The ongoing battle between instant messaging giant Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may just come to its end by the end of April. Meanwhile, the judge stressed the importance of focusing “on economic realities, not on labels.” The two giants met yesterday at a hearing in front of a New York…
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Another South Korean cryptocurrency business has announced that it is set to close, citing regulatory uncertainty. Content Protocol Token, a crypto startup and content exchange protocol built on the Watcha platform (South Korea’s answer to Netflix), has stated that they will close the doors to their project due to “continued regulatory uncertainties in cryptocurrency Read…
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A screenshot of the KakaoTalk chat app. Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news The Kakao Group’s KakaoTalk chat app-linked crypto wallet Klip will debut this summer, or later than expected. As reported by Cryptonews.com, in…
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Instant messaging giant Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are meeting today, February 19, in front of a New York federal judge in a case that may impact the future of many cryptoassets. As reported, Telegram seeks that its digital token (Gram) sale should be allowed to move forward as the SEC…
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Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon in 1999, or five years after the company was founded. Ripple was founded eight years ago, in 2012. Image: a video screenshot, Youtube, CNBC Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says his company wants people to think of it as a blockchain infrastructure builder – adding that Ripple would work with the…
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Assets locked in DeFi (decentralized finance) have dropped more than USD 142 million in a few hours as DeFi platform bZx suffered yet another attack. Just four days ago, somebody exploited a vulnerability in tokenized margin trading and lending platform bZx, and now the reports are coming out that the same thing has happened once…
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South Korean financial institutions have formulated crypto business plans – but cannot go public with them due to a lack of regulatory clarity, claim bankers in the country. News outlet Hangook Ilbo quotes an unnamed “senior official” at a South Korean bank as stating, “Banks in South Korea cannot reveal their plans for cryptoassets at…
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The IOTA (MIOTA) mainnet is closed for the sixth day now, while MIOTA is up almost 4% on the shared remediation plan. As reported, IOTA first advised people to keep their Trinity wallets closed on February 17, while they investigate the reports of stolen funds, even turning off the Coordinator, a node run by the…
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A recent bull run in the crypto market left some industry players struggling to deal with the increased demand for their services. A major hardware wallet producer warned that their clients will need to wait longer for help, while a crypto trading giant is also experiencing “performance issues.” Downsides of a Bull Run One of…
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Source: iStock/~UserGI15632523 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. _________________________________________ Binance Listings: WazirX (WRX) LTO Network (LTO) Read more »Pay, Trade,…
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