The long-awaited London upgrade for the Ethereum network is edging closer as the code was deployed to the final testnet this week. Ethereum’s London hard fork, which will usher in the EIP-1559 upgrade, has now been scheduled for August 4 following the launch on the Rinkeby testnet on Thursday. Ethereum developer Tim Beiko posted the …
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The European Union is looking to launch a new agency designated with cracking down on money laundering at the regional level, with increased reporting requirements around crypto transactions listed among its principal objectives. A July 8 report from Reuters citing leaked EU documents asserts the European Commission is proposing forming a new Anti-Money Laundering Authority …
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New data on the amount of Bitcoin being scooped up by crypto whales and retail traders signals the bottom is in, according to on-chain analyst Will Woo. Woo is taking a close look at the flow of BTC to and from crypto exchanges. ADVERTISEMENT He says despite sideways price action, investors appear to be …
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. China crackdown: Week 7 The summer of crackdowns continued this week, making it seven weeks since the initial announcement on May 18 that …
Trading is neither an exact science nor art. It is a mixture of both. There are scores of publicly available indicators and each claims to be the best. However, none of them are perfect or designed to be used in isolation. One of the more popular indicators widely used by several traders is Bollinger Bands, …
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Over the past week, astute crypto market analysts noticed some interesting developments related to the supply of Ether (ETH) as the network’s August 4 London hard fork approaches. Recent data from CryptoQuant, an on-chain analytics firm, indicates that the amount of Ether held in cryptocurrency exchanges’ reserves has hit new daily lows since the start of …
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Member of Argentina’s National Congress José Luis Ramón submitted a bill that would allow salaries in Bitcoin (BTC), as per an announcement on Twitter. The lawmaker took the initiative in an effort to help protect Argentinians from hyperinflation, which would, if he succides to push through the legislation, muscle the country’s adoption process. In dire …
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The founder and CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), posted a letter admitting his firm hadn’t gotten “everything right.” This he attributes to the speed at which they have grown. “Binance has grown very quickly and we haven’t always got everything exactly right, but we are learning and improving every day,” he wrote. The comments …
Binance.us has hired Manuel Alvarez, a former financial regulator from California, to work as its chief administrative officer. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange, which sources technology from Binance, is aiming to deal with “the big question” — compliance. Binance.us Filling Roles in Compliance, Risk Management, and Legal Binance.us, powered by matching engine and wallet technologies …
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sponsored It was announced today that OVR, a mobile app linked to the world of blockchain and NFTs, is heading towards a new front, that of augmented reality chats. In fact, the new update of the app, available for both iOS and Android, promises AR face-to-face chats, i.e. the ability to talk to friends within …
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The Boston-based crypto financial company Circle has announced the firm plans to go public this year in a merger with Concord Acquisition Corp. Circle revealed the news on Thursday and noted that the company expects to close the deal in Q4 with a valuation of $4.5 billion. Circle Announces SPAC Deal With Plans to Go …
The crypto asset shiba inu (SHIB) now has a decentralized exchange (dex) platform called Shibaswap and since the trading protocol’s launch, the dex has $1.55 billion total value locked (TVL). The SHIB-fueled dex has a lot more liquidity than most platforms today as Shibaswap has been catching up to popular dex platforms like Pancakeswap and …
China is sounding the alarm on crypto assets that are pegged to fiat currencies. The country’s leading banking official says that such stablecoins pose a risk to the global monetary and payments system, according to a CNBC report. The report quotes the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), Fan Yifei, who says …
The creator of a widely-used stablecoin is planning on going public after seeing massive 3,400% growth in coin circulation. Circle is a global financial technology firm that provides payments and treasury infrastructure for internet businesses. They are the principal operator of blockchain-based USD Coin (USDC), which has become the fastest-growing, regulated, fully reserved dollar digital …
Illinois-based financial services company First Midwest Bank’s trust division has reported it held 29,498 shares of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust as of the second quarter of 2021. According to an institutional investment manager holdings report filed by the First Midwest Bank Trust Division to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company increased its shares of …
