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Estonia Issues First License to Crypto Service Provider Under New Regulation
25.9.2022
Estonia’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued its first license to a crypto service provider under the country’s new regulatory framework that entered into force in March. “Striga Technology OÜ is the first entrepreneur, who is authorized for the first time to provide...
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Has a Layer 3 Vision to Unleash Full Power of Crypto
21.9.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin always seems to be looking a step into the future – or three. While layer 2 (L2) is currently still developing, Buterin contributed to the layer 3 (L3) discussion, arguing that these could serve a different purpose(s), leaving scalability to L2s....
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US Treasury Begins Public Consultation on How to Regulate Crypto
20.9.2022
The US Department of Treasury is seeking public opinion on the “responsible development of digital assets.” Its questions focus on a variety of crypto-related aspects, including decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), mixers, virtual asset service providers (VASPs), and...
Videogame Studios Are Giving up on Play-to-Earn And Why That’s Actually Good For Crypto
19.9.2022
Major video game studios are scaling back plans to develop their own blockchain-based play-to-earn titles, amid an ongoing downturn in the GameFi and wider cryptocurrency sectors. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, NFTs and cryptocurrencies introduce a speculative and profiteering element...
Videogames Studios Are Giving up on Play-to-Earn And Why That’s Actually Good For Crypto
19.9.2022
Major video game studios are scaling back plans to develop their own blockchain-based play-to-earn titles, amid an ongoing downturn in the GameFi and wider cryptocurrency sectors. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, NFTs and cryptocurrencies introduce a speculative and profiteering element...
HSBC’s CEO Explains Why Crypto Is Not in the Banking Giant’s Future
16.9.2022
Banking giant HSBC will not be offering crypto services, according to CEO Noel Quinn. Noting that HSBC is more negative on crypto than other banks, the executive stressed: “I do worry about the sustainability of the valuations of crypto.” HSBC Will Not Get Into Crypto, CEO Says...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Has a 'Flexible' Way for Tokens to Register - Is this Good News for Crypto?
15.9.2022
Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is intensifying the regulator’s work on extending regulation over the crypto industry. In his latest testimony at the U.S. Senate, the official declared he has a 'flexible' way for tokens to register with the agency, but...
‘Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About This?’ — Twitter’s Crypto Spam Problem Increases With Legions of CZ Bots, Verified Vitalik Impersonators
14.9.2022
Since Tesla’s Elon Musk attempted to purchase Twitter and tried to get information on the number of bots on the social media platform, Twitter bots have infested tens of thousands of posts day after day. In the cryptocurrency industry, bots are very prevalent and any time a popular crypto...
The Crypto.com DeFi Wallet to Back The Merge
14.9.2022
The most prominent update to the Ethereum platform to date, The Merge, will be supported by the Crypto.com DeFi Wallet. Let’s understand The Merge, what it includes, and what customers can anticipate before, during and following the network update. Customers of the Crypto.com DeFi Wallet,...
Could Japanese Regulatory Change Provide New Boost for Crypto?
12.9.2022
Regulations governing crypto could be set for a change – with the sector’s governing body preparing to reform laws that pertain to stablecoins and security tokens. Trust banks could also be given the power to handle crypto, as is already the case in the United States....
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Kryptosměnárna Crypto.com omylem poslala Australance 175 milionů korun. Všimla si toho až po sedmi měsících
10.9.2022
Jedna z největších světových platforem pro obchodování s kryptoměnami Crypto.com řeší nepříjemný problém. Kvůli nešťastnému překlepu poslala australské uživatelce Thevamanogari Manivel místo 100 australských dolarů (cca 1 670 Kč) částku 10,5 milionů australských dolarů (cca 175 milionů korun).
Crypto.com Retains Highest Level for NIST Privacy and Cybersecurity Framework
9.9.2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as well as Privacy Framework (PF) examinations, as certified by SGS, a globally renowned certification organization, have been satisfactorily extended by Crypto.com, the world’s biggest crypto marketplace....
Apple Shielded From Crypto Wallet App Lawsuit, Judge Rules
8.9.2022
A federal judge in California has ruled that Apple Inc. is shielded from the “Toast Plus” class action lawsuit where a fake crypto wallet app was available in the Apple App Store. A customer sued the tech giant after downloading the fraudulent app and lost some crypto. Apple...
World Vision Becomes First South Korean Charity to Accept Crypto
6.9.2022
\The South Korean arm of the charitable organization World Vision has announced that it will accept donations made in cryptoassets – a first for a South Korean NGO.
Per the media outlet EDaily, as well as Maeil Kyungjae, the charity has signed a “blockchain cooperation deal” with a startup named...
Last-gasp Brazilian Securities Regulator Intervention Could Scupper MPs’ Efforts to Police Crypto
6.9.2022
Brazilian markets regulator says it wants to play a leading role in regulating crypto – in a move that could derail parliamentarians’ own attempts to regulate the sector.
Per the financial arm of the newspaper giant Globo, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, known locally as the...
US Lawmaker Says ‘Too Much Money and Power’ Behind Crypto to Ban It
5.9.2022
U.S. Representative Brad Sherman says Congress has not banned crypto because “there’s too much money and power behind it.” He elaborated: “Money for lobbying and money for campaign contributions works, or people wouldn’t do it, and that’s why...
Ethereum ‘Flippening’ Bitcoin: Can It Happen? How? And What It Might Mean for Crypto?
4.9.2022
It sounds like the name of some obscure horror movie, but ‘the flippening’ is something that continues to generate plenty of debate in crypto circles. In fact, now that Ethereum (ETH) is close to its long-awaited shift to proof-of-stake, it has begun attracting more attention than ever before...
Saylor gets sued, FBI warns about DeFi exploits and Crypto.com drops $495M sponsorship: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 28-Sept. 3
3.9.2022
CEL Rallies After Celsius Asks Court to Let it Return USD 50m+ in Crypto
2.9.2022
Developments emerging from the Celsius bankruptcy trial have sent the failed crypto lender’s CEL token soaring above the USD 1.50 mark, making the coin the day’s – and this week’s – best performer among the top 100 coins.
At 07:32 UTC, CEL is trading for around USD 1.53 and is up 33% in a day...
Crypto.com Accidentally Sent $7 Million to Customer — Sues 7 Months Later to Get It Back
2.9.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com accidentally transferred about $7.26 million to a customer’s account but did not notice the error for seven months. The crypto company has now sued the customer to recover the funds. Crypto.com Sues Customer 7 Months After Mistakenly Transferring over...