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Coinbase Ventures backs Ethereum-based streaming network
30.7.2021
Livepeer's $20 million Series B funding round saw participation from large VCs, including Coinbase Ventures, Coinfund, Northzone, 6th Man Ventures and Animal Ventures
Binance banned in Malaysia, given 14 days notice to shut down operations
30.7.2021
The crypto exchange has been served with a notice to stop offering its services in the country
Binance to shut down crypto derivatives trading in Europe
30.7.2021
Binance moves to suspend derivatives trading in Europe, starting with Germany, Italy and Netherlands
Large VCs are sidelining smaller crypto investors, PwC crypto lead says
30.7.2021
Inflated valuations for crypto businesses have raised the bar for small investors to participate in the ongoing innovation
Mexican Regulator: 12 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Operating Illegally
30.7.2021
Santiago Nieto Castillo, leader of the UIF, the Mexican financial regulator, has issued an alert that 12 cryptocurrency exchanges are operating illegally in the country. The regulator is now producing the necessary data for Mexican authorities to act against these exchanges. The institution...
US Senator Lummis: Big Government Spenders Are Accelerating Adoption of Crypto Assets Like Bitcoin
30.7.2021
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing for regulation that would ensure bitcoin remains a good store of value. If the cryptocurrency “is to become what El Salvador has done, legal tender, then we need to make sure that we are using it in ways that comply with the Bank Secrecy Act...
Financial Giant State Street Expands Cryptocurrency Services as Demand From Traditional Funds Soars
30.7.2021
State Street Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, has announced the expansion of its crypto services in partnership with Lukka, an enterprise crypto asset data and software provider. State Street Launching New Crypto Services State...
Cryptocurrency Girls Return with an NFT-themed Music Video
30.7.2021
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If you were thinking that the crypto sector is getting too serious and needs a touch of levity to lighten the mood, you’re in luck. The anarchic all-female Japanese J-pop group the Cryptocurrency Girls have returned – with a typically...
Okcoin secures regulatory approval in Malta and the Netherlands
29.7.2021
CEO Hong Fang said Okcoin was focused on Europe as part of the firm's global growth plans
Robinhood Raises Almost $2 Billion in IPO, Falls Short of Expected $35 Billion Valuation
29.7.2021
Robinhood, the fee-free cryptocurrency, stock, and options exchange, raised almost $2 billion in its initial public offering, reaching a valuation of $32 billion. While the company is more valuable than Nasdaq itself, the IPO failed to give the company an expected valuation of $35 billion....
New Jersey’s Order Against Blockfi Extended, Vermont Issues Notice to Crypto Lender
29.7.2021
On July 28, Zac Prince, the CEO of crypto finance firm Blockfi, explained that the company has been “engaged in a productive discourse” with U.S. regulators. Prince further said the New Jersey Bureau of Securities had extended the state’s previous order to September 2. Meanwhile...
Bit Mining to Deploy Another 2,500 Bitcoin Miners in Kazakhstan
29.7.2021
Bit Mining is going to expand its operations in Central Asia with the purchase of 2,500 crypto mining machines slated for deployment in Kazakhstan. The new devices are expected to increase the Chinese company’s total hashrate capacity by an estimated 165 petahashes per second. Bit Mining Buys...
Crypto population doubled to over 200M users since January, report says
29.7.2021
It only took four months for the crypto population to almost double from 106 million in February to 203 million in May, according to a new Crypto.com report
Augur (REP) & Pendle (PENDLE) Now Listed on Crypto.com App
29.7.2021
In an important strategic development, Augur prediction market (REP) and Pendle protocol (PENDLE) have successfully enrolled themselves on the app of Crypto.com. This has made these new additions a part of the widening group of digital coins on the app, which now has more than 100 digital...
Ripple Introduces on-demand Liquidity With SBI Remit
29.7.2021
Ripple finally announced the launch of RippleNet in partnership with SBI Remit Co., the biggest provider for financial transfers in Japan. Through the partnership, SBI Remit will join hands with SBI VC Trade, the platform for exchanging digital assets and Coins.ph of the Philippines, to enable...
Russian ‘Time Capsule’ to Facilitate Inheritance of Crypto Assets
29.7.2021
Researchers in Moscow are developing a new service that will allow users to transfer digital data to their heirs, including crypto keys. The Russian “time capsule” will be capable of storing and relaying other private information as well such as a record of the whereabouts of valuable...
Blockfolio rides off into the sunset, but it's a new dawn for FTX App
28.7.2021
FTX indicated that although the Blockfolio brand is being retired, this would not affect the services offered to users
South Korea Proposes Law Allowing Direct Seizure and Sale of Crypto Assets to Pay Overdue Taxes
28.7.2021
The South Korean government has proposed an amendment to the tax code to allow the country’s tax authority to seize and sell cryptocurrencies belonging to delinquent taxpayers. “The revision will allow direct seizing without court-approved change in ownership records. Assets held by...
US Senator Says Cryptocurrencies Put Americans’ Hard-Earned Money at Risk
28.7.2021
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says cryptocurrencies are not real dollars and they “put Americans’ hard-earned money at risk.” Referring to decentralized finance (defi) as “a shady, diffuse network of online funny money,” he said, “if we want a solution...
Relief Fund Has a Difficult Time Cashing Out the $1B Worth of SHIB Vitalik Buterin Donated
28.7.2021
In mid-May, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, donated $1 billion worth of shiba inu (SHIB) tokens to India’s Crypto Covid Relief Fund (CCRF). Close to three months later, the CCRF organizers say they have been having issues cashing out the SHIB tokens and so far, only $20 million...