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Smaller South Korean Crypto Exchanges Begin to Shutdown, Suspend Services
3.8.2021
A number of smaller South Korean crypto exchanges have announced their imminent closure – throwing in the towel in their struggle to meet a fast-approaching regulatory deadline that is threatening to derail the nation’s crypto trading platform industry.
Per Joongang Ilbo, the latest exchanges...
NCR Corporation plans to purchase Bitcoin ATM company LibertyX
2.8.2021
LibertyX currently services 20,000 retail stores in the U.S. with 9,500 crypto ATMs
Moody's Warns El Salvador, PayPal in Ireland, Crypto Investment Flows + More News
2.8.2021
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Proclaiming bitcoin (BTC) legal tender reflects El Salvador’s weakened governance and has raised tensions with international...
Nigeria’s Legal Operants Dread the Widespread BTC Adoption
2.8.2021
The eminent digital asset ‘Bitcoin’ world over has a record of being the second most appropriated virtual funds exchange in the Nigerian FinTech ecosystem. Regarding BTC cryptocurrency exchanges, Nigeria is listed right after the number one spot of the United States by trading platform Paxful....
Updated Infrastructure Bill Still ‘Unacceptable’ for US Crypto Industry
2.8.2021
Heavyweight critics are gunning for a controversial new bill that they claim will see the United States “essentially abandon” the “fintech revolution” if passed into law.
The bipartisan measure, which addresses a range of infrastructure-related measures, could raise up to USD 28bn from crypto...
Dorsey’s Square Strikes Afterpay USD 29B Deal, Teases Bitcoin Role
2.8.2021
The Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s crypto-keen payments venture Square has agreed a USD 29bn all-stock deal to buy the Australian buy now, pay later player Afterpay – in a merger that some believe will “create a global transactions giant.”
Square, which last month revealed it is working on a hardware...
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Altcoins Halt Rally, Correct Gains
2.8.2021
This past weekend, bitcoin price extended its increase above the USD 42,000 resistance. However, BTC failed to gain traction above USD 42,500. It started a downside correction and it is currently (04:28 UTC) trading below USD 39,800.
Similarly, most major altcoins corrected gains. ETH climbed...
Chinese, Taiwanese Bitcoin Miners Eyeing Paraguay Move
30.7.2021
The Itaipu Dam is a huge hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River between Brazil and Paraguay. Chinese bitcoin (BTC) miners are reportedly preparing to flock to Paraguay in their droves – with reports claiming that there could be half a million rigs online in the nation in the next three years...
GoldenTree Asset Management is reportedly investing in Bitcoin
30.7.2021
At least three executives at the $45 billion firm have participated in a funding round for the blockchain-focused VC group Borderless Capital
On Monday, Managers of USD 2trn Get Access to Crypto + More News
30.7.2021
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Starting Monday, 4,000 of Germany’s Spezialfonds will be allowed to invest up to 20% of their portfolios in cryptoassets....
Regulators Take Notice as Bragging Crypto Derivatives Traders Get Caught
30.7.2021
Bragging crypto derivatives traders might have made things even worse for them and trading platforms, as politicians and regulators just got another incentive to crack down on this market even stronger.
US-based crypto intelligence firm Inca Digital, which collaborates with the US Commodity...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set to Break the 2nd-Longest Drop Streak
30.7.2021
Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficultly is expected to rise this Saturday, after four consecutive drops, cutting into the growing profit margins of BTC miners.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, might go up around 5%, per the current estimations...
Binance Winds Down Derivatives In Europe While Malaysia Takes Action
30.7.2021
Source: Instagram, Binance
The crypto exchange giant Binance has run into yet more regulatory trouble in Asia while it's making new preventive moves in Europe.
The platform issued a notice on its Binance.com website explaining that it “plans to wind down its futures and derivatives products...
US Digital Asset Bill 'Fairly Measured' But Raises Civil Rights Concerns - Attorney
30.7.2021
The 'Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act,' introduced by US Representative Don Beyer, is "unsurprising and fairly measured," but in some key places, "its overbreadth or ambiguities raise civil rights and other issues," according to Gabriel Shapiro...
Regulators Must Make Sea Change on Crypto, and IMF Is Ready To Engage
30.7.2021
An influential economic thinker has urged Western governments to “stop dismissing the crypto revolution as some mix of illicit payments schemes and reckless financial speculation” – while a new paper from the IMF suggested that nations pick up the pace with their digital money development. The...
Bitcoin Takes Pause While Ethereum, XRP Gain Bullish Momentum
30.7.2021
Bitcoin price is trading in a bullish zone above the USD 39,000 and USD 39,200 levels. BTC is currently (04:36 UTC) trading below USD 40,000. If there is a stronger downside correction, the price might find support near USD 39,200.
Besides, most major altcoins are gaining pace. ETH surged over...
Tax-Free Bitcoin Mining, Robinhood Debuts on Nasdaq + More News
29.7.2021
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Mining news
Crypto platform Choice and Compass Mining, a marketplace for Bitcoin (BTC) miners, said that their US-based clients can now mine...
Financial Giants State Street & Bank of America Double Down On Crypto
29.7.2021
Source: iStock/E_Y_E
US-based major players in the world of traditional finance continue incorporating crypto in their offerings to existing clients, and/or investing in crypto-related companies.
Financial services provider State Street Corporation said it will provide digital and cryptocurrency...
Estimated Number of Crypto Users Reaches 221M, Spurred by Altcoins
29.7.2021
As of July 6. The estimated global crypto population doubled in four months, and it reached 221m as of June, according to calculations by major crypto platform Crypto.com.
"In comparison, it took nine months to reach 100 million from 65 million" since they began tracking these...
Bitcoin is a Victim of a Regulatory Crackdown on Chinese Miners; What’s Next?
29.7.2021
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) made a low of around $29927.00, below $30000 on June 22, for the 1st time since January of 2021 amid a growing globally synchronized regulatory crackdown on Cryptos especially in China, where authorities in certain provinces ordered Bitcoin mining projects to close. As...