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SBI’s Acquisition of Crypto Firm Helps the Asian Giant Create Full-Fledged Digital Asset Trading Desk
16.12.2020
Japanese financial group SBI Financial Services has announced the acquisition of the United Kingdom-based crypto services firm B2c2 for an undisclosed amount. The purchase helps the Asian financial giant to become one of the mainstream financial institutions to have a full-fledged digital asset...
Estonia Revokes More Than 1,000 Crypto Firms’ Licenses This Year
15.12.2020
Over 1,000 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses have been revoked in Estonia this year as the country tightens the oversight of the crypto industry amid heightened money-laundering concerns. 1,000+ Crypto Firms Lost Their Licenses This Year The Estonian Ministry of Finance revealed Friday that...
Mergers Position Yearn Finance as the Amazon of DeFi
14.12.2020
Yearn Finance looks like it could assemble the Amazon of DeFi. If it does it, it will get there like everything else in crypto: way faster
MassMutual Bitcoin purchase proves crypto demand is rising, JPMorgan says
14.12.2020
Even a nominal investment from insurance firms and pension funds could be significant for Bitcoin
YieldFinanceFarm Is Next Generation DeFi Farm to Maximize Rewards – YIF Presale Is Now Live
14.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Finance Farm (YIF) is a high-yield Defi farm that allows you to Stake, Farm, Lend, Borrow, and Earn. Bringing real value to yield farming, it’s a modern-age project designed to meet the demand for financial innovation and improved financial system efficiency through Defi...
France Approves New Cryptocurrency Measures to Fight Anonymous Transactions
14.12.2020
The French council of ministers has approved a series of new measures to combat the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions. Anonymous accounts are banned at crypto exchanges which must now impose stricter know-your-customer requirements. France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says...
Survey: 1 in 4 Senior Executives in Uruguay Have Used Cryptocurrencies
13.12.2020
A survey made in Uruguay across different business sectors revealed that 24% of the 49 senior executives (1 in 4) from companies in the country claimed to have used cryptocurrencies at any point in their lives. Senior Executives in Uruguay Reveal Their Level of Knowledge on Cryptocurrencies...
Africa is the future of DeFi, argues Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson
12.12.2020
The CEO of Cardano developers IOHK sees a promising path towards DeFi adoption throughout the world's second-most populous continent
Korean Exchange Operator to Oversee Crypto-Linked Stocks in the Midst of Suspicions on Unfair Trading
12.12.2020
South Korean securities exchange operator is now expanding its overseeing capacity by monitoring all crypto-related stock activities after volatile movements seen in the last few weeks on listed companies tied to the industry. KRX’s Market Oversights Committee to Supervise Crypto-Linked...
Aegis Custody Clears Hurdle in Bid for South Dakota Trust Charter
11.12.2020
Aegis Custody wants to build a tokenized bridge between U.S. investors and trade finance opportunities in Asia
MicroStrategy completes $650 million bond sale to finance next Bitcoin purchase
11.12.2020
The bond sale underscores MicroStrategy's conviction that Bitcoin is a generational investment opportunity
Restaurant Chain That Converted Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin Says Gold’s Safe Haven Days Are Numbered
11.12.2020
A great number of companies have been converting cash reserves into bitcoin during the last few months. At the end of August, the Mediterranean restaurant chain Tahini’s announced the Canadian company converted all of their cash reserves into bitcoin. On Friday, Tahini’s tweeted about...
Multicoin Capital Leads $1.15M Seed Round for DeFi Protocol Swivel Finance
11.12.2020
The decentralized protocol says its offerings of fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives will place it in a unique position in Defi
Major Insurer Massmutual Invests $100 Million in Bitcoin for Long-Term Value
11.12.2020
Leading life insurance company Massmutual has become the latest big company to invest a huge sum of money in bitcoin. Massmutual believes that having a bitcoin position in its investment account will help the company deliver long-term value to its insurance policyholders. Massmutual Buys Bitcoin...
Clever DeFi Launches 888 Cycle Challenge
11.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Decentralized finance protocol CLEVER (CLVA) launches its latest program called “Will you take the 888 cycle challenge’’. The program offers a guaranteed interest model that enables users to earn compound interest paid fortnightly to all CLVA token holders. This...
The Yearn.finance effect: Why SushiSwap (SUSHI) rallied 75% in 1 week
11.12.2020
Improving fundamentals and a major merger with Yearn.finance may help SushiSwap reassert itself as one of the dominant DeFi platforms
Finance Redefined: The curious implications of algorithmic stablecoins, Dec. 2–9
10.12.2020
Some stablecoins are more useful than others
As Citizens Suffer Central Banks Flush Trading Houses With Trillions, Ease Corporate Strains
10.12.2020
Central banks across the world have been increasing stimulus and letting inflation run high in order to combat the disastrous economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak response. The Bank of Japan has recently become the country’s largest stockholder and the European Central Bank...
Bitcoin will gain from distrust in traditional finance, says bank strategist
10.12.2020
Will Bitcoin end the dollar’s supremacy one day?
Fidelity Digital to Accept Bitcoin as Collateral for Cash Loans
10.12.2020
Fidelity Digital says it will allow institutional customers to pledge bitcoin as collateral against cash loans in partnership with Blockfi. The firm’s decision helps bitcoin investors turn their digital holdings into cash without selling. Fidelity’s targeted clients include hedge funds...