Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift. 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. Exchanges news Crypto exchange ShapeShift said it acquired Portis, an Israeli startup that built the Web3 wallet SDK for developers of crypto applications. The exchange Read…
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Huobi Korea says it wants to attract series B investment partners as it looks to expand its presence in South Korea. Per iNews24, the trading platform – which is hoping to become the first non-domestic challenger to break the dominance of the “big three” local exchanges (Bithumb, Upbit, and Coinone) – is currently preparing to…
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A committee of the European Parliament calls for the end of crypto-related regulatory arbitrage – a way to use loopholes in regulatory systems to avoid unfavorable regulations – proposing that crypto regulation should be made at the international level. Though various countries have tackled the regulatory challenges posed by the global, easily accessible crypto assets,…
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Canadian fund manager 3iQ has launched what Tyler Winklevoss calls ‘the first public Bitcoin fund listed on a major stock exchange.’ Canadian asset manager 3iQ has become the first firm to launch a fund tied to Bitcoin (BTC) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), after three years of legal wrangling. ‘The Bitcoin Fund’ listed nearly…
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Triggered by the expansion of cryptocurrencies and private stablecoins, new intergovernmental initiatives are emerging in order to solve problems of the global financial system and keep public cryptoassets at bay. Earlier in April, the “central bank of central banks” said that the world might see central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) sooner than expected. And today,…
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Source: Adobe/wip-studio It is no secret that the global economic outlook is continuing to worsen as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage – and with many parties looking for the security of privacy in harsh financial times, the call for privacy is on the rise as government-led intervention skyrockets. This quest, in turn, may lead…
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Ray Dalio: A video screenshot, Youtube/Financial Observer Members of the crypto community who have long had a dream of asking a billionaire about investments and economics finally got their chance on Tuesday as Ray Dalio, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Co-Chairman of major investment firm Bridgewater Associates, hosted an online ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Reddit. The…
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Almost 100 Mexican fintech companies will likely face a longer wait than expected after the nation’s top financial regulator announced a coronavirus pandemic-related slowdown in its operations. Per media outlet El CEO, The National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) has extended certain regulatory deadlines for at least 90 days and says that the virus outbreak…
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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. Exchanges news Bisq, an open-source, peer-to-peer crypto trading platform, said that an attacker was able to exploit a flaw in their trade protocol, targeting individual trades in order to steal Read…
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South Korean police investigating the Telegram Nth room sex exploitation and rape video case have arrested a man on suspicion of handling criminal funds – and believe he took cryptocurrencies from chief suspect Cho Joo-bin in exchange for cash. Per YTN, the man has only been identified by his surname – Park. And police believe…
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