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Thailand’s K-Bank Acquires 97% Stake in Parent Company of Satang Crypto Exchange
30.10.2023
Thailand’s second-largest bank, Kasikorn Bank, widely known as K-Bank, has acquired a 97% stake in the parent company of the established Satang crypto exchange. This strategic acquisition comes as K-Bank intensifies its efforts in the cryptocurrency sector, aiming to offer a comprehensive...
Indian Banks Offer Rewards to Encourage Digital Rupee Adoption
27.10.2023
Indian banks are actively promoting the adoption of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), digital-rupee, by offering a range of incentives to encourage users to conduct transactions with the national digital currency. These incentives include cash-back rewards and reward points, Reuters...
Prosegur to Build Secure Crypto Bunker in Brazil
27.10.2023
Prosegur, a Spain-based security company, will build a secure bunker to offer custody services for institutional crypto users in Brazil. The bunker, to be located in Sao Paolo, will be monitored 24 hours a day and will apply various defensive measures in case of an invasion by attackers. Prosegur...
Neo Announces EVM-Compatible Sidechain to Prevent MEV Attacks
27.10.2023
Neo, the open-source blockchain platform, has revealed its plans for the development of a new Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible sidechain, a move aimed at expanding its capabilities in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. Sidechain Will Offer Interoperability With NEO N3 Mainnet In...
USDC Issuer Circle Collaborates with Taiwanese Firms to Bring Loyalty Points to Crypto Services
26.10.2023
Global fintech firm Circle, which issues dollar-pegged USDC stablecoin, will soon offer loyalty points to stablecoin conversion service in Taiwan. Circle has collaborated with two Taiwanese firms – crypto exchange BitoGroup and convenience store chain Taiwan FamilyMart – to launch...
Crypto Recovery Firm Offers to Unlock Former Ripple CTO’s $244 Million Bitcoin Fortune
26.10.2023
Crypto recovery firm Unciphered has extended an offer to former Ripple chief technology officer (CTO) Stefan Thomas to unlock a hard drive containing over 7,000 Bitcoin ( BTC) that he has been unable to access for years. In a Wednesday open letter, Unciphered proposed to unlock Thomas’...
Binance Announces Alliance With Fiat Partners to Offer EUR Services – Here’s the Latest
20.10.2023
Crypto behemoth Binance has introduced new fiat alliances to provide Euro transactions. The exchange confirmed that the initiative has commenced and users have already migrated to the new services.
The new partnership promises to usher in various fiat services, including Euro (EUR) deposit...
SEC to Intensify Crypto Market Monitoring and Examinations
18.10.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its examination priorities for 2024 which include crypto monitoring and examinations. The securities regulator disclosed: “Examinations of registrants will focus on the offer, sale, recommendation of, advice regarding, trading in,...
Web3-Powered File Management App Raises $1.5M to Offer Alternative to Google
17.10.2023
Fileverse offers a decentralized file management and collaboration service, an alternative to centralized providers such as Google or Notion
Crypto Bank Xapo Snags European Broker License, Will Offer Stocks Like Apple
11.10.2023
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) license will soon allow the firm to offer S&P 500 stocks. In addition, Xapo, which has always been bitcoin-only, plans to add Ethereum’s ETH
Betmaster (Bet Live Now): Online Sports Betting & Odds
9.10.2023
The Betmaster Sportsbook offer gives people the opportunity to bet on a wide range of sports categories. Sports range from soccer, ice hockey, cricket, basketball, tennis, American football and more. If you’re looking for championship matches or major championships, chances …...
Crypto Cards Still an Option to Spend Digital Cash in Fiat Environment
8.10.2023
Rising regulatory pressures may have limited crypto cards on offer but they remain a viable way to pay with coins where only fiat is accepted. With them, you spend crypto and that’s without the need to exchange it beforehand as it often happens when you want to pay with cryptocurrency in...
Binance Announces UK Domain Compliant With New Crypto Promotion Rules
7.10.2023
Crypto trading giant Binance has launched a new domain for U.K. customers under Britain’s updated regulations for financial promotions. The exchange will offer retail users in the country only those products and services that comply with the latest rules for crypto marketing. Binance Marketing...
South African Crypto Exchange Valr Receives ‘Initial Approval’ From Dubai Virtual Assets Regulator
5.10.2023
Valr, the South Africa-based crypto exchange, recently said it had won initial approval from the Dubai virtual assets regulator. The crypto exchange’s Head of Growth, Blake Player, said Valr has been attracted by the Middle East region’s significant crypto flows and in particular Dubai’s growing...
Unpublished Tweets by Sam Bankman-Fried Offer Insights into His Mental Health
2.10.2023
A series of unpublished tweets belonging to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have revealed insights into his mental health and prescribed medication.
The unposted tweets, obtained by CoinDesk, indicate that Bankman-Fried has been discussing his mental health struggles, including mild depression...
FTX founder mulled giving Trump $5B not to run for president, says author
2.10.2023
“That only shocks you if you don’t know Sam,” says author Michael Lewis regarding the revelation in his new book about Sam Bankman-Fried
Meta AI Assistant Launches to Compete With Chatbots Like Chatgpt
28.9.2023
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, launched its own chatbot based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Meta AI provides an alternative to products like Openai’s Chatgpt and is setting out to offer interaction tailored to attend to different interests and solve...
Valkyrie will offer exposure to Ether futures as SEC delays spot Bitcoin ETF
28.9.2023
Some analysts have speculated the SEC will announce decisions or delays on crypto exchange-traded funds before Sept. 30 in anticipation of a U.S. government shutdown
Coinbase Secures Approval to Offer Perpetual Futures Trading for Non-US Retail Users
28.9.2023
Coinbase has received regulatory approval to offer perpetual futures trading services to retail customers outside the United States.
In a Thursday blog post, the largest US-based crypto exchange said it has received additional regulatory approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to offer...
The Scalability Solution: Understanding Layer One vs. Layer Two Blockchains
28.9.2023
Layer one (L1) and layer two (L2) blockchains offer different approaches to scaling distributed ledger networks. While developers of L1 blockchains focus on improving the base protocol, L2 programmers have moved transactions off-chain to enable faster and cheaper transactions. What Are Layer...