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Hong Kong Grants First License to Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
18.12.2020
Hong Kong now has its first regulated cryptocurrency trading platform. The Securities and Futures Commission has just given out the first-ever crypto license to OSL Digital Securities which will soon commence trading for several cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Hong Kong Gives Out First Crypto...
Regulatory Kaleidoscope Challenges Crypto Industry - Crypto.com CCO
15.12.2020
An increasingly diverse and costly set of rules will keep challenging the crypto industry in 2021, Antonio Alvarez, Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Crypto.com, a major cryptoasset-powered debit card, trading, and lending services firm, told Cryptonews.com in an interview. According to him,...
Everything Your Mom Needs to Know About Crypto...But Was Afraid to Ask
9.12.2020
A speaker at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit, which kicked off online today, thinks that crypto is not too complicated for your mother – or your father, for that matter. And even your grandmother could get to grips with bitcoin (BTC), blockchain and the rest, so long as she is able to get to grips...
G7 Central Bankers Stress the Need to Regulate Cryptocurrencies at Latest Meeting
8.12.2020
The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors discussed the need to regulate cryptocurrencies during their latest meeting. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz raised concerns about Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency. G7 Sees the Need to Regulate Crypto U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven...
Cointracking.info Unites with Crypto.com Pay
4.12.2020
The cryptocurrency portfolio manager & tax reporting tool, CoinTracking.info, has announced its integration with Crypto.com Pay merchants. With this integration, users can now pay their tax fees with leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP, along...
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Decries the Use of Parallel Exchange Rate as Citizens Switch to Crypto
4.12.2020
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele says the embrace of the parallel market exchange rate by some professionals in that country is unfair and unfortunate. The CBN governor says the parallel foreign exchange market only accounts for a share of the market that does...
Crypto.com Secures Australian Financial Service License
2.12.2020
Crypto.com has secured an Australian Financial Service License through its acquisition of The Card Group
Crypto.com secures an Australian Financial Service License
2.12.2020
The mandatory license will allow Crypto.com to issue crypto debit cards in Australia
Crypto.com secures regulatory approvals from Maltese authorities
24.11.2020
The MFSA is finally issuing the first licenses formed under the crypto laws introduced in 2018
Crypto.com Takes Steps Toward Financial Licensure in Malta
24.11.2020
The Hong Kong-based crypto firm received preliminary approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) for two financial licenses
End of Western Union Remittance Service to Cuba a Boon for Crypto
23.11.2020
As new U.S. government measures that impose restrictions on remittances to Cuba becomes effective after November 22, Western Union, which has been operating in the island nation since 1999, will close shop. The new rule, which was published on October 27, gave Western Union 30 days to implement...
Thailand’s New Rules Help Securities Companies Launch Crypto Exchanges
20.11.2020
Thailand has reportedly revised its net capital rules which help securities firms launch cryptocurrency exchanges. The country now has 15 licensed crypto service providers. New Thai Rules and Crypto Exchanges The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revised its net capital (NC) rules...
Bitcoin Ascends in New Crypto Ranking by State-Backed Chinese Institute
17.11.2020
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID), under the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, has released its 20th ranking of crypto projects. A total of 37 crypto projects are ranked this time around overall as well as in three separate...
Crypto.com: We Got the Highest Ratings on Privacy, Security Based on US Standards
4.11.2020
The crypto exchange and finance platform said it got high ratings for privacy and security using standards developed by a U.S. government agency
Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
29.10.2020
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based...
Former Visa exec joins Crypto.com to drive Latin American market
28.10.2020
Traditional finance execs are increasingly moving into crypto positions
Shariah Compliance Expert Says Cryptocurrencies Are Legit Commodities
16.10.2020
A shariah compliance expert, the current chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council at Malaysia’s central bank and a shariah board member at many financial companies, says that cryptocurrency is a legit commodity that can be exchanged. Cryptocurrency and Shariah Compliance Cryptocurrency...
Regulatory Crypto Sprint, Extended Mt. Gox, Crypto.com's 5m Users + More News
15.10.2020
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The New York Department of Financial Services announced its first-ever techsprint, an initiative to convene regulators and industry...
Crypto.com slashes staking rewards as user numbers top 5 million
15.10.2020
Crypto.com’s five million user milestone has been overshadowed by 70% reduction in staking rewards for its native CRO token
Price analysis 10/12: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BNB, LINK, DOT, ADA, LTC, CRO
12.10.2020
Bitcoin’s strength above the $11,500 multi-year resistance is also pulling many altcoin prices higher