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Crypto M&A Deals Set a New Record in 2020, Surging to $1.1 Billion
31.3.2021
The cryptocurrency bull run has been the most notorious headline highlighted in the last few months, but more figures are being watched beyond bitcoin prices. A new report released by Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC) revealed that crypto merger and acquisition (M&A) deals skyrocketed in 2020. 2021...
Tether stablecoin is fully backed, says new assurance report
30.3.2021
Tether’s reserves for its USDT stablecoin exceed the amount required to redeem the digital asset tokens, according to auditing firm Moore Cayman
South African Companies Convert Cash Holdings Into BTC— Crypto Asset Is Hedge Against Devaluation
30.3.2021
New reports emerging from South Africa suggest privately held firms are converting a portion of their cash holdings into bitcoin as they seek to hedge against currency devaluation. According to one report, an open-source software specialist firm, LSD Open, could well be the first South African...
Chinese Citizens Can Now Apply for the Digital Yuan Wallet Through 6 State-Owned Banks
26.3.2021
Following the interview with Ma Changchun, the head of the People’s Bank of China-run Digital Currency Research Institute, a recent report indicates that residents from Beijing and Shanghai can now apply for a digital yuan wallet. According to the report, six different Chinese banks will...
Bank of America report extols the virtues of HODLing
25.3.2021
New research from the multinational investment bank confirms what many of us knew all along: Investors should never try to time the market
New FATF Guidance Applies Regulatory Standards to Decentralized Exchanges, Defi and NFTs
24.3.2021
On March 19, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published draft guidance on the risk-based approach to virtual assets. The newly updated guidance now applies anti-money laundering and know-your-customer rules to stablecoins, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible token (NFT) assets....
Tesla confirms Bitcoin hodl strategy as new report says BTC should 'comfortably' hit $100K
24.3.2021
Analysts at Decentrader point to encouraging hodler behavior that suggests that BTC/USD is far from its cycle top at $56,000
Ethereum's high gas fee crisis won't be solved by EIP-1559: Coin Metrics report
24.3.2021
Consistently full blocks are the primary reason that gas prices have reached all-time highs
Report: Upgraded Switch Will Use New Nvidia Chip To Upscale To 4K
23.3.2021
Outputting native 4K graphics is hard. Upscaling to 4K is a little easier. According to a Bloomberg report posted early this morning, Nintendo’s long-rumored upgraded Nintendo Switch will leverage a new Nvidia system-on-a-chip to upscale its docked graphics to 4K.Read more
Report: Mobile Game Final Fantasy XI R Has Been Canceled
23.3.2021
For the past few years, Square Enix has been co-developing mobile Final Fantasy XI R with Nexon. The game was dubbed an “MMMRPG” or “Massively Multiplayer Mobile RPG.” But now, apparently, it’s no more.Read more
Report: JP Morgan Boss ‘Not Happy’ as Capital Positions Exemption for Big Banks Ends
23.3.2021
On March 19, 2021, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board published a press release that detailed the temporary supplementary leverage ratio easements will be expiring as scheduled. U.S. banks will no longer have the relaxed capital requirements they once held since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak....
Report: Microsoft Wants To Buy Discord For "Over $10 Billion"
23.3.2021
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is one of several companies “in talks” to purchase chat and community platform Discord, for a price said to be in excess of $10 billion.Read more
Institutional crypto managers report record AUM despite U.S. inflows plummeting
23.3.2021
Institutional inflows have declined 59% this past week, but AUM is at an all-time high
In Venezuela, USD, Not Bitcoin, Still Reigns Supreme – Report
22.3.2021
The United States dollar, not crypto, is still king in Venezuela, despite suggestions otherwise, a new report has alleged.
As previously reported, crypto adoption is on the rise in Venezuela, where crypto pay has enjoyed a boom. Cryptoassets such as bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH) and dash (DASH)...
AMD Won’t Restrict Crypto Miners From Using Its Graphic Cards
22.3.2021
Major chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) keeps making headlines amid the battle between crypto miners and PC gamers. Now, the company seems to have made a step forward to become friendlier to those with crypto mining purposes. AMD Doesn’t Want to Follow Nvidia’s Path According to...
Unconfirmed Report From Court Hearing May Have Sparked XRP Rally
22.3.2021
Recent statements by an attorney who claims to have attended a court hearing in the ongoing US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s case against blockchain company Ripple might have helped XRP today.
At the time of writing (14:07 UTC), XRP, ranked 7th by market capitalization, trades at...
Deutsche Bank, Visa, Binance, Naver Eye Deal for Bithumb – Report
22.3.2021
Rumors appear to be hotting up as rival players – including the likes of Deutsche Bank, Visa, Binance and the search engine operator Naver – have reportedly held talks about buying minority or controlling stakes (or possibly even taking over) Bithumb, South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange.
As...
Deutsche Bank: Bitcoin Now 3rd Largest Currency, Too Important to Ignore
22.3.2021
Deutsche Bank has published a report stating that bitcoin is too important to ignore, noting that it is now the third-largest currency in terms of the total value in circulation. In addition, the bank says that governments and central banks know that cryptocurrencies are here to stay and...
Bitcoin’s new use case? A report card for how the US handles the dollar
21.3.2021
An important new role for the world’s first cryptocurrency as an inflation gauge — or just another fantasy of Bitcoin maximalists?
South Koreans Are Required to Pay Taxes for Crypto Holdings in Overseas Exchanges, Authorities Warn
20.3.2021
South Korean tax authorities are unstoppable in keeping crypto holders in their eyes and making them accountable to pay taxes. The National Tax Service (NTS) has issued a warning to the crypto traders that they have to report their earnings even from tokens held in foreign exchanges. No Details...