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Crypto cross-border payments, explained
20.11.2020
What are the main advantages that crypto can offer when making cross-border payments, and what are the main challenges for consumers?
Bitcoin Hits $18,400, We Are Getting Back to the ‘Old Times’: Weekly Market Review by TokenInsight
20.11.2020
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Airbnb IPO Prospectus Says Future Success Means Adapting to Cryptocurrencies
20.11.2020
The giant online rental marketplace based in San Francisco, Airbnb is considering supporting cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The news stems from the company’s initial public offering (IPO) prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Airbnb’s filing...
Logic Enters Crypto Game With USD 6M Bitcoin Investment
20.11.2020
Logic. Source: Twitter/@Logic301
American retired rapper, record producer and streamer Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, aka Logic, said he bought USD 6m worth of bitcoin (BTC) last month. The artist subsequently changed his Twitter account name to Bobby Bitcoin in a reference to his crypto investment...
Crypto will be useful but Bitcoin is hard to understand, says SoftBank CEO
20.11.2020
Masayoshi Son found Bitcoin to be “distracting his own focus on his own business.”
Crypto-keen South Korean Travel Unicorn Sets Sights on 2021 IPO
20.11.2020
Source: A screenshot, Instagram/yanolja.official
Yanolja, one of South Korea’s biggest travel firms and fastest-growing, most crypto-keen unicorns, is heading for an initial public offering (IPO) next year.
Per Newsway, Yanolja, which operates its own digital token-powered rewards program,...
Rapper Logic invests $6M in Bitcoin as latest celebrity to catch crypto bug
20.11.2020
Depending when exactly he bought in, Logic could have already made $2 million
Venezuelan Authorities Clamp Down on Off-The-Books Crypto Pay Vendors
20.11.2020
Venezuelan tax agents on the prowl. Source: Twitter/@jdavidcabello
Customers spending foreign currency and cryptoassets in Venezuelan stores have been warned to demand invoices and receipts in fiat bolivars, with the nation’s tax authorities worried that crypto pay and payment in overseas fiats...
Thailand’s New Rules Help Securities Companies Launch Crypto Exchanges
20.11.2020
Thailand has reportedly revised its net capital rules which help securities firms launch cryptocurrency exchanges. The country now has 15 licensed crypto service providers. New Thai Rules and Crypto Exchanges The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revised its net capital (NC) rules...
Texas Financial Regulators Crack Down on 15 Alleged Crypto Scams
19.11.2020
Many of the alleged crypto scams had a common tactic: savvy social media posts to draw victims in
MyEtherWallet founder weighs in on the most crypto-friendly country
19.11.2020
Crypto-friendly regulation may be in the eye of the beholder
Coinflex Launches Noncustodial Interest-Bearing Stablecoin on BCH and ETH Networks
19.11.2020
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinflex has announced the launch of a unique interest-bearing stablecoin called Flexusd. The new stablecoin is considered to be the first dollar-backed crypto that pays interest at the base level. Moreover, the new token is built on the Ethereum blockchain and...
US Is Debating Risk vs. Liability for New Crypto Tax Rules
19.11.2020
Treasury department officials are wrangling with how to focus a coming set of crypto tax rules
A Crypto Ally as Top US Bank Regulator?
19.11.2020
President Trump has nominated former Coinbase counsel Brian Brooks to a full five-year term as Comptroller of the Currency, but will he be confirmed in time?
Who watches the watchmen? Crypto may not be as trustless as it seems
19.11.2020
Crypto is often seen as trustless and failproof. But as more regulation, venues and developers come aboard, just how trustless is it really?
SEC Grants Digital Avatar Firm IMVU Permission to Sell Crypto Tokens
19.11.2020
The SEC has granted permission to digital avatar firm IMVU to sell its Ethereum-based VCOIN digital currency, though with some restrictions
New Dutch Law: Clients Must Explain Why They Want To Buy Bitcoin
19.11.2020
Netherlands-based crypto exchanges are now required by law to get additional information from clients regarding their bitcoin addresses. As part of the new requirements, which went into effect on Nov. 17, clients must now furnish exchanges with reasons why they wish to buy bitcoin. They will also...
OKEx Exchange Says Crypto Withdrawals to Restart By Next Friday
19.11.2020
"The private key holder has now returned to his normal business functions," the exchange said in a notice Thursday
Dress to impress: Crypto payments set for mainstream via compliance
19.11.2020
Regulatory compliance is crucial for firms hoping to drive mainstream crypto adoption no matter which part of the world they operate in
Widespread Use Cases Would Bring More People To Crypto - Survey
19.11.2020
Another crypto-related survey has reminded of the importance of user-friendly solutions that would help to spend your cryptocoins, increasing both adoption and demand for these digital assets.
23% of the recently surveyed Brits said they were “open to purchasing crypto if widespread use...