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PayPal CEO: Financial System 'Not Working,' Users 'Very Eager' For Crypto
3.11.2020
Dan Schulman. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Axios
Dan Schulman, CEO of online payments giant PayPal, has presented his diagnosis of the current financial system’s shortcomings, claiming it is inefficient and causing millions of people to be excluded, as the company expands into...
Hong Kong Amends Crypto Law to Regulate All Exchanges
3.11.2020
Cryptocurrency regulation in Hong Kong is undergoing changes. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is reportedly introducing a new licensing system to regulate all crypto exchanges operating in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s New Crypto Regulation The CEO of the SFC, Ashley Alder, talked about...
Hong Kong’s Securities Watchdog May Soon Regulate All Crypto Trading Platforms
3.11.2020
Hong Kong's government is set to change the rules for cryptocurrency trading firms operating within the city jurisdiction
Bitcoin slides 3% as Hong Kong seeks to end 'honeymoon' with crypto exchanges
3.11.2020
The price of Bitcoin fell by 3% so far this week amid growing regulatory pressure on cryptocurrency exchanges in China and Hong Kong
Defi Index CVX Measures Crypto ‘Market Fear’ and Implied Volatility
3.11.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) platform cvx.finance has launched the beta version of its “Crypto Volatility Index”, otherwise known as the “CVX.” The CVX is an index similar to the “Market Fear Index” (VIX) commonly used in traditional finance, but cvx.finance...
The 2020 Elections Are Boosting Crypto Prediction Markets
3.11.2020
Decentralized betting platforms like Polymarket and YieldWars are seeing accelerated trading volume growth leading up to the 2020 presidential election
PayPal crypto services to go global early 2021, support for CBDCs coming
3.11.2020
PayPal is planning to launch crypto services for users of its platform globally, along with the Venmo app, and the company will explore central bank digital currencies
Crypto derivatives volume more than triples spot trading
2.11.2020
The tides have turned since 2017
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 44
2.11.2020
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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...
Mastercard President Says Crypto Patents Will Pay Off When Central Bank Digital Currencies Arrive
2.11.2020
Crypto IP "puts us in a good position" for central bank digital currency, said Mastercard President Miebach
Artist, gamer or property mogul? Follow the NFT road to find earnings
2.11.2020
From owning land to playing games and creating artworks, earning opportunities on NFT marketplaces continue to grow
South Korean Regulator Bans Privacy Coin Trading, Beefs up Crypto AML
2.11.2020
South Korea’s financial regulator is flexing its muscles with a series of new amendments to forthcoming crypto regulations – with new anti-money laundering (AML) provisos and a ban on privacy coin trading.
On Monday, Per Fn News and ZDNet Korea, as well as Paxnet, the regulatory Financial Services...
Blockchain Bites: Digital Yuan’s 4M Transactions, Bitcoin’s 33-Month High, Uniswap’s Second Governance Vote
2.11.2020
October saw the first time the total value locked in all DeFi protocols closed below the month’s starting value
DeFi Trading App Dharma Now Connects Directly to US Bank Accounts
2.11.2020
The startup for trading in decentralized finance (DeFi), Dharma, has now enabled automated clearing house (ACH) purchases in 10 U.S. states
Crypto Market Sentiment Sinks into Neutral Zone; EOS Rules the Week
2.11.2020
The combined moving 7-day average crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped out of the positive zone last week, and though it had stood very near the border at the time, it sunk deeper into the neutral zone since, according to the crypto market...
Paxful to Roll Out Crypto Debit Card for US Customers
2.11.2020
The peer-to-peer digital asset marketplace is launching a Visa card, starting in the U.S. market
First Mover: Bitcoin Retreats Before U.S. Election After Dominating Crypto in October
2.11.2020
Bitcoin had an unusually bullish October, with a 29% gain that led the monthly performance ranking of digital assets in the CoinDesk 20
eToro Adds Insolvency Insurance Policy – Crypto Users Not Included
2.11.2020
The free insurance scheme covers customers for up to £1 million if the firm should ever become insolvent. But crypto holders are left out in the cold
Opium Raises $3.3M to Make Exotic Crypto Derivatives Available to All
2.11.2020
Opium has closed a $3.25 million funding round for its BYOD (build your own derivative) platform
Cayman Islands Announces Legal Framework in Bid to Attract Crypto Businesses
2.11.2020
The Cayman Islands is building a regulatory framework for "virtual asset service providers" with some measures already enacted