has outperformed the top crypto asset in 2023 so far. Key moments such as Blackrock’s spot...
MEXC Quells Fears Over Possible Issues After CEO Account Deactivation
25.12.2023
Pixabay Digital asset exchange, MEXC has addressed user fears over a deleted social media account believed to be its CEO, stating that the firm has no official connection with the account. In a Dec 24 post on X (formerly Twitter), the exchange watered down community fears addressing all issues...
Crypto Exchange Yellow Card Financial Set to Apply for Nigerian License Following Cryptocurrency Ban Lift
25.12.2023
Image Source: Pexels Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card Financial has announced plans to apply for a license in Nigeria following the recent lifting of the country’s cryptocurrency ban. The ban, which was imposed in 2021, prohibited financial institutions from transacting...
SEC Meets with Seven Bitcoin ETF Applicants as 29 December Deadline Approaches: Reuters
25.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Backcountry Media Representatives from at least seven companies seeking to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to spot Bitcoin (BTC) have met with officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a report by Reuters, the discussions, based...
BlackRock to Inject $10 Million Into Seed Fund for Upcoming Spot Bitcoin ETF
25.12.2023
Source: DALL·E BlackRock plans to invest $10 million into a seed fund for its proposed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). This financial commitment is part of the firm’s preparations for the ETF’s anticipated launch, pending regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange...
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Skyrockets Past $18 Billion as Traders Anticipate SEC ETF Decision
24.12.2023
Bitcoin options open interest has soared to unprecedented levels, surpassing the $18 billion threshold on Dec. 22, 2023. Currently, evidence indicates that bitcoin traders are leveraging bitcoin options to mitigate risk and speculate on the future price trajectories of bitcoin, particularly...
Lado Okhotnikov and Meta Force Announce the Launch of the Fair Price Program for Metaverse Tokens
24.12.2023
CEO and founder of the Meta Force Metaverse Lado Okhotnikov talks about the current situation of Forcecoin during the multi-mining period and forecasts how a fair price will affect the value of the token after entering the open market. “Meta Force is committed to providing ecosystem participants...
Brandt Bucks BTC Halving Hype, Vitalik’s Big Transfer, Spot Bitcoin ETF Developments, and More — Week in Review
24.12.2023
Trader and financial analyst Peter Brandt says that BTC “halving hype is a whole lot of excitement over nothing,” while developments point to imminent SEC action on the spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) front. In other popular news this week, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin...
Argentine Foreign Minister: Financial Contracts Can Now Be Denominated in BTC
24.12.2023
According to Argentina’s Foreign Minister, financial contracts can now be denominated in bitcoin or any other medium of exchange that the parties to the contract so choose. In addition, debtors will be obligated to “deliver the corresponding amount of the designated currency, whether...
SEC ‘Deeply Regrets’ Errors in Case Against Crypto Firm But Tells Court Sanctions Are Not Warranted
24.12.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that it “deeply regrets” the errors made in the case against crypto firm Debt Box after the court found that the agency made “materially false and misleading representations.” However, the SEC claimed that sanctions are...