According to Tom Jessop, president of Fidelity Digital Assets, the company is planning to increase staff by 70% because demand for cryptocurrencies continues to keep the firm busy. Fidelity Digital Assets, the subsidiary of the wealth management firm Fidelity Investments Inc., has also seen a significant amount of demand for ethereum. Crypto Demand Pushes Fidelity …
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Coinchange Announces Truly 0% Fee Brokerage and 25% APY DeFi Platform That Is Secure and Regulated
press release PRESS RELEASE. Toronto––Coinchange is diversifying its portfolio of offerings with a move into the DeFi space. The High-Yield Account will provide all users with returns of up to 25% per annum on their USDC balances. This unique opportunity is paired alongside Coinchange’s existing fiat gateways and crypto brokerage, which will allow users to …
JPMorgan slams Bitcoin (BTC) use case in El Salvador
The debate about the ramifications of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s successful push to make Bitcoin (BTC) legal tender continues as the US investment bank and financial services holding company JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) warns about the potential risks involved in the country’s crypto adoption. According to Bloomberg, JPM’s experts released a report last week, …
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Ripple insists on deposing former high-ranking SEC official as part of XRP lawsuit
Ripple Labs, the blockchain company behind the XRP token that is currently locked in a $1.3 billion legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has rescheduled the deposition of William Hinman, the SEC’s former director of Division of Corporation Finance, to July 19, according to court filing published last Friday. “Mr. Hinman’s …
South Korean Bank Woori Financial to Offer Crypto Custody Services
Woori Financial Group, one of the biggest financial conglomerates in South Korea, will offer crypto custody services. The bank will develop a joint venture effort with Coinplug, a blockchain-based developing company. This conglomerate signals the third bank entering the market in the country, after KB Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank. Woori Financial to Develop Joint …
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Bitcoinization: JPMorgan Sees No ‘Tangible Economic Benefits’ of Bitcoin as Legal Tender
JPMorgan has offered its view on the bitcoinization of El Salvador, the country which recently made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar. JPMorgan says, “It is difficult to see any tangible economic benefits associated with adopting bitcoin as a second form of legal tender.” JPMorgan on the Bitcoinization of El Salvador JPMorgan & Chase’s …
Grayscale Investments’ Diversified Cryptocurrency Fund Now an SEC Reporting Company
Grayscale Investments now has three SEC reporting funds, with the newest addition being the Digital Large Cap Fund. The company has also filed to make three other funds SEC reporting companies. Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest crypto asset manager, made two announcements Monday. The first was that the registration statement on Form 10 filed with …
ChainSwap saga: Platform hit again; MATTER, ROOM, others tank; compensation plan announced
On Saturday, a hacker attacked the cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform ChainSwap (ASAP), exploiting a critical vulnerability in its smart contract. Roughly nine days after its latest exploit, which resulted in losses of around $800,000, the project got drained for a significantly larger sum as more than 10 tokens have been impacted. ChainSwap hacker Many …
Diamond auctioned for $12 million worth of crypto at Sotheby’s
‘eBay of NFTs’ ropes in heavyweight champion Tyson Fury for new drop A marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) launched by Travala dot com Co-founder Matt Luczynski will debut heavyweight boxing champ Tyson Fury’s NFT collection as it bids to become the go-to-market to buy, sell, trade, and bid on NFTs, and deliver a knockout blow …
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Payments Provider Clear Junction Stops Processing Payments for Binance
On Monday, the global payments solutions provider Clear Junction announced it ceased processing transactions for Binance. The move by Clear Junction was brought on by the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent warning, according to a blog post written about the decision. Clear Junction Ceases Processing Payments for Binance Citing the Recent FCA Warning The Financial …
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Panther Protocol and StackOS Partner to Bring Privacy to DeFi and NFTs
press release PRESS RELEASE. Panther Protocol has joined forces with StackOS, a decentralized cloud protocol, to deliver privacy and data protection tools. As a meta-protocol focused on end-to-end privacy for any digital asset, Panther is of great interest to virtually all DeFi users looking to benefit from personal financial data protection and confidential cryptocurrency transactions. …
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Incoming Squeeze? Bitcoin Shorts on Bitfinex Spike, BTC Long Positions Tap Fresh New Highs
The entire market capitalization of all 10,800 cryptocurrencies in existence is down 2.8% on Monday as bitcoin has lost over 2.4% during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, bitcoin shorts are rising again after bitcoin shorts tapped a two-year high on the derivatives exchange Bitfinex on June 25. Bitcoin Shorts Climb Higher Bitcoin (BTC) and digital …
Social NFT Project Nifty’s Raises $10M, Partners With Entertainment Giant Warner Bros
The Miami-based Nifty’s, Inc. announced the launch of the project’s website which aims to reveal a non-fungible token (NFT) social platform focused on gathering mainstream attention. The company has also revealed it raised $10 million in a seed round from well-known investors like A&T Capital, Polychain Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Liberty City Ventures, Dapper Labs, Topps, …
Gaming giant Razer is considering a crypto move. And it’s “not just NANO”
The founder of Razer Inc., Min-Liang Tan, tweeted that his firm is considering using crypto as a payment method. What’s more, Min-Liang said this could cover several cryptocurrencies, not just Nano. Accepting crypto as a payment method (not just Nano) is something we’re considering. — Min-Liang Tan (@minliangtan) July 11, 2021 Razer is already in …
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Baby Doge Sheds Over 40% This Week Despite NASCAR Debut and Animal Shelter Donation
The popular meme token baby doge has slid quite a bit in value even after the token’s image was plastered all over Brandonbilt Motorsports’ No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro at the NASCAR Xfinity Series in Atlanta this past weekend. On Monday, baby doge statistics show the coin has dropped 42% in value over the last seven …