The total amount locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) now stands at over USD 1 billion.
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Value locked into DeFi protocols has crossed $1 billion
The total amount of money locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and protocols has crossed a milestone of $1 billion, according to DeFi Pulse.
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🇨🇭 The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) plans to tighten anti-money laundering (AML) rules for transactions in cryptocurrency.
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👩⚖️ A judge has requested an opinion of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Telegram case.
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💪🏻 The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has urged social media and messaging platforms to combat illicit cryptocurrency transactions.
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📊 Bitcoin.com has shared statistics on the usage of major privacy coins and mixers.
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💰 A recent blog post by Coinbase argues that Bitcoin is a superior store of value to gold.
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🇨🇭 The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) plans to tighten anti-money laundering (AML) rules for transactions in cryptocurrency.
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👩⚖️ A judge has requested an opinion of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Telegram case.
via CoinDesk
💪🏻 The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has urged social media and messaging platforms to combat illicit cryptocurrency transactions.
via Cointelegraph
📊 Bitcoin.com has shared statistics on the usage of major privacy coins and mixers.
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💰 A recent blog post by Coinbase argues that Bitcoin is a superior store of value to gold.
via official blog
Cryptocurrency custody solution provider BitGo has opened two new units in Switzerland and Germany.
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Crypto custodian BitGo expands operations in Switzerland and Germany
U.S.-based crypto custodian BitGo, which claims to have over $2 billion in clients' assets, has expanded its operations to Europe.
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🇺🇸 President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal discusses the role that the Secret Service may assume in investigating cryptocurrency-related crimes.
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🤝 J.P. Morgan is reportedly negotiating the merger of its blockchain unit with ConsenSys.
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💵 U.S.-dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether (USDT) has launched on the Algorand blockchain.
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➕ Gemini Custody has added support for five new cryptocurrencies.
via Decrypt
🇩🇪 Forty German banks intend to start offering cryptocurrency services under new law.
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🇺🇸 President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal discusses the role that the Secret Service may assume in investigating cryptocurrency-related crimes.
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🤝 J.P. Morgan is reportedly negotiating the merger of its blockchain unit with ConsenSys.
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💵 U.S.-dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether (USDT) has launched on the Algorand blockchain.
via Decrypt
➕ Gemini Custody has added support for five new cryptocurrencies.
via Decrypt
🇩🇪 Forty German banks intend to start offering cryptocurrency services under new law.
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Over 12,000 Bitcoin linked to an alleged Ponzi scheme PlusToken has been moved to two new addresses.
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Over $117M worth of bitcoin associated with alleged crypto scam PlusToken moves to new addresses
Over 12,000 bitcoins (currently worth over $117 million), associated with alleged crypto Ponzi scheme PlusToken, have just moved to two new blockchain addresses.
U.S.-based digital asset trading platform Coinbase has rolled out support for two more cryptocurrencies in the state of New York.
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Coinbase Adds Support for 2 More Cryptocurrencies in New York State - CoinDesk
The exchange has now added the privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency zcash and its own USDC stablecoin in New York state.
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🔍 Tether will use Chainalysis’s anti-money laundering (AML) solution for real-time monitoring of suspicious transactions.
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🇪🇬 The National Bank of Egypt has joined RippleNet.
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🌎 Bitpay has integrated its cryptocurrency payments service with over 100,000 point-of-sale (PoS) devices.
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📈 Illicit activity involving cryptocurrency doubled from .04% in 2018 to .08% in 2019.
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📺 A new hidden mining botnet can now infect Android-based smart TVs.
via Decrypt
🔍 Tether will use Chainalysis’s anti-money laundering (AML) solution for real-time monitoring of suspicious transactions.
via CoinDesk
🇪🇬 The National Bank of Egypt has joined RippleNet.
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🌎 Bitpay has integrated its cryptocurrency payments service with over 100,000 point-of-sale (PoS) devices.
via Bitcoin.com
📈 Illicit activity involving cryptocurrency doubled from .04% in 2018 to .08% in 2019.
via Cointelegraph
📺 A new hidden mining botnet can now infect Android-based smart TVs.
via Decrypt
Cryptocurrency brokerage firm Voyager has announced the acquisition of Circle’s retail trading application.
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Voyager acquiring Circle’s retail trading platform via all-stock deal
Crypto brokerage Voyager has signed a definitive agreement with Circle to acquire its Circle Invest app.Voyager said the deal will add over 40,000 retail accounts to its customer base.
BAE Systems, a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seeking to employ cryptocurrency exploiters.
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US Defense Contractor Seeks Cryptocurrency Exploiters
BAE Systems, Inc., a U.S.-based contractor that provides support and service solutions for defense, intelligence, and civilian systems, is seeking cryptocurrency exploiters.
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🔝 Coinbase Custody has been granted two major security evaluations by Grant Thornton.
via Cointelegraph
💰 In its latest funding round, BlockFi raised over US$30 million.
via Decrypt
💸 Wells Fargo has invested US$5 million in a blockchain forensics firm Elliptic.
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📈 The stock price of Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan Creative surged more than 80% Wednesday.
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⚽️ FC Barcelona is set to create its own blockchain-based token.
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🔝 Coinbase Custody has been granted two major security evaluations by Grant Thornton.
via Cointelegraph
💰 In its latest funding round, BlockFi raised over US$30 million.
via Decrypt
💸 Wells Fargo has invested US$5 million in a blockchain forensics firm Elliptic.
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📈 The stock price of Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan Creative surged more than 80% Wednesday.
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⚽️ FC Barcelona is set to create its own blockchain-based token.
via Cointelegraph
Binance, Etherscan, and Tendermint Core have announced joining Torus’s decentralized login system.
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Torus Launches to Bring One-Click Login to Web 3.0
Torus, a key-management startup offering one-click logins for the decentralized web, launched out of beta Thursday with a handful of big-name hosting partners.
Bangladeshi Bank Asia, which has almost US$3.5 billion in total assets, has joined RippleNet.
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Bangladesh Bank with $4 Billion in Assets Now Employs RippleNet
Bangladesh-based Bank Asia has joined Ripple’s RippleNet blockchain-based financial services network
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🇺🇸 The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is preparing significant anti-money laundering (AML) requirements for virtual currencies.
via Modern Consensus
💵 Cryptocurrency venture firm Polychain Capital is targeting US$200 million for its second fund.
via CoinDesk
🌍 The Middle East and Africa (MEA) is expected to see a 400% increase in spending on blockchain tech by 2023.
via Cointelegraph
⛏ SBI Holdings’s subsidiary is set to establish Bitcoin mining operations in Texas.
via Decrypt
👮 Dropbit CEO Larry Harmon has been arrested on charges of laundering US$311 million from the darknet.
via Bitcoin.com
🇺🇸 The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is preparing significant anti-money laundering (AML) requirements for virtual currencies.
via Modern Consensus
💵 Cryptocurrency venture firm Polychain Capital is targeting US$200 million for its second fund.
via CoinDesk
🌍 The Middle East and Africa (MEA) is expected to see a 400% increase in spending on blockchain tech by 2023.
via Cointelegraph
⛏ SBI Holdings’s subsidiary is set to establish Bitcoin mining operations in Texas.
via Decrypt
👮 Dropbit CEO Larry Harmon has been arrested on charges of laundering US$311 million from the darknet.
via Bitcoin.com
Paradigm, Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Polychain Capital, and Blockchain.com have all participated in Amber’s Series A round.
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Asian crypto trading firm Amber raises $28M Series A from Pantera, Paradigm, Coinbase Ventures and others
Top U.S. crypto venture funds are betting big on a lesser-known Asian crypto firm with a $28 million Series A round.
A group of trading veterans from NASDAQ, Visa, and Morgan Stanley are working on a liquidity solution for the cryptocurrency market.
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Nasdaq, Morgan Stanley Trading Vets Build Startup to Unite Crypto Market Price Ranges - CoinDesk
A group of trading vets from NASDAQ, Visa and Morgan Stanley say they’ve built a liquidity solution for the world’s disparate cryptocurrency markets.
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🇮🇳 The Election Commission of India is developing a blockchain-based voting system.
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🇧🇷 Two cryptocurrency exchanges have been recently shut down in Brazil.
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⚽️ UEFA is set to distribute over 1 million tickets via blockchain this year.
via Cointelegraph
✏️ Blockchain-powered blogging platform Steemit has announced migration to the Tron blockchain.
via Modern Consensus
🇬🇧 A London-based cryptocurrency custodian has raised $8 million for global expansion.
via CoinDesk
🇮🇳 The Election Commission of India is developing a blockchain-based voting system.
via Bitcoin.com
🇧🇷 Two cryptocurrency exchanges have been recently shut down in Brazil.
via Decrypt
⚽️ UEFA is set to distribute over 1 million tickets via blockchain this year.
via Cointelegraph
✏️ Blockchain-powered blogging platform Steemit has announced migration to the Tron blockchain.
via Modern Consensus
🇬🇧 A London-based cryptocurrency custodian has raised $8 million for global expansion.
via CoinDesk
A Singaporean branch of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has applied for a license to operate in the country.
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Binance CEO Says Crypto Exchange Has Applied for a Singapore License - CoinDesk
The world's top cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume is hoping to get the official green light to operate in Singapore.
Chinese cryptocurrency exchange FCoin may default on 7,000 to 13,000 BTC (around $67 million to $125 million) of user funds . . .
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Fcoin expects to default on as much as $125M of users' bitcoin
Chinese cryptocurrency exchange FCoin may not be able to pay back around 7,000 to 13,000 BTC (around $67 million to $125 million) to its users as the platform went default.
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📱 Four international telecom companies are testing blockchain to automate roaming discounts.
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💸 Aggregated open interest for Bitcoin futures has surpassed $5 billion.
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💠 Ethereum-based lending project bZx has been exploited for the second time this week.
via CoinDesk
👩⚖️ Craig Wright plans to assert legal control of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in 2020.
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👋🏻 Zaki Manian has stepped down from his role as director at Tendermint.
via Decrypt
📱 Four international telecom companies are testing blockchain to automate roaming discounts.
via Cointelegraph
💸 Aggregated open interest for Bitcoin futures has surpassed $5 billion.
via The Block
💠 Ethereum-based lending project bZx has been exploited for the second time this week.
via CoinDesk
👩⚖️ Craig Wright plans to assert legal control of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in 2020.
via Bitcoin.com
👋🏻 Zaki Manian has stepped down from his role as director at Tendermint.
via Decrypt
2020 U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has called for clearer cryptocurrency regulations.
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2020 presidential candidate Bloomberg promises clearer rules on crypto taxes, initial coin offerings
On Tuesday, the Bloomberg campaign put out a financial reform plan that included several proposals for crypto-related regulation.