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Biggest Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools – SC4, BOBA, HOLD

Blue-chip cryptocurrencies are trading flat/with a modestly negative bias on Wednesday, as traders weigh up optimism regarding potential near-term approvals of spot Bitcoin ETF applications in the US against macro headwinds as US yields rise on strong US data.Bitcoin (BTC) was last trading in the...

‘Brands are Eager to Tap into Emerging, Affluent, and Cool Crypto Market’, Says Boson Protocol Co-Founder Justin Banon

Talking with Cryptonews, Justin Banon, Co-Founder of Web3’s decentralized commerce layer Boson Protocol, discussed why legacy brands dress up Web2 into Web3, and how the next bull run will separate ‘fake’ from ‘real’ Web3 solutions.Commenting on crypto use cases and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

‘ETFs Are Inevitable But Not Imminent’, Crypto Expert Argues

Talking to Cryptonews, crypto expert Peter Eberle discussed the potential for crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the impact of the Grayscale-US SEC battle, the current state of crypto investments, and the relevance of regulatory clarity in the space.Eberle is the President and Chief Investment...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Trading Platform GSR Receives In-Principal MPI License in Singapore

GSR Markets, a subsidiary of cryptocurrency market maker GSR, has obtained in-principal approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).Authorities in Singapore have so far granted the MPI licenses to 14 Digital Payment Token companies including...

, by Sujha Sundararajan

Sam Bankman-Fried Will Remain in Jail Throughout His Trial Until Mid-November

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will remain in jail throughout his trial utnil mid-November after the District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied his temporary release to prepare for the trial.The trial, scheduled to run from October 4th until November 9th, comes after Judge Kaplan denied a motion for...

, by Jai Pratap

Bitcoin Is Helping Both Sides in Ukraine War, But It Won’t Wreck Russian Sanctions

Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Financial Technology, the University of Liverpool._____War is expensive. The United States spent about USD 1.1tn on the 2003 Iraq war in today’s money, while the Falklands war cost the UK the equivalent of about GBP 2.6bn (USD 3.4bn). Funding is,...

, by Gavin Brown

Top 5 Stablecoins: Features and Differences

Institutional investors and new crypto startups are increasingly becoming interested in development of stablecoins that may solve one of the main problems for crypto adoption - price volatility.Design of a stablecoin allows to keep a relatively stable price of this asset. They are most useful when...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

‘Track & trace’ Is Key To Containing COVID-19: How Privacy Can Be Protected

In efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, governments are imposing stringent restrictions on movement, including social distancing and a national lockdown. They are also finding efficient ways of tracing and tracking contact once an infection has been verified.The ability to track and trace...

, by Co-Pierre Georg

What is Decentralized Finance and What’s It Good For?

"We can imagine a financial industry with an entirely new infrastructure running on smart contract-based protocols." Current users will for the moment need to be careful when using DeFi.DeFi, or decentralized finance, is one of the biggest things in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry right...

, by Simon Chandler

The ‘Digital Town Square’: What Might Musk’s Twitter Deal Mean?

Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, the Queensland University of Technology._____The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around USD 44bn. He says...

, by Jean Burgess

HK Company to ‘Issue 100,000 Crypto Visa Cards’

A Hong Kong company is set to issue 100,000 “cryptocurrency Visa prepaid cards” over the next two months, in what it claims will be a first for Asia.Per newspaper the South China Morning Post, the company, Crypto.com (formerly known as Monaco) has partnered with Germany’s Wirecard...

, by Tim Alper

Burning Tires to Fuel Bitcoin Mining: Can it Go Green?

It came as a shock for Carol Etheridge when she heard about the recent news of burning tires to fuel cryptocurrency mining in her neighborhood. Etheridge lives in the state of Pennsylvania, a few miles from the Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning, which now operates cryptocurrency mining...

, by Sujha Sundararajan

Indian Government Plans a Ban on All Cryptocurrencies – Report

Indian Government departments have started to discuss a draft bill to ban cryptocurrencies, titled “Banning of Cryptocurrencies and Regulation of Official Digital Currencies Bill 2019", and have allegedly already authorized a complete ban on all cryptocurrencies, according to the Indian daily...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Huobi Launches New Features, Says Hard Times Ahead for Smaller Players

Singapore based major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Group is about to introduce new features to its clients as it works on its global expansion and forecasts that the times will get tougher for the smaller crypto exchanges.It was announced yesterday that Huobi FastTrack, a new initiative for...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ripple Expands in Asia, Brave & CoinTracker Reach New Milestones + More News

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.Adoption newsLondon-based international money transfer service Azimo and Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB)...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Top 5 Bitcoin Cashback Rewards Apps You Can Use to Earn Bitcoin

Cashback rewards have been made popular by credit card companies seeking to attract new customers for their cards. Fortunately, for cryptocurrency users, there are also bitcoin cashback reward platforms that pay shoppers small rebates in bitcoin when making purchases with supported merchants.In...

, by Alex Lielacher

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