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The first pilots of Russia’s digital currency are expected to launch in H1 2021.
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The Bahamas central bank wants to make its digital ‘Sand Dollar’ global The Bahamas’ digital currency is currently used domestically.
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Bankless society ‘inevitable’ due to crypto, says Morgan Creek CEO People will be able to “bank themselves” with crypto.
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Ebang aims to set up digital financial platform in New Zealand The Nasdaq-listed company is moving ahead with its ambitious expansion plan.
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Pro Super Smash Bros player to receive salary in XRP More gamers around the world are moving into crypto.
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Deadline for Mt. Gox trustee rehabilitation plan extended again The Mt. Gox trustee rehabilitation plan is purportedly coming in mid-December.
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Algorand’s new accelerator program in Europe to invest up to $500K Algorand taps Europe as the second region for its blockchain accelerator program after Asia.
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Starbucks and McDonald’s reportedly not testing China’s digital yuan Starbucks and McDonald’s are reportedly not part of the 3,000 merchants piloting China’s CBDC.
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Unqualified investors can buy up to $8K of crypto, says Bank of Russia Russia’s central bank wants to limit the amount of cryptos and digital rights acquired by non-professional investors.
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Bank of Russia issues consultation paper on digital ruble Russia’s central bank says that the digital ruble can be an “additional form of money alongside cash and non-cash.”
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Major P2P crypto platform LocalBitcoins is blocked in Russia LocalBitcoins’ website has been blacklisted in one of its key markets.
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IBM blockchain powers new app to help firms reopen amid pandemic IBM’s new blockchain-based COVID-19 application puts privacy first.
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Japan must amend central bank laws to issue digital yen, says official Japan is getting more serious about the digital yen.
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Financial giant SBI to run its first security token offering in October SBI is considering tokenizing assets like real estate and fine art in the future.
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Senior Japanese official fears China being ‘first-mover’ in digital currency China might gain control over global CBDC standards, a Japanese official warns.
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Shenzhen to hand out 10 million digital yuan in currency giveaway China is promoting its central bank digital currency with a public $1.5 million giveaway.
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Bitfinex hackers move another $30M in stolen Bitcoin from 2016 The Bitfinex hackers have moved thousands of Bitcoins in 2020.
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Former Morgan Stanley exec joins Gemini crypto exchange Gemini exchange continues to strengthen its global expansion strategy.
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Kyrgyzstan’s central bank suspends SWIFT to prevent capital outflow The bank is shutting down the SWIFT network as protests rocked the country.
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Coincheck exchange to help CryptoKitties go mainstream in Japan CryptoKitties will be part of the NFT marketplace on a major Japanese crypto exchange.
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Hacked crypto exchange KuCoin resumes crypto deposits and withdrawals KuCoin is partially restoring crypto withdrawals after a major hack.
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Japanese financial giant SBI acquires TaoTao crypto exchange SBI now has two licensed crypto trading platforms in Japan.
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Report: Europe’s new crypto regulations pose existential questions for DeFi Decentralized finance “may prove difficult to subject to regulatory requirements,” a regulatory adviser says.
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Maduro claims crypto will play role in fighting sanctions against Venezuela Crypto garnered another mention in one of Maduro's bombastic speeches.
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Crypto finance firm Swipe launches Visa DeFi lending card Borrowers in the U.S. can now get funds with a DeFi-powered Visa card by Swipe.
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Crypto Finance Conference to host industry experts in-person in January 2021 Physical crypto events come back, but with a set of strict COVID-19 measures.
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Chainalysis expands to APAC with new offices in Tokyo and Singapore But it remains unclear where KuCoin is actually headquartered.
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Gemini crypto exchange adds shielded withdrawals for privacy coin Zcash “Regulators can get comfortable with privacy-enabling cryptos,” Gemini says.
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KuCoin hackers keep moving stolen tokens to the largest DeFi exchange Are the KuCoin hackers DeFi noobs?
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Blockchain industry raises concerns over EC’s proposed crypto regulations Backed by players like Ripple and ConsenSys, the INATBA association responds to the EC’s legislative proposals on crypto.