YouTubers affected by YouTube’s crypto ban say videos still not fully restored after the platform admits to deleting crypto-related content by mistake. On December 26, YouTube released a statement saying the platform had mistakenly removed hundreds of crypto-related videos this week. However, many of the YouTubers affected by the ban still have not had their…
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Google has banned major Ethereum browser extension MetaMask’s android client from its Play app store and rejects MetaMask’s appeal. Google has banned Ethereum (ETH) wallet and decentralized app (DApp) browser Metamask’s android client from its Play app store. The MetaMask team took to Twitter on Dec. 26, where they announced that Google had suspended MetaMask’s…
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The Central Bank of the Bahamas is planning to pilot a digital version of the Bahamian dollar in the Exuma district starting December 27. The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBOB) is planning to introduce a digital version of the Bahamian dollar in the Exuma district. According to an official press release, the CBOB will…
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ETC Labs works to ensure full compatibility between ETC and ETH as the upcoming Agharta hard fork is supposed to create backward compatibility between the two. The upcoming Ethereum Classic (ETC) Agharta hard fork will include features of the Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople fork and intends to make ETC fully compatible with Ethereum. In a press…
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Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Central Bank of Russia. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bank of Russia 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. Regulations news Russia’s Central Bank has said it is ready to test stablecoins in…
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Brokerage Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings has agreed to invest USD 4.6 million in Huobi’s Tokyo-based subsidiary Huobi Japan. Per a press release shared with Cryptonews.com, Huobi Japan CEO Haiteng Chen claimed that Tokai Tokyo’s decision to invest represented “greater mainstream recognition.” Chen stated, “Tokai Tokyo is a comprehensive securities firm, which Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy Bitcoin…
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The MetaMask team is allegedly not getting the support it needs from its parent company ConsenSys, a Redditor claims. A contributor of major Ethereum browser extension Metamask has reported that the MetaMask team is “totally overwhelmed” and not being prioritized by its parent company ConsenSys. In a Dec. 25 Reddit post, Reddit user lazaridiscom3 alleges…
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Source: iStock/Viktor_Gladkov There isn’t enough data for us to know for sure or predict with any certainty how Bitcoin (BTC) will behave before or after the mining reward halving, so there’s no room for stress, panic or wild predictions. The next BTC halving is the talk of the town, and it is safe to expect…
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Russia’s central bank, The Bank of Russia, has reportedly started testing stablecoins pegged to real assets in a regulatory sandbox. The Bank of Russia, the country’s central bank, has reportedly started testing stablecoins pegged to real assets in a regulatory sandbox. Elvira Nabiullina, Russia’s central bank head, said that the bank doesn’t assume that those…
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Commentators worried after three giant token transfers sent over 200,000 ETH to three major exchanges on Christmas Day. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin became the center of attention on Christmas Day amid fears he plans to sell $25 million of the cryptocurrency. Records from monitoring resource Etherscan showed a total of 92,000 ETH (currently worth…
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