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Payments Giant Visa Launches NFT Program to Support Digital Artists
15.10.2021
Visa, one of the leading credit and payments companies, has announced the creation of a program that will allow artists to understand how they can use new technologies like NFTs. According to Visa, NFTs have the potential of evening out the field for artists, allowing them to close the gap between...
G7 Finance Ministers and Bankers Adopt Guidelines for Central Bank Digital Currencies
15.10.2021
Any digital currency issued by a central bank must support financial and monetary stability, finance leaders from G7 member states have insisted. State-issued coins should also ensure privacy, transparency, and data protection, the officials stated. The forum adopted 13 public policy principles...
Coinbase unveils its Digital Asset Policy Proposal to spark conversation around comprehensive crypto regulation
14.10.2021
One of the crypto industry's major players seeks to boost the public debate on how to best fit digital assets into the regulatory perimeter
Morgan Stanley CEO on Bitcoin, Urgent Crypto Regulation, Digital GBP & Ripple + More News
14.10.2021
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Yield App Doubles Assets In Q3 As It Scores Big With Premier League Partnership
14.10.2021
YIELD App, a FinTech company and digital asset wealth management platform, has published its Q3 report, showing the firm continuing on a strong growth trajectory over the third quarter of 2021, which saw it double its managed assets and strike a high profile partnership with Premier League football...
Digital Pound Foundation launches to promote CBDC development in the UK
14.10.2021
The think tank wants to ensure the United Kingdom keeps pace with the developments in the emerging digital landscape
G7 leaders issue central bank digital currency guidelines
14.10.2021
Financial leaders from the G7 agree that CBDCs would complement cash and should not be detrimental to the monetary system
Crypto will generate more wealth than the internet, says Morgan Creek Capital CEO
13.10.2021
Hedge fund manager Mark Yusko believes cryptocurrencies will generate ‘untold wealth’ by powering the internet of value
US crypto trading Voyager Digital granted European trading license
13.10.2021
Voyager Digital is expected to roll-out their mobile trading platform in Europe in Q1 2022
Moscow Not Planning to Ban Russians From Buying Crypto Abroad
13.10.2021
Russia is not going to follow China’s course and does not plan to ban its citizens from purchasing cryptocurrency on foreign exchanges, a high-ranking government official has indicated. Russians will not be able to pay with digital coins in their own country but are free to use crypto...
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Receives $1 Billion to Bring the Next 1 Billion Crypto Users
13.10.2021
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency platform, has launched a $1 billion Growth Fund for Binance Smart Chain, to accelerate adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology. In the span of next few months multiple programs will be set-up under its umbrella...
Stripe builds new crypto team for payments three years after dropping Bitcoin
13.10.2021
After pulling back from Bitcoin three years ago, Stripe is looking to re-enter the crypto sector
Nevada-Based Bitcoin Mining Operation Cleanspark Purchases 4,500 Bitcoin Miners From Bitmain
12.10.2021
Cleanspark, a Nevada-based energy technology and clean bitcoin mining firm, has announced the purchase of 4,500 Bitmain-brand Antminer S19 bitcoin mining rigs. The company says the mining devices were purchased by leveraging a portion of the company’s bitcoin holdings. Cleanspark Purchases...
Major Turkish Crypto Exchange Coinzo Shuts Down
12.10.2021
Coinzo, one of Turkey’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is terminating its digital asset trading services. The platform said its website will remain online in the next six months to allow users to withdraw their holdings in cryptocurrency and Turkish fiat money. Another of Turkey’s...
Blockchain Intelligence Company Elliptic Raises $60 Million — Evolution Equity Partners, Softbank Bolster Series C
12.10.2021
On Monday, the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic announced the company has raised $60 million in a Series C financing round. Elliptic plans to leverage the capital to expand the team and “accelerate” blockchain research and development (R&D). Elliptic Raises $60 Million...
UK’s Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond to advise crypto firm Copper
11.10.2021
Hammond was a UK Conservative MP for 22 years until a Brexit-fuelled uprising left him and others omitted from the party two years ago
Regulators are coming for crypto: Is digital identity the answer?
10.10.2021
It’s time to give control over personal data in megadatabases managed by a handful of corporations and governments back to the people
Nigeria Central Bank Governor Says CBDC Launch Just ‘a Couple of Days’ Away
10.10.2021
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has confirmed the country’s upcoming digital currency will be launched “in a couple of days from now.” According to the governor, the digital currency which is also known as the e-naira will be the first of...
Sri Lanka Appoints Committee to Draft Digital Currency Policy, Seeks Crypto Investments
10.10.2021
In preparation to regulate its fintech space, the government of Sri Lanka has established a special committee tasked to formulate the country’s policy on digital banking and crypto-related activities. The committee comprises professionals from the public and private sectors. New Committee...
Edward Snowden Calls CBDCs ‘Cryptofascist Currency’ — ‘Closer to Being a Perversion of Cryptocurrency’
9.10.2021
On October 9, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden published an opinion editorial concerning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and claimed CBDCs are “the newest danger cresting the public horizon.” Snowden stressed that rather than being an innovation, CBDC’s...