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Korean Crypto Exchanges Consider Suing Government Over Banking Requirements
30.6.2021
All cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea except the largest four may be unable to meet the bank account requirements needed to stay in business. A number of Korean crypto exchanges are considering suing the government and financial authorities, claiming that the country’s crypto law...
Indians Hold $40 Billion in Cryptocurrency, Report Suggests
29.6.2021
Crypto investments in India have been gaining significant traction over the past year, blockchain data indicates. Despite the ambiguous regulatory situation in the country, more than 15 million Indians have bought or sold digital currencies. Indian Crypto Investments Increase Amid Regulatory...
Chromium spelling and grammar features
29.6.2021
Delan Azabani digs into the (hopefully) coming soon ::spelling-error and ::grammar-error pseudo selectors in CSS. Design control is always nice. Hey, if we can style scrollbars and style selected text, why not this?
The squiggly lines that indicate...
Ark Invest Files for a Bitcoin ETF
29.6.2021
Ark Invest, the investment company founded by Cathie Wood, filed for approval to offer a Bitcoin ETF yesterday. 21Shares, an investment firm with experience launching related products in Europe, will help Ark to launch the product. Ark Invest is the latest of several funds showing interest...
Deutsche Börse Group Acquires Major Stake in Swiss Firm Crypto Finance AG
29.6.2021
On Tuesday, Deutsche Börse Group, marketplace manager for the trading of shares and other securities, explained the company has acquired a major stake in Crypto Finance AG. The move adds to Deutsche Börse’s extension into the cryptocurrency industry in order to provide custody...
Craig Wright Wins Default Judgment Against Cobra — Bitcoin.org Forced to Remove White Paper
29.6.2021
The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, has won a default judgment in London’s High Court in his copyright infringement case against the pseudonymous operator of bitcoin.org. According to a report, the website and its owner Cobra must remove the Bitcoin white paper from the...
Coinbase Approved to Enter German Cryptocurrency Market
29.6.2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has obtained approval from Germany’s financial regulator, Bafin, to provide cryptocurrency trading and custody services. Coinbase Germany will launch in the coming weeks. Coinbase, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced Monday that it has secured a cryptocurrency...
Standard Chartered, Fidelity, TP ICAP to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
29.6.2021
Fidelity, Standard Chartered Bank, and TP ICAP are collaborating to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform. It will feature a marketplace for spot crypto trading and provide “connectivity and post-trade infrastructure into a network of digital assets custodians.” TP ICAP, a leading...
Retire early with crypto? Playing with FIRE
29.6.2021
Crypto ‘Undo Button’ Creator Kirobo Gives You Control Over Your Money
29.6.2021
Have you ever dreaded pressing ‘send’ on a crypto transaction, fearing you might have entered a wrong address by mistake? Kirobo is the innovative company that developed a solution for that, in the form of an ‘undo button’ that helps protect your funds. Learn how you can...
Legendary Hip-Hop Artist Jay-Z Enters the NFT Sphere — Rapper Lauds Blockchain and Smart Contracts
29.6.2021
Widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history, Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z, has been dipping his toes into the ocean of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles recently. The American rapper has also partnered with Sotheby’s to auction an NFT called...
Nigerian Learning Institution Says It Now Accepts Crypto as Payment for School Fees
29.6.2021
A learning institution in Nigeria’s Kano state, the New Oxford Science Academy, recently announced it will be accepting cryptocurrency as payment for school fees. According to the school’s proprietor, Sabi’u Musa Haruna, the institution arrived at this decision after consulting...
Myriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
29.6.2021
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday, many other digital assets have seen hashrates drop significantly as well. Some of the largest digital currencies, in terms of market valuation, lost considerable...
Free TON DeFi Alliance Announces 15M TON Yield Farming Program
29.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The 15M TON Yield Farming program will take place on TON Swap (Free TON’s DEX powered by Broxus), except for the WTON-USDT pair which will be both hosted on Uniswap and TON Swap. On June 29 the first stage of farming begins. The second stage is expected to start by the end...
Mysterious Bitcoin Maximalist Mircea Popescu Allegedly Found Dead
29.6.2021
Mpex founder and Bitcoin evangelist Mircea Popescu reportedly drowned off the coast of Costa Rica, adding to the mystery surrounding the man, his purported bitcoin fortune, and what it might mean for the future of the network. Father of “Bitcoin Toxicity” Faced No Shortage...
Report: South Africa Bars Transfer of Locally Acquired Cryptocurrencies to Overseas Exchanges, Offenders Face Jail Time
29.6.2021
Fresh reports from South Africa suggest that the transfer of locally acquired cryptocurrencies to overseas crypto exchanges will now be subject to the country’s exchange control regulations. Consequently, transactions where an individual purchases crypto assets in South Africa and uses them...
JPMorgan Says Crypto Market Is Healing, Expects More Price Decline Before Capitulation
29.6.2021
JPMorgan Chase has released an investor note stating that the cryptocurrency market appears “to be beginning the process of healing.” In the short term, however, the JPMorgan analysts expect further sell-offs before capitulation. JPMorgan’s Crypto Market Outlook JPMorgan...
Elon Musk Says ‘Important to Support’ Dogecoin Fee Change Proposal
29.6.2021
A fee change proposal for Dogecoin has been submitted and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that it is “important to support” it. “This document proposes a new fee structure and policy for Dogecoin Core, to be gradually deployed to the network over multiple software releases,” said...
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Moves From Bitcoin to Ethereum — Says ‘It’s More of a Currency’
29.6.2021
The host of the “Mad Money” show, Jim Cramer, has bought ether after dumping almost all of his bitcoin. “I like ethereum because people actually use it much more to be able to buy things,” he said, emphasizing that “It’s more of a currency.” Jim Cramer...
Jefferies’ Equity Strategist Expects Accommodating US Crypto Regulation Unlike China’s Authoritarian Model
29.6.2021
The head of global equity strategy at Jefferies, an investment bank and asset management firm, says that cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S. would “ultimately be very positive” for bitcoin or other crypto assets. It will also be more accommodating than China’s authoritarian...