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Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs Team to Accelerate Onchain Payments

14.11.2024
Coinbase is enhancing its onchain payments capabilities with the acquisition of the Utopia Labs team, which will join Base to advance the onchain payments roadmap within Coinbase Wallet. Jesse Pollak, who is stepping up to lead both Coinbase Wallet and Base, highlighted the synergy between the...

World Lands in Brazil: Launching Biometric Operations in São Paulo

14.11.2024
World, the biometric proof-of-humanness-based project, has finally landed in Brazil and is expected to start operating in the country this week. According to local media, World will initially commence operations in ten different locations in São Paulo, allowing users to register in the network....

Trump’s Dollar Boom Spells Doom for Zambia’s Recovery

14.11.2024
Zambia’s central bank governor, Denny Kalyalya, is sounding the alarm about the strengthening U.S. dollar’s impact on Zambia’s economy. A stronger dollar, fueled by Donald Trump’s election victory, could lead to decreased capital flows, increased inflation, and reduced...

Revolut Launches Standalone Crypto Exchange Across Europe

14.11.2024
Revolut is expanding the international reach of its digital asset services with the rollout of Revolut X in 30 new countries across Europe. This expansion follows the standalone crypto platform’s launch in the UK in May, where it was designed to cater to both professional and retail crypto...

Inside Russia’s Crypto Rules: Sberbank CEO Reveals Key Insights

14.11.2024
Sberbank CEO Herman Gref announced that using cryptocurrencies as a payment method within Russia is currently prohibited by law and is unlikely to be allowed in the near future. Speaking at the “FI day. Blockchain: on the edge of a new financial era” conference in Moscow, Gref clarified...

An Elusive Indian Suspect at the Center of Indiana’s Crypto Fraud

14.11.2024
Authorities in Grant County, Indiana, have recovered $36,000 in a cryptocurrency scam involving Prateek Jain, a 33-year-old man from Kolkata, India. Jain faces charges of felony fraud and money laundering after allegedly convincing a Marion, Indiana resident to deposit funds into a bitcoin ATM...

FBI Raids Polymarket CEO’s Home, Seizes Devices Amid Trump Bet Controversy

14.11.2024
The FBI reportedly raided the Manhattan apartment of Shayne Coplan, CEO of betting platform Polymarket, early Wednesday. The raid followed Polymarket’s accurate prediction of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential victory, a result that contrasted with traditional polls. FBI agents seized Coplan’s phone...

Russia and China Join Forces to Prevent Global Crisis, Experts Say

13.11.2024
China-Russia cooperation is helping to stabilize the region and avert a global crisis, according to Zhang Hong, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Zhang emphasized that as permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia are working together to uphold global...

Sam Bankman-Fried Movie in the Works Based on Michael Lewis’s FTX Book

13.11.2024
Apple and A24 are in the early stages of developing a film adaptation of Michael Lewis’s book “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon,” with Lena Dunham attached to write the script, Variety has reported. The film will co-develop and co-produce by Apple Studios and...

Crypto Kidnapping: Tourist Held Captive, Forced to Transfer $250K in USDT

13.11.2024
A 23-year-old Ukrainian tourist in Phuket, Thailand, was kidnapped and forced to transfer $250,000 in USDT stablecoins (about 8.56 million baht) to two armed robbers. Viacheslav Leibov was threatened with violence until he complied with the robbers’ demands. Initially, the two robbers,...

Russia-India Trade Nears 90% Dollar-Free — A Game-Changing Pivot

13.11.2024
The use of national and alternative currencies in Russia-India trade has reached nearly 90%, according to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. Speaking at a Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission meeting, Manturov emphasized the importance of expanding banking cooperation...

Blackrock Bitcoin ETF Overtakes Gold Trust — The Asset World Shaken

13.11.2024
Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), launched in January, has now surpassed the Ishares Gold Trust (IAU) in assets under management (AUM). According to Factset, IBIT reached approximately $34.3 billion on Friday, overtaking IAU’s nearly...

Sam Altman Shares Optimism for Cryptocurrency’s Bright Future

12.11.2024
In a recent social media post, Openai CEO Sam Altman shared his optimistic outlook for the future of cryptocurrency, expressing confidence in the industry’s potential for growth and innovation. He emphasized the remarkable progress made at the blockchain ID company he co-founded, World...

Russia’s Gold Reserves Climb to $207.7B — A Shift in Global Strategy?

12.11.2024
Russia’s central bank reported a record high of $207.7 billion in gold reserves for October. Gold’s share in Russia’s total international reserves rose from 31.5% in September to 32.9%, the highest level since November 1999, when it reached 34%. Historically, the gold proportion peaked at 56.9%...

Zimbabwe Plans to ‘Float’ Rapidly Depreciating Gold-Backed Currency

11.11.2024
Zimbabwe has said it plans to let its rapidly depreciating gold-backed currency, Zig, float freely on the foreign exchange market. A central bank official said this would help the currency achieve price discovery without administrative interference. However, the official did not give a timeline...

Dogecoin Soars Over 80% to Become Sixth Most Valuable Cryptocurrency

11.11.2024
Dogecoin (DOGE) has surged to become the sixth most valuable cryptocurrency, experiencing an impressive 80% increase in just seven days. The popular meme-inspired digital currency has surpassed Ripple’s XRP and USDC, achieving a market capitalization of over $41 billion, with a staggering...

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