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Regulation

International crypto regulation standards may appear in 2021

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By the end of 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) may approve cryptocurrency regulation standards. Pascal Saint-Amans, head of the Center for Tax Policy and Administration of the international organization, told about this to journalists. He noted that the...

Bitcoin

Cypherpunk ditches Ether and Monero in favor of Bitcoin

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Another financial giant reported an increase in investment in bitcoin. Canadian investment firm Cypherpunk announced last Thursday that it had purchased 72,979 BTC since June 30, 2020. The increase in Bitcoin reserves was the result of the liquidation of the company's assets in Ether (ETH) and...

Libra plans to launch in January

Libra Plans to Launch in January

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Facebook-proposed Libra stablecoin is expected to release in January. As the Financial Times reported, after over a year's examination from international financial supervisors, Libra will launch in the form of a U.S. dollar-backed cryptocurrency. The publication cites three people who took part in...

Ethereum

Ethereum fees began to rise again due to network congestion

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Ethereum transaction processing fees began to rise again at the end of this week. That is due to a surge in blockchain user activity, which caused its overload. According to the BitinfoCharts service, the number of transactions in the network jumped to 1.2 million per day. Earlier, a similar trend...

OKEx

Cryptocurrency outflow on OKEx exceeded $ 110 million

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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx recorded an outflow of more than $ 110M worth of cryptocurrencies within a few hours after resuming the withdrawal function. According to analyst company CryptoQuant, 2,822 BTC was withdrawn 15 minutes after withdrawals were resumed on November 26. According to...

Japan

Japanese business supports CB ambition to launch digital yen

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Large financial institutions in Japan support the country's central bank's aspiration to issue a national digital currency (CBDC). For example, the CEO of Monex Inc., Oki Matsumoto, told reporters that the arrival of the digital yen would strengthen the country's position in the global market....

Mike Novogratz

Novogratz urged investors to invest 3% of capital in BTC

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According to Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz, BTC will grow in value in the long term. The businessman and BTC supporter expressed his forecast in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live. Novogratz stressed that the rise of cryptocurrency this year was the result of massive capital inflows into this...

BTC price 26.11.2020

BTC Price Hits $17.075 Lows Losing $1000 in 3 Hours

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Following the price growth up to $19,500 during the day’s trading, Bitcoin saw a period of bearish uncertainty that resulted in a sharp sell-off. Bitcoin then rated $17,075 with daily losses of around 5%. The sudden price drop came in tandem with large-volume investors depositing BTC to exchanges...

Binance

Binance requires American users to close accounts

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Binance began sending notifications to US users demanding that accounts be closed within 14 days. Dear user, while checking compliance with existing charges, we found that you identified yourself as a US citizen when you access Binance, ”the exchange said in an email. “Please note that due to...

Stellar

Stellar soared in price by 60% in a day

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Over the past 24 hours, Stellar (XLM) has soared in value by 60% and made it to the top ten altcoins. For the first time since November 2018, the XLM rate exceeded $ 0.2. The capitalization of the digital currency on Wednesday, November 25, rose to $ 4.234 billion. Analysts attribute the growth in...

BTC Price 24.11.2020

Bitcoin Price Surged $19.000

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Justifying the expectations of the community, BTC today scored $19000 for the first time since mid-December 2017. Since November 18, it has been trading for about $18.700, sometimes felling lower than $18.000 then going up again. At the time of writing the price is about...

SBI Group

Japanese SBI Group launches crypto lending service

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Japanese financial giant SBI Group introduced a cryptocurrency lending service through its subsidiary SBI VC Trade. According to a November 24 press release, a new service called VC Trade Lending will initially support Bitcoin. Going forward, SBI plans to add support for Ether (ETH) and XRP. SBI is...

PayPal CEO

PayPal CEO is optimistic about Bitcoin's prospects

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PayPal CEO Dan Shulman, in an interview with CNBC on Monday, November 23, was optimistic about the outlook for Bitcoin. “I think there will be more and more crypto use cases that will make bitcoin more widely used, more stable, and probably more valuable over time,” he said. Shulman said the...

PayPal

PayPal buys almost 70% of new Bitcoin supply

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Pantera Capital said in a recent letter to investors that payment company PayPal has acquired the equivalent of nearly 70% of all BTC that have been mined in the past month. PayPal launched its cryptocurrency service this month for US customers. The company noted a high demand for cryptocurrency...

Litecoin

LTC prepares to knock LINK out of the top five cryptos

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The rise of Litecoin (LTC) began even before the WimbleMimble update to ensure the privacy of online transactions. In October-November, the cryptocurrency rose moderately. In the middle of this month, the strengthening of her course became more confident. The coin is now in the list of the five...

England

Bank of England thinks cryptos form a new financial order

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Bank of England economist Andy Haldane believes digital currencies are revolutionizing. Their massive introduction will lead to the formation of a "new financial order." The expert outlined his position during a speech at the tenth-anniversary conference of the Central Bank of Great...

Brad Garlinghouse

Ripple CEO wished bitcoin success

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According to the CEO of the Ripple crypto company, Brad Garlinghouse, XRP token and bitcoin cannot be compared. The businessman expressed his position in an interview with the successful publication Fortune. He stressed that the two above-mentioned digital currencies have entirely different goals...

Bitcoin retirenment plan

US-based Firm to Launch BTC Retirement Plans

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US-based asset management establishment DAiM lately informed about launching the country’s first employer-provided retirement programs that maintain BTC fundings. As reported by the officials, DAiM will act as the advisor and depositary in supporting firms to build a 401(k) program that suggests...

Cryptocurrency came to us in 2009 and became a twofold phenomenon. Many think these assets will bring freedom to the traditional financial system: many suppose they can give opportunities to scammers and fraud. But no matter what, everyone understands that crypto has become a serious game-changer in world economics.

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