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Mt. Gox Rehabilitation Plan Deadline Extended Yet Again, This Time to Dec. 15
Mt. Gox's rehabilitation plan deadline of Oct. 15 has been extended yet again this time to December.
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Digital Euro Within Decade ‘Very Likely,’ Says Finland’s Chief Central Banker
Olli Rehn believes a digital euro "in one form or another" is all but inevitable.
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Blockchain Bites: OKEx Freezes Withdrawals, DeFi Audits Queue, Nigeria Urges Crypto Adoption
OKEx has frozen withdrawals, audit firms are experiencing a backlog of DeFi projects and the Trump administration is examining DLT for national defense.
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Despite Negative News, Bitcoin Only $1K Away From 2020 High: The Weekly Crypto Update
Another week passed on the cryptocurrency market, and it surely wasn’t a boring one. The cryptocurrency started off strong, causing many to believe that it might finally breach the coveted $12,000 mark.
However, the excitement was…
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DiFy Finance (YFIII) Is an In-Development Software Fork of Yearn Finance (YFI)
DiFy.Finance, like YFI, the platform it is based on, is an environment of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending aggregators: it allows users to provide liquidity for the ecosystem by parking their cryptocurrency tokens in a smart contract…
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First Mover: OKEx Private Key Snafu Sends Bitcoin Lower as China DeFi Rises
Oct 16, 2020 at 13:04 UTCUpdated Oct 16, 2020 at 13:46 UTC
The OKEx exchange had to suspend withdrawals because a founder who held a crucial private key was reportedly detained. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)…
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Foreign Crypto Exchanges Like Paxful, Binance to Pay 1.5% Tax Under Kenya’s New Regulations
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has clarified that its planned digital service tax (DST) will be applicable to cryptocurrencies at a rate of 1.5% on gross transaction value, local media reported.
In August, the agency announced new rules…
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As Founder Reportedly Arrested, OKEx Holds $2.3 Billion in Bitcoin
A few hours ago, global cryptocurrency exchange giant OKEx halted withdrawals much to the chagrin of traders and investors. Bitcoin prices fell as a response to additional reports of founder Xu Mingxing being arrested over a week ago.…
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After Square, Coinbase Will Now Fund Bitcoin Development With a New Grants Program
In hopes of regaining the support of the cryptocurrency community after the ‘apolitical’ stunt, Coinbase has decided to fund ‘at-least’ two Bitcoin Core developers. This sponsorship act marks the debut for Crypto…
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Shariah Compliance Expert Says Cryptocurrencies Are Legit Commodities
A shariah compliance expert, the current chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council at Malaysia’s central bank and a shariah board member at many financial companies, says that cryptocurrency is a legit commodity that can be exchanged.…
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