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US Senator Warns Passing Unproven Crypto Law Will Stifle Innovation and ‘Make Americans Poorer’
U.S. Senator Mike Lee has raised concerns that adopting the crypto tax provision in the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will stifle innovation and make Americans poorer. He explained that cryptocurrencies are not like securities and…
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Singapore to License Digital Payment Providers, Approves Crypto Exchange
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has notified several providers of digital payment services that they will be licensed to operate in the city-state. The move, which comes after the approval of a crypto exchange for a license,…
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7 NFT Markets Saw Over $356M in Monthly Value Transferred — Opensea, Axie Infinity Eclipse…
The quantity of monthly USD value transferred from seven leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces has reached a total of $356 million during the first week of August. Currently, the project Cryptopunks is leading the pack when it comes…
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Ukrainians to Trade and Spend Cryptocurrencies Legally, Digital Ministry Says
Residents of Ukraine will be able to legally keep, exchange, and spend cryptocurrencies once the new virtual assets law is adopted. The legislation will comprehensively regulate the crypto space, possibly lower taxes for Ukrainians and…
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Nigerians Move Almost $40 Million In P2P Bitcoin Trading In A Month
Bitcoin trading has always seen high adoption in countries with currencies that are depreciating fast. The West African country of Nigeria has always been at the forefront of BTC adoption in the region. A combination of a large youth…
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3 reasons why Ethereum is unlikely to flip Bitcoin any time soon
For years analysts have predicted that ETH’s market capitalization will flip BTC’s but data shows it’s still nothing more than a guessing game.
After a 13% rise in two days, Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization surpassed…
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Fidelity Investments Engages With Regulators to Bring Crypto Assets Mainstream
The president of Fidelity Digital Assets, the crypto arm of Fidelity Investments, says that crypto is “its own unique asset class.” He revealed, “We and others are very engaged with regulators … to bring this asset…
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US SEC Shuts Down $30 Million Defi Money Market in First Decentralized Finance Bust
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken its first enforcement action involving decentralized finance (defi). The commission has charged a defi platform and its executives for unregistered securities sales of more than…
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Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Crosses $11 Billion Notional, WBTC Commands 76% of Circulating Supply
According to data on August 7, there’s 253,510 bitcoin-pegged or wrapped tokens worth more than $11 billion in value on the Ethereum blockchain. Out of the seven different bitcoin-pegged projects, the Wrapped Bitcoin protocol has…
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British Auction House Christie’s to Auction Cryptopunks, Meebits, Bored Apes NFTs
The well known luxury auction house Christie’s has announced the company’s first non-fungible token (NFT) art sale in Asia on September 17. According to the announcement, the NFTs will feature Cryptopunks by Larva Labs, Meebits,…
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