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Following its successful seed funding round and the release of its testnet 2.0, deBridge, a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol, has now announced the launch of its public mainnet. deBridge’s decentralized…
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The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, says that crypto assets and stablecoins are no match for well-designed central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “If CBDCs are designed prudently,…
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Spin, a multichain derivatives DEX founded in June 2021, announced today it has raised $3.75M  in a seed funding round led by Lemniscap with participation from GSR, Spartan Group, ZMT Capital, Longhash Ventures, and AngelDAO. Funds…
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has restricted 281 Nigerian user accounts. Citing user security and fraud prevention, CEO Changpeng Zhao explained that “approximately 38% of these cases restricted at the request of international law…
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Shakepay, a Canadian-based exchange platform for bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), announced it closed $44 million in Series A funding. The round was led by QED Investors, a US-based venture capital firm. “We love our devoted…
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Fidelity expects more sovereign nation states, or even a central bank, to acquire bitcoin this year. “There is very high stakes game theory at play here, whereby if bitcoin adoption increases, the countries that secure some bitcoin…
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Leading crypto exchange BitMEX, today announced its partnership with Tokeny, a tokenization platform service provider to help launch its native BMEX token. Tokeny contributed its technical expertise and advice during the token’s…
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After Eminem revealed that he purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) for $452K, both BAYC and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFT sales have skyrocketed. Metrics indicate that on Sunday, January 2, 2022, MAYC’s…
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Kraken, a popular crypto exchange and blockchain asset platform, today announced it has acquired Staked for an undisclosed sum. Staked is a non-custodial staking platform that enables investors in Proof-of-Stake networks to…
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India’s minister of state for external affairs says that cryptocurrencies must be blocked if they are used for illegal purposes, such as “to launch cyber-attacks in India, to launch other attacks on India, to do other kinds of…
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