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Bank of Russia to Collect Data on Crypto-Related Transactions Between Individuals
28.12.2021
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) plans to obtain information from commercial banks pertaining to some money transfers between private individuals, including clients trading cryptocurrency. The measure is likely to affect online crypto exchangers which the regulator accuses of conducting illegal...
Study Shows Market Share of Altcoins Surged Threefold Since 2014
27.12.2021
This week, bitcoin’s market dominance among the market capitalization of all 12,046 crypto assets in existence has been hovering above 38%, while ethereum’s overall valuation commands 19% dominance. A report published on Monday shows that since 2014, the market share of altcoins...
Crypto Market Sentiment Improves, Bitcoin & Ethereum Enter Positive Zone
27.12.2021
The sentiment in the crypto market has improved from last week, although it still remains in the zone considered “neutral” by the market sentiment analysis service Omenics....
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Bank of Russia Wants to Restrict Crypto Investments by Blocking Card Payments, Report Reveals
27.12.2021
The Central Bank of Russia is currently reviewing various ways to prevent Russians from investing in cryptocurrency. One the options on the table is to block card payments to certain recipients such as crypto exchanges, a media report has unveiled. A recent meeting at the State Duma has indicated...
Meme Token Economy Climbs 14% in 2 Weeks — DOGE, SHIB Command 83% Dominance
26.12.2021
Toward the end of this week, crypto-assets rebounded in value after meandering for two weeks and consolidating. While specific tokens like decentralized finance (defi) coins, metaverse tokens, and smart contract coins improved a great deal, the meme-token economy increased in value as well, as...
Sunday Comics: Wonderful!
26.12.2021
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
Serbia Reviews License Applications From 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges
26.12.2021
Three crypto exchanges have applied for licensing in Serbia, which recently adopted legislation regulating its digital asset space. The government in Belgrade expects the companies to obtain authorization within weeks and offer Serbs the option to buy and sell cryptocurrencies legally. Crypto...
SWIFT Aims to Test Tokenization in 2022, Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL to Participate
24.12.2021
SWIFT, the Belgian-based cooperative that serves as an intermediary and settlement executor of financial transactions between banks worldwide is planning to experiment with asset tokenization in 2022. In a blog post about the subject, SWIFT notes that it will be working with firms like Clearstream...
Finance Redefined: Binance leads $60M Multichain funding, Interlay raises $6.5M, Dec. 17–24
24.12.2021
Binance Labs was the lead funder in a $60-million seed round, Interlay seeks to increase Bitcoin interoperability, Bent Finance and Grim Finance suffer million-dollar exploits — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined
Former Finance Secretary Doubts Indian Government Understands Crypto
24.12.2021
The Indian government has not introduced the cryptocurrency bill that was listed to be taken up in the winter session of parliament. Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says he has no confidence in the ability of the Indian government to figure out crypto. Garg headed...
Report: Decentralized Exchange Volume Surpasses $1 Trillion in 2021, Uniswap Leads the Pack
24.12.2021
Decentralized exchange (dex) volumes have become very prominent this year and some dex applications have been dealing with volumes that are sizable to large centralized crypto exchanges. During the last seven days, Ethereum-based dex platforms processed $21 billion with Uniswap capturing 71% of...
Is crypto a boys’ club? The future of finance is not gendered
24.12.2021
According to recent surveys, women are still half as likely to invest in cryptocurrencies and digital assets as men
Defi Marketplace and NFT Platform Arcade Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Round
23.12.2021
The decentralized finance (defi) marketplace, non-fungible token (NFT) financialization platform, and lending application Arcade has announced the company has closed a Series A investment round for $15 million. Just recently, Arcade facilitated an onchain loan of $800,000 against an NFT portfolio...
Bank of Russia Sees No Place for Crypto in Financial Market, Finalizes Digital Ruble Prototype
22.12.2021
In advance of presenting its comprehensive view on crypto regulations, the Central Bank of Russia has indicated that it sees no place for cryptocurrencies in the country’s financial market. The monetary authority also announced that the prototype of the platform for its own digital currency...
Santa Hackathon? Visor Finance Marks 7th Hack in December
22.12.2021
Liquidity management decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Visor Finance is the latest victim of a DeFi hack, with the protocol estimated to have lost USD 8.2m worth of digital assets - and becoming the 7th crypto establishment to get exploited in the last month of the year....
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Terra Protocol Surpasses Binance Smart Chain in Terms of Value Locked in Defi
22.12.2021
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has rebounded in fiat value after suffering some losses last week. Statistics indicate that the $248 billion TVL in defi has increased 3.46% during the last 24 hours and the blockchain Terra has overtaken the Binance Smart Chain in terms...
Mandates Ban Unvaccinated From Visiting Banks in Multiple Countries, Australian Premier Says ‘There’s Going to Be a Vaccinated Economy’
22.12.2021
Over the last few weeks, furious debates over Covid-19 and vaccine mandates have divided people into two classes. On December 21, one individual from Argentina explained in a forum that “banks in Argentina are not letting unvaccinated people inside.” The person said that whether...
Visa Partners With 60 Crypto Platforms to Let Consumers Spend Digital Currency at 80 Million Merchants
22.12.2021
Visa’s head of crypto has revealed that the payments giant has partnered with about 60 leading crypto platforms “to launch card programs that make it easy for consumers to convert and spend digital currency at 80 million merchant locations worldwide.” He emphasized...
Mutual Bank in New Jersey to Give Customers the Ability to Buy, Sell and Hold Cryptocurrency
21.12.2021
Manasquan Bank, a mutual community bank in New Jersey serving residents since 1874, has announced it is partnering with the company Bakkt to give its retail clients the ability to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency through the bank’s mobile banking application. Manasquan Bank to Give...
Yearn.Finance Token Jumps as Team Promises ‘Aggressive Buybacks’
21.12.2021
YFI, the governance token issued by the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Yearn.Finance, has seen its price almost double in a week following the announcement of a completed token buyback worth some USD 7.5m.
The buyback, which Yearn.Finance said made up 0.77% of the total supply of...