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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There are many forms of nationalism. Ethnic nationalism. Cultural nationalism. Now comes cryptocurrency nationalism? Coindesk reported this week that, in the Netherlands, cryptocurrency firms based outside of Europe may “get the boot” amid new regulations. It’s a really nice step.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. The newswire said that Berlin exists as a “hub” for the industry, where roughly 10 startups focus on blockchain, and end markets span energy, pharma and transportation.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of the last full work week before Christmas. BarkBox , the New York subscription upstart, is reportedly combining with Northern Star Acquisitions Corp., Why Affirm Would Delay Its IPO Amid A Hot Market . News of broad cyberattacks on multiple U.S.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Over the past two years, exit scammers have stolen more than $100 million worth of cryptocurrency. In an effort to protect its residents from crypto scams, the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBOB) has released a regulatory framework before it integrates cryptocurrency-based assets into its services.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Treasury’s financial crime unit is picking up enforcement of cryptocurrency platforms that don’t have strong internal mechanisms in place to prevent money laundering, according to a report in Reuters. The cryptocurrency platforms in the U.S. government will also urge other countries to implement more regulation of cryptocurrencies.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

24), could put digital currency exchanges under one national structure, CoinDesk reported. According to a summary of the bill, as cited by CoinDesk, “the proposed legislation builds on the existing commodity market practices required of Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) to protect customer assets.”. representative Thursday (Sept.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Over the past few years, the sharp rise of cryptocurrencies has attracted investors from all over the world who want to diversify their portfolios and earn high returns. However, the impact of higher interest rates in the past year has impacted the cryptocurrency market, leading to a significant sell-off. Explore BankBazaar.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Binance , Nigeria’s cryptocurrency market, has seen sign-ups surge 50 percent so far in 2020. The market is scrambling to provide users with a stablecoin. Nigeria has latched on to the cryptocurrency trend, boasting 35 million unbanked adults who possess mobile phones, the vast majority being women.

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MARCH 13, 2018

In the developed world of workers in the United States and Europe, the ability to be paid in cryptocurrency probably would not add all that much to their daily life. And, of course, there are true bitcoin believers in every nation who want all their earnings, savings and investments in crypto form. A Natural Evolution.

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MARCH 3, 2020

The appointed organizer for the initiative, SFB Technologies, tapped the Algorand protocol because of its scalability, speed, security and its “ability to effectively implement required compliance controls and the transaction finality needed for a national currency.”

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JULY 16, 2020

The the tool will decrease lending risks for holders of digital currency and allow for the rollout of decentralized lending markets that can provide digital currency loans on an unsecured basis, the announcement stated. The bank will also start using the cryptocurrency for Hong Kong Monetary Authority transactions in September.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Two individuals from Russia who were recently sanctioned by the Treasury Department purportedly put into place copycat websites for cryptocurrency exchanges that that tricked people into providing login information, CoinDesk reported. But they have grown in popularity in markets that are not stable.

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JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Or does it?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. 1 have just taken effect.

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MAY 22, 2020

The OMFIF seeks to create connections between the traditional banking and cryptocurrency spaces. The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. .

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JUNE 29, 2020

The European Union (EU) is preparing to update its cryptocurrency rules that could make it more difficult for stablecoin projects, such as Facebook Inc.’s Last fall, the Libra Association petitioned the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned cryptocurrency.

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MARCH 23, 2018

To take stock of the cryptocurrency market, take stock? News came Friday that the wild west of cryptocurrencies — where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye, and where regulations are less than regular — might be well-governed by the stock market when it comes to governance. After a fashion.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, PayPal and Mastercard are adding more European Union (EU) countries to a debit card offering, while European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has called for a digital euro. Plus, the State Administration for Market Regulation in China has fined Luckin Coffee and other firms.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Regulatory hurdles still exist, but when PayPal announced that its 350 million users can transact with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the game changed. Daniel Gouldman, CEO of crypto banking platform operator Ternio, told Karen Webster that even Grandma can now access a new way to interact with currency. Top Trackers And Reports.

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MAY 22, 2020

The OMFIF seeks to create connections between the traditional banking and cryptocurrency spaces. The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. .

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APRIL 20, 2020

Roee Sarel considered in the post how investors in crypto should respond to worldwide emergencies, and if the market presents a systematic risk that could possibly affect traditional financial markets. And they noted that many studies find a weak correlation or no correlation between the cryptomarket and the stock market.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. With the treasury market for S&P 500 companies valued at $2.3

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. Part of the initiative includes the SBA’s guidelines to the nation’s traditional financial services market on how to service these industry players while maintaining compliance.

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JULY 13, 2020

Proposed amendments to existing bills want to classify cryptocurrencies as goods rather than currencies. ” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. Abra, which works by letting users bet on price movements of listed U.S.

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APRIL 9, 2019

According to a report in Reuters , citing China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, the agency is facing mounting pressure from the government to control the cryptocurrency market and as a result, may move to ban bitcoin mining. The list was first made back in 2011, noted the report.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

One year after bitcoin topped $19,400, the popular cryptocurrency rallied on Monday (December 17) and broke through the $3,400 level, CNBC reported. According some reports, the cryptocurrency had its best day since the end of last month. That effort would tokenize the rial, the country’s national fiat currency. as of 9:06 p.m.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

During the 3rd National Technology Business Incubator Summit (TBI Summit), the company revealed that it signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEETRD) – DOST. OKB will also be accepted by virtual retailer Cryptomall.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced a plan to use cryptocurrencies to boost his country’s ailing economy. In other news, the Financial Markets Authority’s ( AMF ) 2019 Risk Map revealed that there has been an increase in complaints filed by French investors regarding cryptocurrencies this year.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

18), the first time the cryptocurrency has climbed above $18,000 since December 2017, CNBC reported. While the digital coin has been going through waves in its price point, some analysts and cryptocurrency fans said they think the trajectory is uphill. Bitcoin has continued to rise, hitting $18,172 Wednesday morning (Nov. Eastern Time.

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JUNE 30, 2020

The company said in the report, “As the value of cryptocurrency rises and falls, so does the mining encounter rate. “. In other news, authorities in Spain have taken 33 individuals into custody who allegedly marketed illicit pharmaceuticals via the web and laundered at least some of their $3.37

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The new regulations, if adopted after a comment period, would require banks and some other institutions to obtain and report the identities of parties engaging in certain digital transactions, including payments involving what are called "unhosted wallets" – effectively secret bank accounts that hold cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2019

China’s congress has passed a cryptography law to promote crypto development and ensure sound cybersecurity, according to a report from Xinhuanet , China’s news agency, on Saturday (Oct. could fall behind China in the race for legitimized cryptocurrency, and subsequently in influence around the world.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

number of big crypto custodians like Anchorage, Coinbase, and a number of others, have been contacted by banks about whether they’d be willing to be like the third-party custody providers for national banks whose customers want to invest in bitcoin,” he said, according to CoinDesk. “Well, what I have heard.a

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Chris Skinner

MAY 26, 2017

I’m being asked this a lot as the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have increased ten-fold in the past few weeks. There are a range of factors driving the rise in cryptocurrency prices, particularly the craze for Initial Coin Offering (ICOs). Good for those who have some. Bemusing for those who don’t.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

In other crypto news, Chinese cryptocurrency miners are leaving Iran for Central Asia, due to r ising tensions between the U.S. 13, Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Project Management launched a “cryptocurrency mining pool.”. and Iran, Cointelegraph said on Saturday (Jan. Russia and Kazakhstan.

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