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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

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However, in this blog, we will discuss the regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency from an asset manager or fund manager perspective. For those wanting to start their own cryptocurrency fund, it’s important to be well informed about cryptocurrency regulations. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) ).

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Bitcoin Daily: Nigeria’s Crypto Market Surges; Alleged Crypto Capital Operator Charged With Fraud

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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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New York To Ease Cryptocurrency Regulations

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It will be easier for New York cryptocurrency businesses to launch in New York, thanks to a plan by regulators that would ease licensing rules. The existing licensee would provide the startup with the operational, staffing, and other support until it can obtain a full DFS virtual currency license.

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Cryptocurrency Exchange BitFlyer Seeks to Connect World’s Largest Bitcoin Investors

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cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer wants to bridge the trading gap between two of the world’s largest bitcoin markets. Japan is the largest bitcoin trading market in the world, about 50% of it happens in there; the U.S. is the second biggest market,” Bartek Ringwelski, chief operating officer […].

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Cryptocurrency Price Manipulation Courtesy Of Bots

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The manipulation of cryptocurrencies is getting attention from regulators who have been warning that these digital tokens, and the exchanges they are traded on, could be vulnerable to price manipulation. When any venue tolerates manipulative or abusive conduct, the integrity of the entire market is at risk,” the report said.

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Austrian Telecom A1 Now Accepts Cryptocurrency

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Austria’s major telecommunications firm A1 is now accepting payments in cryptocurrency as part of a pilot project, the company said in a recent blog post. He noted that this emergence has crept into just about every major economic sector, and as more people buy cryptocurrency, cash becomes obsolete.

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto-Related Crime Fell To $10 Billion In 2020; Singapore Exchange, Temasek Team On Digital Asset Market Infrastructure

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Cryptocurrency-related crime fell in 2020, according to a blog post from Chainalysis. The crimes that ended up driving the change in 2020 were scams and the darknet market, the blog's stats report. In 2019, criminal activity constituted 2.1 percent of all crypto transaction volume, which came out to $21.4 billion in transfers.

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