Major fintech players are stepping up their crypto game in an apparent bid to attract new customers to their platforms, with the UK-based Revolut adding support for 11 additional coins, including cardano (ADA) and decentralized finance (DeFi) offerings like uniswap (UNI) – and the USA-based Robinhood embarking on a new crypto recruiting drive. Revolut, which…
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Sweden’s central Riksbank is forging ahead with its e-krona pilot project, and has outlined the next steps it wants to take – putting it on track to become the first European nation to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Riksbank has been bullish about issuance, but will still have to convince politicians…
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Private messaging app Signal, which is also popular among crypto users, announced they’re launching payments using MobileCoin (MOB). But then things turned sour. Per the April 6 announcement, this is a beta feature in Signal Beta, available to the United Kingdom folks for testing and feedback purposes. They plan to expand the beta following more…
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Source: a screenshot, Instagram/binance Major crypto exchange Binance plans to do about three acquisitions every month, according to CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ). Binance is "actively doing acquisition deals, especially in a lot of these new areas. My view is I’m not an expert in these areas, and it’s better for us to find strong…
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The court opened doors for blockchain company Ripple to examine the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents showing their internal discussions about whether the Ripple-affiliated XRP is similar to cryptos like bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH), which are not considered to be securities. "I’m going to grant in large part the defendants’ motion," said…
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Polkadot (DOT) investors seem to be unimpressed by the news that the most popular stablecoin is coming on this blockchain. The issuer of the stablecoin, Tether, announced today that tether (USDT) will launch on Polkadot, becoming the first stablecoin on this network. However, DOT, ranked 6th by market capitalization, is moving lower today after it…
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Bitcoin price failed to stay above USD 59,000 and corrected lower. BTC is now holding gains above USD 58,000 and it is currently (12:00 PM UTC) showing signs of a fresh increase. If there is a fresh increase above USD 59,000, the bulls might test USD 60,000 or even USD 60,500. Similarly, most major altcoins…
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Professional traders are reminding the new players in the crypto market to exercise caution while altcoins are booming and the world’s number one crypto, bitcoin (BTC), still consolidates. This is a warning that’s sounded every alt season, and it was particularly loud during the last year’s fast rise of decentralized finance (DeFi), resulting in a…
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In an unprecedented move, the mainstream South Korean newspaper Hanguk Kyungjae has announced that it will begin giving out crypto tokens to subscribers of its print and online editions. The newspaper (English name: “Korea Economic Daily”) is one of the nation’s leading financial dailies. It has partnered with Ground X, the blockchain arm of the…
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Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto 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. _________________________________________ AscendX Listings: Xend Finance (XEND) Persistence (XPRT) Hermez Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy…
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