Image Source: iStock/MasterLu DigiFT, a decentralized exchange for digital assets, has obtained a capital markets services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The license allows DigiFT to engage in capital markets activities, including dealing in securities and units of collective investment schemes through tokens, the company said in a Monday press release. In…
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DEXTools Logo / Source: DEXTools X Account Blue-chip cryptocurrency markets are pumping on Monday led by Bitcoin (BTC), which just surpassed $42,000 for the first time since April 2022, taking its four-day run of gains to move than 10%. A cocktail of bullish catalysts are being cited as supporting the BTC rally, including; 1) ongoing…
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So-called “scandal” tokens are seeing a massive pump as risk appetite in the broader crypto market amps up as Bitcoin (BTC) hits fresh highs for the year above $42,000. Scandal tokens are cryptocurrencies/tokens associated with failed or defunct crypto projects/firms that were struck down by high-profile scandals. While the failure of their associated project/firm renders…
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Source: Larisa/Adobe The launch of the Russian digital ruble will trigger the nation’s “largest monetary reforms since the 1990s,” a media report has claimed. Per ProGorod, Russia’s CBDC project will be the biggest transformative event in the nation’s economic history since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The digital ruble “real-world” pilot began in August…
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Image by Kaleb, Adobe Stock Jason Lowery, a member of the United States Space Force, has proposed the use of proof-of-work (PoW) networks, like Bitcoin (BTC), as a means to protect the country from cyber-inflicted warfare. In a letter addressed to the US Defense Innovation Board, Lowery emphasized the broad strategic significance of Bitcoin’s technology…
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Chinese firms can now use the digital yuan to pay into employee housing funds, as the nation’s banks look for new CBDC applications. Per the Guangzhou Daily (via the Guangzhou government’s website), the Guangzhou Housing Provident Fund Management Center has “launched digital yuan remittance services.” In China, housing provident fund policy requires employers to pay…
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Source: AdobeStock / Aleksandra Sova Jupiter, a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator running on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, has announced the opening of initial claims for its JUP token airdrop. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), the project said users can now begin claiming their tokens. https://t.co/PANVebIk0I — Jupiter (@JupiterExchange) December 1, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…
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Source: AdobeStock / Andriy Blokhin A federal judge has warned attorneys from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding their “false and misleading” arguments in a court filing. The attorneys are accused of persuading the court to freeze the assets of a cryptocurrency firm based on misleading information, as revealed in a court order. The order,…
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Image by Parradee, Adobe Stock The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s move to start a public comment period for spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF applications earlier than expected has stirred up optimism around the launch of these products. On November 28, the SEC published filings instituting proceedings to receive public feedback on the proposed Franklin Bitcoin ETF and Hashdex Bitcoin…
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This week in crypto: Vitalik Buterin said he plans to redesign Ethereum staking and praised the UTXO payment model, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor bought an additional $593 million worth of BTC, Reddit renounced Moons’ contract completing the decentralization of the token, and Bitfinex’s tokenized bond raised only $1.5 million of its initial target of $10…
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