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Cyprus registers Binance as a cryptocurrency service provider.

Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, will be able to provide services for virtual currencies in Cyprus as a result of the platform's recent registration with the nation's securities regulator. The...

More than 24,000 ATMs in Brazil will offer USDT through Tether and Smartpay.

Usdt, the largest dollar-pegged stablecoin on the market, was created by Tether, a company. Tether recently announced that...

To solve the blockchain modularity issue, Celestia raises $55 million.

The project Celestia, which seeks to address the alleged centralization issue in the current monolithic blockchains, has announced...

Hong Kong considers removing the “Professional Investor-Only Requirement” and allowing retail investors to trade cryptocurrency.

Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong's director of licensing and head of the fintech division both...

A Societe Generale subsidiary in France, the third-largest bank, has been registered as a provider of digital asset services.

The third-largest bank in France's subsidiary, Societe Generale-Forge, has been registered as a provider of digital asset services...
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Christine Lagarde Convinced IMF Could Play Pivot Regulating Cryptocurrencies

IMF head Christine Lagarde’s positive comments on cryptocurrency appear to have inspired a U-turn in traditional finance circles. Lagarde’s suggestion that digital currencies could give fiat-based setups...

Defining Blockchain: CEOs Caught Between a Block and a Hard Place

Despite the explosion of Blockchain enthusiasm worldwide in 2017, CEOs still struggle to find the words to explain what it is. Interviews with three company heads by...

Hedge Funds Investing Early in ICOs is Abusive: Cryptocurrency Investor

Kyle Samani, a managing partner at Multicoin Capital, a diversified blockchain investment fund, believes hedge funds investing or participating in initial coin offerings (ICOs)...

Recent Ethereum Upgrade May Make Wall Street Fall in Love With Blockchain

Wall Street continues to have a tenuous relationship with Blockchain technology. Large banks have recently made statements both for and against the new technology, with some...

Bitcoin Believer Tommy Lee Creates Five Crypto Indexes to Help Institutional Investors

Tommy Lee, of Fundstrat, is well regarded on Wall Street for his bearish predictions, but he has been a believer in Bitcoin for some time. The...

Mastercard CEO Attacks Bitcoin, Finds Solace in Government-Backed Cryptos

Ajay Banga, CEO of Mastercard, has leveled a scathing attack on any and all cryptocurrencies that are not government mandated, calling them “junk”. Digital currencies are...
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