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SEC Changes Rules, Making Fundraising Easier for Crypto Firms
3.11.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended some exemption rules, making it easier for crypto companies to raise funds. The rule changes raise fundraising limits for Regulation Crowdfunding, Regulation A, and Regulation D’s Rule 504 offerings. SEC’s New Rules Allow...
Paypal Begins Crypto Service: CEO Reveals Increased Limits, Expansion Plans, Venmo Rollout
3.11.2020
Payments giant Paypal has revealed more details of its new cryptocurrency service. The company is currently rolling out crypto functionality to U.S. customers, after which it will launch the service internationally and on the Venmo platform. Paypal’s CEO Unveils Crypto Plans Paypal CEO...
Trump & Biden Voters Put Crypto Predictions Markets To The Test Today
3.11.2020
Though several prediction markets appeared in the Cryptoverse recently, today they are being tested with their first US presidential elections.
On the day of the 2020 presidential elections in the US, the prediction market tables seem to have turned against the still-President Donald Trump,...
Alameda Research Invests $3M in 3Commas Crypto Trading Platform
3.11.2020
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research has invested $3 million in trading platform 3Commas
ZenGo Joins Visa Fast Track Program to Get Non-Custodial Crypto Card Off the Ground
3.11.2020
Visa has added crypto wallet provider ZenGo into its Fast Track program. The startup hopes to launch a debit card in the U.S. in early 2021
Ethereum Adoption by the Numbers: Flipside Crypto
3.11.2020
Average of the past 21 days. 1. 30.5K New Contracts Are Created Daily Any developer can deploy a new smartContinue Reading
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The Crypto Industry Remains Mostly Unengaged in Election 2020
3.11.2020
The cryptocurrency industry did not get heavily engaged in this year’s election, either via donations or lobbying
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