Political and economic tensions around the world are making some people more willing to receive their pay in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), according to executives in the human resources industry. The share of salaries taken in cryptocurrencies and stablecoins has been on the rise over the past few years. This trend is driven not only by…
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The growing trend of cutting services to cryptocurrency companies in Australia could lead to undesired consequences like making the industry less transparent, according to the state. Australia’s Treasury on 28 June published an official statement addressing potential policy responses on debanking in Australia. Debanking occurs when a bank declines to provide services to a customer citing…
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Major cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin is working to strengthen its Know Your Customer (KYC) system by introducing new mandatory identity checks. On June 28, KuCoin officially announced the upcoming KYC system upgrade in a move to increase compliance with global Anti-Money Laundering regulations. The KYC authentication upgrade introduces mandatory KYC checks for all new users at…
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit already operates out of Dubai, but its current licensing doesn’t allow the firm to serve all customers, according to its CEO. On June 27, Bybit FinTech FZE, a subsidiary of the global exchange Bybit, announced it received the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) preparatory license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). According…
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ARK Investment Management, a pro-Bitcoin (BTC) firm founded by veteran investor Cathie Wood, is reportedly ahead in the race for a spot BTC exchange-traded fund. In mid-June, the investment firm BlackRock filed an application for a spot Bitcoin ETF, triggering notable optimism on cryptocurrency markets. A number of reports suggested that BlackRock could become the…
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The Canadian Bitcoin (BTC) mining company, Hut 8 Mining, has secured a credit facility from a subsidiary of the United States-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase. Hut 8 officially announced on June 26 that it entered a $50 million credit agreement with Coinbase Credit. The credit facility involved Hut 8’s subsidiary, Hut 8 Holdings, as the borrower.…
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), the biggest bank in Hong Kong, has reportedly introduced its first local cryptocurrency services. HSBC Hong Kong has enabled its customers to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs), local journalist Colin Wu reported on Twitter on June 26. According to the report, HSBC…
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Major hardware cryptocurrency wallet provider Ledger is getting closer to launching its planned solution to allow users to back up and recover a Ledger device seed. Ledger chief technology officer Charles Guillemet took to Twitter on June 21 to announce that the hardware wallet company has open-sourced the Ledger Recover white paper. Today, we are…
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The government of China had been trying hard to make people believe that Bitcoin (BTC) would become worthless, but its predictions to date have been far off the mark. The original crypto currency has gained as much as 36% since official statements a year ago that it would become worthless. Amid a wild bear market…
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Amid lawsuits against United States-based exchanges like Coinbase and Binance.US, an exec at a domestic digital asset firm has noted the legal implications of these recent enforcement actions for the industry. The era of trading cryptocurrencies as non-securities is coming to an end, according to Itai Avneri, chief operating officer at the blockchain trading firm…
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