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Crypto Custodian Hex Trust Secures Full Operating License in Dubai for Institutional Services
15.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Institutional-grade crypto custodian Hex Trust has successfully obtained a full operating license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the firm announced today. This operating license represents the conclusive approval under VARA’s regulatory...
SEC’s FY 2023 Enforcement Actions Yield $5 Billion in Fines from Wall Street and Crypto Giants
15.11.2023
Source: Adobe/Kristina Blokhin The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that its enforcement actions in fiscal year 2023 resulted in nearly $5 billion in fines and reimbursements to investors. In a Tuesday press release, the agency said it has targeted Wall Street brokerages...
Circle Introduces Zero-Fee USDC Minting with Circle Mint in Singapore
15.11.2023
Source: Circle Internet The issuer of the USDC stablecoin, Circle, has announced the launch of its zero-fee minting facility, Circle Mint, exclusively in Singapore. This strategic initiative comes on the heels of Circle securing the Major Payments Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary...
South Korean Woman Avoids Jail After Stealing Ex-husband’s $1.3m Crypto Stash
15.11.2023
Source: moon/Adobe A South Korean woman who stole her ex-husband’s $1.3 million crypto stash has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Per Yonhap News, an unnamed woman aged 32 stole the coins from her ex-partner’s crypto wallet after the end of their common-law marriage. The 14th Criminal...
JPMorgan Expects JPM Coin to Hit $10 Billion in Daily Transactions in Coming Year
15.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Alexey Novikov JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expecting its digital token, JPM Coin, to process $10 billion in daily transactions in the upcoming year. This projection comes from the insights shared by Umar Farooq, the bank’s Global Head of Financial Institution Payments...
Russian Trade Ministry ‘Develops Tool That Lets Crypto Miners Evade Sanctions’
15.11.2023
Source: Oksana/Adobe Russia’s trade ministry says it has developed a tool that can help crypto miners evade Western sanctions. In a DumaTV post on the RuTube video-sharing platform, lawmakers explained that the Ministry of Industry and Trade had “developed a tool for conducting industrial mining...
dYdX Chain Kickstarts Operations With Beta Mainnet Launch
15.11.2023
Source: dYdX Cosmos-based layer 1 dYdX Chain has achieved a significant milestone with the recent release of its beta mainnet phase, marking the start of a live trading interface propelled by a community governance vote. The Beta Stage is live on https://t.co/hUHzHf2j0R ???? After the dYdX...
K-pop Agency Modhaus Announces $8 Million Series A Investment
14.11.2023
Source: Pixabay A South Korean blockchain-based K-pop startup has raised $8 million in its series A funding round. Modhaus announced in a statement today that the series A funding round has pushed their total fundraising to $12 million overall. The funding round was led by U.S. investment firm...
Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools – GROK2.0, MUBI, WEB
14.11.2023
DEXTools Logo / Source: DEXTools X Account Crypto markets are succumbing to sell pressure on Tuesday as traders take profit in wake of strong gains nearly across the board in recent weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) was last down over 3% on the day in the low $35,000s and probing its 21DMA, whilst Ether (ETH)...
Cathie Wood Speculates SEC Chair’s Political Aspirations Are Hindrances Towards Judgment Call on Bitcoin Spot ETF
14.11.2023
Source: Bloomberg The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remains unyielding amidst escalating interest in a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF), and Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood believes she may have identified the reason. Making a special appearance on CNBC’s Squawk...
DEX Platform Uniswap Rolls Out Android App With Swap Feature
14.11.2023
Source: Uniswap Popular Ethereum-based decentralized exchange (DEX) platform Uniswap has finally released its Android mobile wallet app to the public. Making the announcement on X (formerly Twitter), the automated market maker (AMM) protocol stated that the app is now available for...
Australia Introduces Capital Gains Tax For Wrapped Tokens
14.11.2023
Source: Pixabay The Australian Taxation Office has issued an update on its capital gains tax for crypto products, stating that it also extends to wrapped tokens or token interaction with decentralized lending protocols. The previous edition of the capital gains tax stated that capital gains...
Blockchain Association Pushes Back Against IRS Regulations on Crypto Brokers
14.11.2023
Source: Adobe / photoschmidt The Blockchain Association, a prominent crypto advocacy and lobbying group based in the US, has strongly opposed proposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations targeting crypto brokers. In a comment letter submitted on November 13, the association argued that...
Disney and Dapper Labs Join Forces to Unveil NFT Platform
14.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Disney has announced a partnership with NBA Top Shot Creator Dapper Labs to launch a “digital pin” NFT platform. Disney Pinnacle will allow collectors to purchase and trade branded Disney NFTs featuring beloved characters from Pixar and Star Wars on the Flow blockchain....
Trader Explains How To Predict The Next Big Crypto Trend And Narrative
14.11.2023
Bitcoin Logo at sea / Source: Blackbeard X Account A popular seasoned crypto trader called Blackbeard has just laid out his view on how traders can become “expert” in predicting the next big crypto trends and narratives, a key skill for successful investing in the crypto space. THE BASICS TO SPOT...
Joe Bankman’s Legal Troubles: Fallout from Son’s FTX Conviction
14.11.2023
Source: Pexels Though disgraced FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has already lost in court, the crypto mogul’s law professor parents – Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried – may also face charges for abetting their son’s megalithic fraud. The former played a pivotal role in advising his son during...
Crypto Mining Profitability Soars as Miners Rake In Record $32 Million in Revenue in One Month
14.11.2023
Image Source: Pixabay The crypto mining industry is experiencing a surge in profitability, with miners earning a record $32 million in revenue in the past month. The hashrate, a measure of the computational power needed to mine a coin, has reached an all-time high, indicating that miners are using...
BGX Invests $90 Million in BC Technology Group, Operator of Hong Kong’s OSL Exchange
14.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Dmitry Rukhlenko BC Technology Group, the operator of Hong Kong’s publicly listed cryptocurrency exchange OSL, has secured a significant investment from BitgetX (BGX), the Hong Kong division of the cryptocurrency services provider Bitget, although it is still pending...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as US Core Inflation Rate is Announced – Is the Bear Market Officially Over?
14.11.2023
Bitcoin (BTC) Chart / Source: TradingView Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at daily lows in the $36,100s in wake of the release of the latest US inflation figures for October, despite the numbers coming in lower than expected across the board. The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed prices remaining...
Today in Crypto: SC Ventures’ Platform to Enable First-Ever Tokenized Singapore Dollar Government Bond Fund, Pundi X Reveals ‘Pay via Email’ Feature
14.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Alex Yeung Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Banking news SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and venture arm of banking giant Standard Chartered...