The EU has taken a firm stance on stablecoins. But a senior government official in Lithuania says the move will not stop stablecoin operators from proceeding with their plans as the EU is not against innovations and simplified payments. Today, the Council and the Commission adopted a joint statement, warning that no global stablecoin project…
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Contrary to the public statements, insiders at the European Central Bank (ECB) reportedly say the bank has no laboratory working on a digital euro and little intention to create one any time soon. “Most of these comments [about the digital fiat] seem designed to jolt the private sector banks into improving the inefficient, costly and…
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Source: iStock/isa_ozdere Japanese financial giant SBI is considering issuing Ripple (XRP) tokens as company-wide shareholder rewards, says the company’s CEO Yoshitaka Kitao. In a recent address to shareholders shared by the company on YouTube, Kitao stated that a previous XRP handout to shareholders of SBI’s Morningstar subsidiary in August this year had proved a success.…
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Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun. U.S.-based crypto exchange Poloniex, recently acquired by Justin Sun, CEO of Tron (TRX), among other investors, announced it will delist DigiByte (DGB) hours after the founder of DigiByte, Jared Tate, criticized both Tron and Poloniex. “BTW, after careful review, we decided #DigiByte is not qualified for our listing standard.…
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One of Japan’s largest companies, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is set to co-launch a “digital currency” and smartphone-based payment service – in conjunction with Japanese human resources network Recruit. Per a report from Nikkei, the new joint-venture company will debut in 2020, and will be 49% owned by MUFG, with Recruit owning 51%. The…
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In the past two days, bitcoin price failed to gain pace above the USD 7,350 and USD 7,400 resistance levels. As a result, BTC/USD started a fresh decline and recently broke the key USD 7,200 support area. However, the price is still holding USD 7,000 (09:00 UTC), below which there is a risk of a…
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The green-ess was short-lived for the majority of the market, as is so commonly the case. The comparison between November and October proves once again how quickly the color of the crypto market changes. Bitcoin (BTC) too failed to see a rise in its price for the month of November. And though there are certainly…
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The Way of Tiger: an old game cover. Fueled by the news of a new adoption project, VeChain (VET) is today by far the best-performing coin in the top 100 by market capitalization. The 25th coin has rallied, jumping 20.24% in the last 24 hours, but also 35.01% in the last seven days, bringing it…
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The cryptocurrency market sentiment did not manage to recover from its major tumble last week, despite the situation looking greener. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure for the top 10 coins by market capitalization fell for the fourth week in a row, from last Monday’s 4.39 to today’s 4.3, according to Omenics, a…
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Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today. Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here ______ Bitrue Listings: IOTA (MIOTA) Contentos (COS) Bitfare Listings: Verge (XVG) Bittrex Listings: Read…
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