Industry insiders claim Argentina is experiencing a rise in stablecoin buying as black market dollar market prices spiral upward. Per Globo, the nation is in the grips of the “worst political crisis in 21 years,” with hyperinflation eating up the value of the fiat peso. Last week, Bloomberg reported: “The official [dollar exchange] rate is…
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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. _________________________________________ AscendEXListings:Hurricane NFT (NHCT) BinanceDelistings:Sonm (SNM)Serum (SRM)DFI.Money (YFII) BitfinexListings: Sei (SEI)… Read More: Crypto Exchange…
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BNB, the tokens that powers the Binance Smart Chain or BNB Chain, fell to its lowest level since July 2022 under $210 on Monday. Speculation is rife that Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao might be pushing for a series of major loan liquidations on the BNB Chain-based Venus protocol. Last October, 2 million BNB tokens were…
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has expressed support for Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field. In response to a snippet of Ramaswamy’s interview on Tucker Carlson’s Tucker on Twitter podcast, Musk indicated that Ramaswamy demonstrated his potential as a promising candidate. “He is a very promising candidate,” the billionaire said. … Read More: Elon Musk Voices Support for…
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Coinbase’s offshore derivatives exchange has experienced a significant surge in trading activity, with volumes approaching $300 million per day. According to data from The Block’s data dashboard, Coinbase International, which facilitates trading in perpetual futures contracts, has consistently surpassed $100 million in daily volumes since August 14. On August 18, the platform’s volumes reached an impressive $287…
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FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking temporary release from jail in order to work on his defense with his lawyers at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. On Friday, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers sent a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan, stating that their client was unable to adequately review the extensive documents related to his case while detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center…
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Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________… Read More: Today in Crypto: Mastercard Forms a CBDC Program with Ripple, Consensys & Fireblocks, OpenSea is Set to Disable its Operator Filter, Taiwan Proposes Business Category for Crypto Firms to Self-regulate &…
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A Russian analyst has claimed that the digital ruble, the nation’s CBDC, will bring no benefits to ordinary citizens. The comments were made by Anastasia Tselykh, a special correspondent at RTVI in her most recent column for the media outlet. The Central Bank launched a pilot this week, which will see retailers in 11 cities…
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While XRP is trading more than 16% up from Thursday’s lows and is back to the north of its 200DMA and the psychologically important $0.50 level, the world’s fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization continues to trade lower by around 20% on the week…. Read More: XRP Price Prediction as Judge Torres Grants SEC’s Ripple Case…
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Major cryptocurrencies have been in free fall on Friday, with Bitcoin (BTC) last down around 8% in the last 24 hours and Ether (ETH) last down around 5.0% in the $25,700s and $1,650 areas respectively. That takes losses on the week for Bitcoin and Ether to over 11% and 9% respectively, marking one of the…
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