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Bitcoin Price Prediction as BTC Retraces to $34,000 Support – When is the Next Leg Up?
27.10.2023
Bitcoin price prediction has become the talk of the crypto community as BTC recently retraced to a crucial $34,000 support level. Amidst an array of fundamental changes in the cryptocurrency landscape, from the U.S. SEC’s ongoing review of Bitcoin ETP proposals to the U.K.’s stringent...
Indian Banks Offer Rewards to Encourage Digital Rupee Adoption
27.10.2023
Indian banks are actively promoting the adoption of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), digital-rupee, by offering a range of incentives to encourage users to conduct transactions with the national digital currency. These incentives include cash-back rewards and reward points, Reuters...
Mexican Senator Kempis Faces Opposition Over Bitcoin Bill
26.10.2023
Long-time tech and blockchain advocate Mexican Senator Indira Kempis said that her Bitcoin (BTC) bill is seeing more positive attention but is also facing increasing opposition. Kempis proposed a central bank digital currency (CBDC) last year, which now also includes accepting bitcoin as legal...
Nigeria Plans to Include Fintechs in Broadened Official Currency Market
26.10.2023
A Nigerian official recently said the foreign exchange-starved country plans to include “legitimate” market participants like bureaux de change and financial technology companies in the official forex currency market. Finance Minister Wale Edun also said the country will receive...
Central Bank of Spain Embraces Digital Euro, Highlights Benefits for Customers
25.10.2023
Banco de España, Spain’s central bank, is aligning with its European counterparts to introduce their customers to the possibilities of the digital euro, a central bank digital currency (CBDC).In a move that signals the central bank’s proactive stance, a brief document was released...
Digital Currency Group’s Q3 Shareholder Letter: Surprise Over NYAG Lawsuit
25.10.2023
Crypto industry powerhouse Digital Currency Group (DCG) has provided a response to its latest fraud lawsuit from the New York Attorney General (NYAG) last week, alongside updated Q3 financial figures. The conglomerate raked in $188 million in the third quarter, compared to $153 million in Q3 2022....
Today in Crypto: DCG Paid Off $575 Million in Debt Since End of 2022, $720 Million Stolen across 117 Breaches in Q3
25.10.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Investment news Digital Currency Group (DCG), the crypto company founded by finance veteran Barry Silbert, has paid...
What Developments Should Traders Watch As Bitcoin Trades Range-Bound?
25.10.2023
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Bitcoin price managed to avoid sharp volatility today, trading within a relatively narrow range.
The world's largest digital currency by market value fluctuated between roughly $33,800 and $34,400 today, according to BTC/USDT Coinbase data provided by TradingView.
This took...
On the Road to Yuan Internalization: Petrochina Completes First Digital Yuan Settlement
24.10.2023
Petrochina, the largest Asian oil and gas producer, has completed a settlement using the Chinese central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan. The operation, which involved a purchase of 1 million crude barrels through the Shanghai Oil and Gas Trading Center platform, marks the first time...
Mexican Billionaire Advocates Bitcoin for Wealth Protection — ‘People Need to Realize They’re Being Robbed’
24.10.2023
Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas sees bitcoin as a way to protect against inflation tax because the cryptocurrency cannot be debased. “People’s savings are being taken from them without their permission, without their knowledge,” he stressed, adding that “everybody...
Latam Insights: Argentine Digital Currency Bill to Be Introduced ‘as Soon as Possible,’ Bitfinex Free P2P Exchanges
23.10.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Central Bank of Argentina is pushing for the introduction of the digital currency “as soon as possible,” Bitfinex makes P2P transactions free...
Thailand Delays Plan to Distribute $15 Billion in Digital Currency to its Citizens
23.10.2023
Thailand's ambitious plan to distribute digital currency to its citizens, with a total value of approximately $15 billion, has hit a roadblock, as Deputy Minister of Finance Julapun Amornvivat announced a delay in the program's launch, local media outlets reported.
The initiative aimed to provide...
Data Protection Bodies Call For ‘Privacy Threshold’ in Digital Euro Transactions
21.10.2023
Ensuring low-value digital euro transactions are not traced is one of the recommendations made by two data protection agencies in the EU. The independent bodies have presented their joint opinion on the proposed regulation for the upcoming digital version of Europe’s common fiat currency....
Binance Resumes Euro Transfers Through New Fiat Partners
21.10.2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is restoring fiat services for customers using the common European currency, the euro (EUR). The coin trading giant announced that users are already migrating to the new platforms it partnered with in the wake of losing the services of Paysafe. Crypto Exchange...
FinCEN Targets Crypto Mixers Over Laundering and National Security Concerns
20.10.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, this week proposed regulations aimed at increasing transparency around crypto mixing services. These services, the agency says, are used by terrorist organizations and state actors to obscure financial...
LBank Labs Demo Day Marks a Notable Collaboration in Web3 In Partnership With Collab+Currency and Blockchain Builders Fund
20.10.2023
PRESS RELEASE. On October 19, 20, and 23, the blockchain community converged for LBank Labs’ Demo Day, a collaborative effort with Collab+Currency and the Blockchain Builders Fund. The event garnered significant attention, with over 200+ registrants and a turnout of more than 150+ attendees...
Central Banks of China and UAE Sign MoU to Strengthen Digital Currency Cooperation
20.10.2023
The Central Banks of China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have recently signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) relating to digital currencies during the third "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum in Beijing this week.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has signed...
A SWIFT Shakeup: Yuan Dethrones Euro as Runner-Up in Trade Finance Markets
20.10.2023
The latest report published by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) has revealed that the Chinese yuan overtook the euro as the second most used currency in trade finance markets. However, the dollar is still comfortably in first place, with more than an...
Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Warns US Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status at Risk Due to Rising National Debt
20.10.2023
Renowned billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, also known as the “Bond King,” has raised concerns over the potential risk to the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status due to rising national debt. “The future of the U.S. dollar, and possibly out-of-control inflation, depends...
Best Crypto to Buy Now October 19 – Rollbit Coin, Radix, Render
19.10.2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James made headlines today by filing a lawsuit against cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global, Digital Currency Group (DCG), and Gemini.
The lawsuit accuses the firms of defrauding investors of more than $1 billion.
With the recent news from the New York Attorney...