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Bank of England’s PRA raises budget $31M for ‘emerging risks’ like crypto
22.4.2022
The regulator says it’s “committed to keeping pace” with the risks of “the growth of crypto assets”, upping its budget by $31 million in preparation
Plan to Become a ‘Cryptoassets hub’ May Just Be the UK Government Hedging Its Bets
15.4.2022
Matthew Shillito, Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool. ______
In a busy start to April 2022 for the British chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced his intention to make the UK a “global hub for cryptoassets technology”. Put simply, this means he wants the country to be an attractive...
Ukraine Now Accepts Donations in 14 Cryptoassets
24.3.2022
The Ukraine government now accepts donations in 14 different cryptoassets, offering donors the option to choose between some of the most popular projects within the crypto market....
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Bitcoin.com Unlocks Earn on Crypto
1.12.2021
Bitcoin.com is integrating technology from CoinFLEX that enables users to earn interest on a wide range of cryptoassets, including a US-dollar stablecoin (flexUSD), through both passive and active strategies. The passive yield strategy is built on flexUSD, a US-dollar pegged cryptocurrency that...
S Korean Regulator Says NFTs Aren’t Cryptoassets – and (Probably) Won’t Tax Them
8.11.2021
South Korea’s top financial regulator says that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are not cryptoassets – and will likely exclude them from capital gains taxation....
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G7 Finance Ministers and Bankers Adopt Guidelines for Central Bank Digital Currencies
15.10.2021
Any digital currency issued by a central bank must support financial and monetary stability, finance leaders from G7 member states have insisted. State-issued coins should also ensure privacy, transparency, and data protection, the officials stated. The forum adopted 13 public policy principles...
Showdown: Shiba Inu Challenges Dogecoin for Meme Coin Dominance
12.10.2021
works, with SHIB worth USD 15.3bn and DOGE worth just under USD 30bn. The two meme coins, ranked 10 and 11 on CoinGecko’s ranking of the most valuable cryptoassets, have already surpassed many widely used decentralized finance (
Interest in Bitcoin Futures Trading Rise Sharply as BTC Breaches USD 57K
11.10.2021
p 10 cryptoassets by market capitalization. Moreover, the number one cryptocurrency also outperformed the majority of altcoins in the top 100 by market capitalization today, with the exception of only the recently hot meme coin
Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds DApp Gateway WalletConnect
8.10.2021
The Bitcoin.com Team is excited to announce support for Ethereum-based DApps in the Bitcoin.com Wallet via WalletConnect. Earn interest on your cryptoassets, trade using decentralized exchanges, participate in NFT marketplaces and more. What is WalletConnect? WalletConnect is a bridge that securely...
Crypto Market Sentiment Breaks Drop Streak, BTC & ETH in Positive Zone
4.10.2021
alysis service Omenics.The list of the ten cryptoassets looks much greener this week – which wasn’t that hard to accomplish, given that it was entirely red this time la
Swiss Regulator Approves First Crypto Fund: Asset Manager Says ‘It’s an Exceptional Achievement’
29.9.2021
Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved the first Swiss crypto fund. It is managed by asset manager Crypto Finance and custodied by Seba Bank. “For the first time, FINMA has approved a Swiss fund that invests primarily in cryptoassets,” said...
Swiss Fintech Launches Country’s First Regulated Crypto Asset Fund
29.9.2021
fund tracks the performance of the Crypto Market Index 10 which is administered by the Zurich-based SIX Swiss Exchange. The index follows and measures the performance of the world’s top 10 cryptoassets by market capitalization.“The investment fund enables clients of innovative wealth and asse
Bitcoin Miners Adapt Fast As EU Mulls ‘Climate-Friendly Cryptoassets’
18.9.2021
t="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/bitcoin/">Bitcoin (BTC) mining.Since it was first unveiled in September 2020, the 168-page-long
Solana Week’s Worst Performer in Top 100 After Network Restart
17.9.2021
ranked 7th by market capitalization, was down by nearly 13% over the past 24 hours, trading at a price of almost USD 140. For the past seven days, the coin has now fallen by nearly 26%, the most among the 100 most valuable cryptoassets by market capitalization, per CoinGecko’s ranking
CBDC Race, Blockdaemon Unicorn, Harmony & Algorand Pour Millions + More News
10.9.2021
lity. "The time has passed for central banks to get going. We should roll up our sleeves and accelerate our work on the nitty-gritty of CBDC design. CBDCs will take years to be rolled out, while stablecoins and cryptoassets are already here. This makes it even more urgent to start," Benoît Cœu
Liquidations Spike as Crypto Market Corrects
7.9.2021
eum/">ethereum (ETH) had dropped by 5% to trade at just over USD 3,700.The sudden price drop appears to have taken crypto derivative traders by surprise, with a clear spike in liquidations of “long” positions of all cryptoassets seen across exchanges. Long liquidations reached more than U
ETH Decouples from BTC with Use Cases & Competition in Focus
6.9.2021
e, with less price correlation between cryptoassets being a likely result. However, ETH is also facing increasing competition.Writing in a market intelligence report just this weekend, Philip Gradwell, Chief Economist at on-chain analytics firm Chainalysis, noted that ETH is an asset that “is
Web 3.0 Is Coming, and Crypto Will Be Essential to It
5.9.2021
squo; in various ways, from using AI to proactively respond to user queries to using decentralization to unlock novel functions and experiences.And given that decentralization is likely to be one of the core properties of Web 3.0, this means that cryptoassets and blockchain will also play a s
Fidelity In Hiring Spree As Investors Eye Cryptoassets Beyond Bitcoin
12.7.2021
Source: Fidelity, Instagram
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA), a crypto-focused arm of US-based mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments, aims to add about 100 workers, increasing its headcount by around 70%, as institutional investors are increasingly interested in cryptoassets beyond bitcoin (BTC)....
FCA’s Fourth Consumer Report Shows UK’s Crypto Asset Ownership Increased 27% Since Last Year
17.6.2021
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a research report that reveals crypto asset ownership has increased a great deal. According to the study, crypto ownership spiked more than 27% since last year as the FCA’s estimates show 2.3 million adults hold digital...