Canada’s largest university is the third in the country to partner with Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative. The University of Toronto plans to launch an independent XRP Ledger (XRPL) validator, Ripple announced June 12, as the university will become part of Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). The partnership will support blockchain and crypto technology…
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Crypto exchange Bybit has announced plans to exit Canada, citing growing regulatory scrutiny in the country. “In light of recent regulatory development, Bybit has made the difficult but necessary decision to pause the availability of our products and services,” the crypto platform said in a Tuesday blog post…. Read More: Bybit Joins Binance in Exit from…
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In the wake of Binance’s departure from Canada, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced its exit from the nation as well, citing “recent regulatory development” as the reason. Effective May 31, Bybit stated that it would cease accepting applications from Canadian residents. Bybit to Pause Operations in Canada According to a Tuesday announcement, Bybit is withdrawing…
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In an interview with Cointelegraph during the Bitcoin 2023, Fred Pye spoke about how Canada’s advanced regulation for crypto trading is drawing investors to the digital assets market. As the hype around Bitcoin (BTC) has faded, institutional investors and portfolio managers have begun looking at the major cryptocurrency as a “serious venue” to invest in,…
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Binance is the latest in a string of departures from CEO Changpeng Zhao’s home country; it promises to keep working with regulators. Binance will withdraw from the Canadian market, the cryptocurrency exchange announced on Twitter on May 12. It called its withdrawal “proactive” as new guidance issued by Canadian regulators continues to take a toll…
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Binance is pulling out of Canada. The world’s largest crypto exchange said on Twitter that it was withdrawing from the country due to new guidance about stablecoins and limits to investors. “We put off this decision as long as we could to explore other reasonable avenues to protect our Canadian users, but it has become…
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Calgary’s police department has launched the Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre, in partnership with blockchain data firm Chainalysis. A joint task force featuring investigators from the Calgary police department and analysis from blockchain data firm Chainalysis, dubbed the Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre, was officially launched on April 12. In a blog post announcing the…
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