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Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Says Trading Volumes on Its Cryptocurrency Exchange Have Increased 10 Times
5.5.2021
DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, says that cryptocurrency trading volumes on its exchange have grown 10 times to around $30 million to $40 million. The bank is also collaborating with JPMorgan on a blockchain settlement platform and plans to launch its first security token offering in...
South Korean Crypto Tax U-Turn Looking Unlikely, Despite Outcry
5.5.2021
Despite the recent outcry about crypto tax among younger South Koreans, a new small survey has found that most of the respondents are in favor of imposing taxes on crypto traders’ profits.
Per Segye Ilbo and Chosun, the survey quizzed 500 people aged 18 and over nationwide and was commissioned...
Spain to Share Data of Users From Domestic Crypto Businesses With European Union Countries
5.5.2021
The Spanish government doesn’t stop imposing its tough stance on cryptocurrencies, as another rule comes to strengthen the existing ones. A royal decree recently enacted aligns current regulations with the European Union’s directives regarding anti-money laundering (AML). Rule Aligns...
Bitcoin Depot Deploys Over 350 ATMs in the US, Global Number Exceeds 19,000
5.5.2021
Cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitcoin Depot has launched 355 new teller machines across the United States. The announcement comes as the number of ATM locations supporting crypto-fiat exchange now exceeds 19,000 globally. US Company Bitcoin Depot Expands ATM Coverage in 40 States Bitcoin Depot, which...
ASSEMBLE Protocol (ASM) Is Now Supported on Coinbase Custody
4.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The leading blockchain-based global point integration platform, ASSEMBLE Protocol has announced that its utility token ASM has been added to Coinbase Custody. This means that ASM will receive a cold-storage custody solution from one of the largest custodians in the crypto sphere...
Avalanche Web Wallet Stalls For 6 Hours After Avalaunch Airdrop Snapshot
4.5.2021
The Avalanche cryptocurrency, the first cryptocurrency ever to implement the Avalanche consensus, experienced an outage of service yesterday when its web wallet presented an outage that lasted for six hours. This was the consequence of severe congestion due to an airdrop carried out by AvaLaunch...
Pro traders buy the Bitcoin price dip while retail investors chase altcoins
4.5.2021
Data shows pro traders are heavily accumulating the current dip in Bitcoin price while retail investors are occupied with trading altcoins
An Ambitious Spanish Man Offered His Parking Space for Bitcoin
4.5.2021
Source: Adobe/Björn Wylezich
A small section of Spaniards is slowly seeking to turn its backs on fiat in favor of crypto for real estate transactions – with the owner of a parking space in A Coruña, a city in the Spanish province of Galicia – the latest to seek a bitcoin (BTC)-powered sale.
The...
Digital Yuan Launch Draws Near: JD.com Employees Paid in e-CNY, Tencent, Ant, Mastercard Engage With PBoC
4.5.2021
China, the world’s most populous country, has jumped leaps and bounds in comparison to a great number of other countries when it comes to the creation of a central bank digital currency. As each day passes, China’s digital yuan is seemingly getting closer to large-scale adoption,...
Gnosis, Balancer and PancakeSwap breakout as Bitcoin looks for direction
4.5.2021
A series of protocol upgrades and partnership announcements helped to boost GNO, BAL and CAKE even as Bitcoin price searches for support
USD 100M Multicoin, S&P Crypto, BTC & ETH in the Air at Sotheby's + More News
4.5.2021
A fragment of Love is in the Air by Banksy. Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Multicoin Capital said it has raised a new USD 100m venture fund to back entrepreneurs...
Ashton Kutcher Invested in Bitcoin Despite Wife’s Advice
4.5.2021
Ashton Kutcher. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Hollywood actress Mila Kunis has revealed she had advised her husband and fellow movie star Ashton Kutcher against investing in bitcoin (BTC), but fortunately, he did not follow her advice.
“Early into...
S&P Launches Bitcoin, Ethereum, and ‘Crypto Mega Cap’ Indices
4.5.2021
S&P Global, the parent company of S&P Dow Jones Indices, has launched three cryptocurrency indices. One tracks the performance of bitcoin, another tracks the performance of ethereum, and the third measures the performance of both bitcoin and ether. 3 Crypto Indices Launched by S&P...
The $70B Meme Coin Market: Dogecoin Skyrockets Past a Half Dollar, DOGE Market Cap Eats Into BTC Dominance
4.5.2021
The popular meme-based crypto-asset dogecoin has seen incredible gains during the last 24 hours jumping over 40% since yesterday. After just recently capturing a $50 billion market valuation, Dogecoin’s market cap now exceeds $71 billion. Moreover, the meme-coin has been eating away...
From nay to yay: JPMorgan’s path to crypto could shake up finance
4.5.2021
After bashing Bitcoin back in 2017, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon seems to have softened his stance on crypto, and so has the firm itself
Top Auction House Sotheby’s to Accept Cryptocurrencies via Coinbase for Physical Art
4.5.2021
Sotheby’s, the world’s largest auction house, will start accepting cryptocurrencies for physical art. The first auction for which bitcoin and ether will be accepted is Banksy’s Love is in the Air image at the Contemporary Art Evening Auction. The piece is estimated to sell...
Ethereum price hits $3.5K record as Winklevoss exchange adds Dogecoin
4.5.2021
Gemini follows eToro in integrating Dogecoin as Ethereum underscores altcoins' Bitcoin-crushing surge
ECB Deepens Analysis of Digital Euro, Decision Expected by Mid-Year, VP Confirms
4.5.2021
Faced with challenges on many fronts, the European Central Bank is now deepening the analysis of how to digitalize its currency. A decision on whether to issue a digital euro, which has the potential to become a major CBDC, is expected around mid-2021, a high-ranking official of the central bank...
Almost half of Bitcoin hash rate signaling for Taproot activation
4.5.2021
Major Bitcoin miners have begun signaling for Taproot activation that will improve scalability and privacy for the largest crypto by market capitalization
Award-Winning Carbon Broker to Assist XELS With Offset Procurement and Strategy
4.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Redshaw Advisors will support XELS mission of increasing participation in carbon markets in Japan and beyond. Tokyo, Japan — XELS, a revolutionary blockchain-based carbon offset platform has announced that it has joined forces with renowned carbon brokerage and risk management...