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Binance Pauses UK Deposits and Withdrawals Following Partner's Service Halt – What's Going On?
15.3.2023
Major crypto exchange Binance has halted deposit and withdrawal services through bank transfers and card payments for customers in the UK after its partner, London-based online payments firm Paysafe, cut off support for transactions carried out in the British pound (GBP).
Binance’s partner said...
Crypto Companies Shift Funds to Asset Managers Including Fidelity Amidst Banking Turmoil
15.3.2023
Crypto companies are moving their money from banks to asset managers as the turmoil in global banks continue, but industry insiders don’t see the bank failures as the end of banking for the crypto sector.
The turmoil in the banking industry has so far led to three major bank failures in the...
Spanish Football Clubs Sue Crypto Sponsors – Which Teams Are Affected?
15.3.2023
Spanish football (soccer) is suffering a “crypto hangover,” a new report has claimed – with many La Liga clubs left with “defaults, complaints, and an experience to forget” after partnerships with crypto sponsors soured....
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Side Protocol delivers IAS & onboards high-level functionality
15.3.2023
Side Protocol happens to have delivered the Interchain Atomic Swap (IAS), which is a trustless and decentralized protocol serving the purpose of inter-chain asset swaps. For this, it utilizes the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol standard (ICS-100). The IAS happens to have been...
US Authorities Probe Jump Trading and Jane Street Conversations About TerraUSD Bailout
14.3.2023
The US Justice Department has probed the two major trading firms Jump Trading and Jane Street about plans for a potential bailout of the Terra network’s failed algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST).
According to Bloomberg report from Monday, prosecutors are now looking into group chat...
Finance Firm Nomura Predicts Fed Rate Cut and End of Tapering This Month – What Would This Mean for Crypto?
14.3.2023
Financial services giant Nomura now believes the Federal Reserve is done with interest rate hikes and that it could even cut rates at its meeting next week.
“In reaction to looming financial stability risks, we now expect the Fed to cut rates,” Nomura economists Aichi Amemiya and Jacob Meyer were...
Russian MP Calls for Gov’t to Hurry Crypto Mining Legalization – Here’s His Rationale
14.3.2023
A Russian lawmaker has called for the legalization of crypto mining – and has claimed that bringing mining out of a “grey” legal sphere as soon as possible will benefit both miners and the government.
The comments came from the MP Sergei Malikov, a member of the Moscow Regional Duma, where...
Seoul: Sanctions May Be Ineffective Against North Korea’s Crypto Hacks
14.3.2023
North Korea’s crypto hacking campaign may be impervious to international sanctions, a South Korean government official has claimed.
According to the media outlet Yonhap TV News, an unnamed Seoul-based government official stated:
“The scale of North Korea’s cybercrime-related activities suggests...
USDC Crisis Averted? Federal Regulators Offer Reassurance to Silicon Valley Bank Depositors, Ensuring Access to Funds
13.3.2023
The popular stablecoin USDC has regained its $1 peg price after regulators in the US assured that depositors in Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) can access their money today.
The assurance from the government means that all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be made whole, despite the bank’s collapse...
Another Bank Down: Crypto-Friendly Signature Bank Closed Over Systemic Risk Concerns – What Does This Mean for Crypto?
13.3.2023
Yet another crypto-friendly bank has gone down with the collapse of New York-based Signature Bank. But according to the industry, crypto now cannot be stopped....
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3 Reasons Crypto Prices are Rising Today – New Bull Market Starting?
13.3.2023
Financial markets have been engulfed with fear in recent days, as fears that a tumultoous sequence of banking crises could become a contagion in the sector.
It all started with the closure of Silvergate Bank's SEN payment network (key backend crypto industry infrastructure) following a run...
Shibarium early beta & Metaverse reveal made the recent headlines
13.3.2023
Shiba Inu has announced that the early beta test of Shibarium, also known as Puppynet, is now live for all the developers. Shibanarium, the layer 2 decentralized network, comes with a chance to change the course of the traditional layer 2 networks by revising the methods of control and updating...
Top Brazilian Footballers ‘Embroiled in Crypto Scam’ – Which Players Are Involved?
13.3.2023
Two top Brazilian professional football (soccer) players claim they have fallen foul of a crypto scam – and say that they were convinced to invest in a fraudulent project by a fellow pro....
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Swift Reports Positive Results from CBDC Pilot Test, Continues with Next Phase of Testing
10.3.2023
The international payment system Swift has reported positive results from a pilot test of transfers between different central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), saying they see “clear potential and value” in it.
The pilot test specifically looked at how different CBDCs can interoperate through...
S Korean Regulator Launches Crypto Trading Platform Probe – Which Exchanges Are Involved?
10.3.2023
South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has begun a “comprehensive inspection” of the nation’s crypto exchanges.
Per Decenter, Financial Services Commission (FSC) specifically wants to probe the 20 trading platforms that do not have licenses to trade fiat...
Core DAO enters into a partnership with OKX
10.3.2023
Core DAO recently announced entering a partnership with OKX. The collaboration will see OKX expanding its product integrations while collaborating with the CORE community. Moreover, the exchange will explore new staking deals while enjoying better compatibility with Core DeFi apps. Given...
Russian AML Regulator Says It’s Monitoring 25,000 Crypto Users – Here’s How
10.3.2023
The top Russian anti-money laundering regulator says that it is “monitoring” over 25,000 crypto users – and claims it has sophisticated tools that let it detect illegal activities.
Per Finam, Yury Chikhanchin, the head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) recently held...
U.S. Justice Department Opposes Voyager Digital’s Sale to Binance.US, Appeals Judge’s Decision – Here's the Latest
10.3.2023
Shortly after bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital was authorized to sell its assets to crypto exchange Binance.US and transfer its users to the platform, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) made an attempt to block the sale by filing an appeal that could derail it....
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Crypto Mining Firms Targeted: U.S. Treasury Proposes 30% Tax on Electricity Costs
10.3.2023
Crypto mining firms based in the United States could be subject to a 30% tax on electricity costs under a new budget proposal aimed at reducing mining activity.
According to a March 9 supplementary budget explainer paper by the Department of the Treasury, any firm using owned or rented mining rigs...
Biden Administration Proposes Major Changes to Crypto Taxation – Here's What You Need to Know
9.3.2023
US President Joe Biden has proposed major changes to the tax rules surrounding crypto, but the plan first have to be negotiated and approved by Republican-controlled Congress.
Biden’s proposal on crypto taxes is part of his budget plan for the 2024 fiscal year, which is expected to be unveiled...