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Another Listed Company to Invest in Bitcoin + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Bitcoin newsMogo Inc., a listed financial technology company that also operates MogoCrypto, a Canada-focused bitcoin (BTC) trading...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Russian Parliament Expects a 2021 ‘Surge’ in Token Issuance

Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, said that it is braced for a “surge in token issuance” in the new year.Per a report published in the Parliamentary Gazette, Anatoly Aksakov – the head of the Duma’s committee on financial markets and the chief architect of...

, by Tim Alper

US Exchanges Fight Treasury-FinCEN Proposal That Would ‘Wall Off’ The Poor

American crypto exchanges have begun a fightback against new Treasury-backed proposals that would seek to force trading platforms in the nation to report certain transactions to a state-appointed monitor.The plans in question were revealed on Friday and were met with an immediate backlash from...

, by Tim Alper

XRP Drops As ‘SEC Voted to Attack’ Ripple (UPDATED)

XRP-affiliated, US-based major blockchain company Ripple claims that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to file a lawsuit against the company because it allegedly violated investor-protection laws when it sold XRP. (Updated at 05:41 UTC: new comments from Ripple have been added....

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

BTC Drops Below USD 23K While Investors Watch Elon Musk, New Stimulus, and Crackdown

A Twitter exchange between two of the United States’ prominent businesspeople has possibly added fuel to the bitcoin (BTC) rally this weekend, while the US announced a new coronavirus stimulus package and a regulatory crackdown. However, the rally ended on Monday morning (UTC time), with BTC...

, by Tim Alper

Yield Farming-boosted DeFi Set For New Fields With Old Challenges in 2021

The biggest trend is estimated to be the move to Layer 2 solutions. Also, derivatives and insurance segments might get a lot of attention in 2021. Security and regulation remain among the top challenges.2020 was the year of the DeFi explosion. Having had modest beginnings in 2018 and 2019,...

, by Simon Chandler

Can Decentralized Finance Ever Be Regulated?

Iwa Salami, Senior Lecturer in Financial Law and Regulation, University of East London.As stock markets around the world struggle through the pandemic, bitcoin (BTC) has seen a steady rise in its price. In December, the cryptocurrency surpassed its all-time high of USD 20,000 and hit USD 24,000...

, by Iwa Salami

US Treasury Dept’s Reported New Rule Might Increase Bitcoin Surveillance

While the national treasury of the US federal government is said to be on the brink of proposing a new transaction reporting rule, many in the Cryptoverse argue that it would not affect investors and/or that regulations concerning so-called "self-hosted" wallets are nonsensical. However, it might...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Russian MPs Seek to Drive E-Pay and Crypto Further Apart with New Bill

Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, is set to vote on a bill that could inadvertently clarify the difference between e-pay wallets and crypto wallets. The bill seeks to enable anonymous payments in digital transactions – providing they are made in fiat.The measure was proposed by a...

, by Tim Alper

Regulatory Crypto Primer, NiceHash Reimburses BTC 4.6K Hack Victims + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a Digital Assets Primer today. The focus of this primer is...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

S Korean Industry Body: Mandatory Crypto Disclosure Would Boost Credibility

A South Korean industry group has launched a push to introduce a mandatory crypto disclosure system that would force blockchain and crypto operators to make key details about their projects and platforms public.Per iNews24 and Gukje News, the proposal is the brainchild of the Korea Blockchain...

, by Tim Alper

UK Regulator Makes Temporary Register for Crypto Firms Awaiting Permits

The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a temporary program for registering crypto companies that are waiting to obtain approval permits. The move from the financial regulator will enable a large number of crypto businesses to continue their operations beyond the January 10,...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Regulatory Kaleidoscope Challenges Crypto Industry – Crypto.com CCO

An increasingly diverse and costly set of rules will keep challenging the crypto industry in 2021, Antonio Alvarez, Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Crypto.com, a major cryptoasset-powered debit card, trading, and lending services firm, said in an interview with Cryptonews.com. According to him,...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Italian Banking Giant Enters Bitcoin, Mt. Gox Rehabilitation + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Banking newsAnother banking giant has entered the crypto custody fray, with Italy’s Banca Generali set to offer bitcoin (BTC)...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Several Swiss Banks Are ‘Ready to Go’ Upon Crypto Gateway Launch – SDX

The Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX) and its partners developing a new crypto gateway for Swiss banks are already in talks with several local banks, with some of them ready to go at the gateway launch, Tim Grant, Head of Business at the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) told Cryptonews.com. And these banks...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Bulls and Bears List Reasons Why Price Will Rise or Drop by 2030

The majority of the respondents surveyed by hashpower provider Genesis Mining remain bullish on bitcoin (BTC)'s long-term future, listing their reasons for believing so, including bitcoin adoption potential, security, and previous price rise. Also, nearly 20% of the participants said they're...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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