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Mastercard taps Paxos to launch crypto trading for banks
Mastercard will deploy its technology to integrate crypto trading into banks’ interfaces, while Paxos is set to provide its tradin...
Cameron Winklevoss Resigns From Gemini Europe Director Post
The crypto exchange has yet to explain the move, but it comes at a time when Gemini Europe’s executive leadership is facing major...
Fan token firm Chiliz grows staff by 70% despite crypto winter
Scalability is one of the possible reasons for the fan token industry to grow despite the ongoing bear market, according to Chiliz...
Mastercard Taps Paxos to Launch Crypto Trading for Banks
Payments giant Mastercard is teaming up with Paxos to launch crypto trading for banks by taking care of compliance and security.
Quest Pro VR headset raises privacy concerns for Meta’s future in metaverse
Meta announced its latest VR headset, Quest Pro, which includes a new eye and facial movement tracker said to enhance digital avat...
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Attacks Japanese Crypto Firms
North Korean cyber crime group Lazarus has been aggressively targeting Japanese crypto companies through phishing and social engin...
NEAR Platform Active Users Soar – ‘Sweat Economy’ Boosting Token’s Price?
NEAR, the native token of decentralized application (dApp) platform and Ethereum competitor Near Protocol, managed to pump its pri...
Société Générale’s Crypto Division Lands Regulatory Approval in France
Investment bank Société Générale has gained approval to operate digital asset services in France, in its latest crypto-focused eff...
Brazilian City of Curitiba Mulls Crypto Acceptance for Tax Payments
The city of Curitiba, in Brazil, is now studying the possibility of accepting cryptocurrency payments for taxes. Noemia Rocha, a c...
Huobi Token Moons 79% on The Week as Justin Sun Becomes Exchange Advisor
The price of Huobi’s native token has skyrocketed over the past seven days as Justin Sun reportedly becomes one of the largest hol...
Algorand Social Activity Reaches 13 Million – Time To Buy ALGO?
Algorand recently received a big boost for its blockchain ecosystem courtesy of Hivemind Capital’s $25 million investment to the d...
3 Aussie crypto funds halted as regulator cites noncompliance
Three funds tracking Bitcoin, Ether and FileCoin have been issued interim stop orders by Australia’s market regulator due to “non-...
Polkadot hits all-time high in development activity
It's been almost one year since the start of the ecosystem's signature parachain auctions.
Bankman-Fried ‘100%’ supports knowledge tests for retail derivatives traders
The FTX founder said a knowledge test for derivative retail customers “could make sense,” but it doesn’t need to be specific to cr...
North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan — Police
According to Japan, a common mode of attack for the Lazarus Group is phishing. They are believed to have focused more on crypto fu...
Economist Peter Schiff Warns Fed Action Could Lead to Market Crashes, Massive Financial Crisis, Severe Recession
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff says there are two possible outcomes of the Federal Reserve’s action on the U.S. economy. One...
CFTC action shows why crypto developers should get ready to leave the US
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) were supposed to be regulation-proof. Federal regulators now have targeted not just...
Elon Musk Says Spacex Will Keep Funding Ukraine for Free Even Though Starlink Is Losing Money — $80M Spent so Far
Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that his company will “keep funding” the government of Ukraine for free even though Starlink is losing m...