Rishi Sunak is set to become prime minister of the United Kingdom within days. Sunak was defeated for the top government post by Liz Truss on Sept. 5, but she resigned after 45 days in office. Indications so far are that his selection for the office is good news for the crypto industry. Sunak was…
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Bitcoin (BTC) waited for cues at the Oct. 24 Wall Street open as expectations of a breakout ran high. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Hang Seng drops most since 2008 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a mundane trading day for BTC/USD after the pair hit weekly highs of $19,700 overnight.…
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The crypto market downturn is proving a difficult storm to weather for both investors and businesses alike in the industry. However, according to new data, this hasn’t stopped women from being bullish on crypto. A new survey conducted by BlockFi, a crypto trading and investment platform, asked women across the United States about their views…
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Fat fingers? A Bitcoin (BTC) user spends over $200 to make a transaction, paying astronomically above the average fee. In a transaction that entered Bitcoin block 760,077, a user paid 1,136,000 Satoshis, (0.0136 BTC, $220.52) to move 3.8 BTC ($63,00). This extraordinarily high fee is a whopping 1,000 times the usual Bitcoin transaction fee, as…
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African crypto exchange Yellow Card has received significant regulatory approval to continue expanding its operations across the continent. Yellow Card has obtained a virtual asset service provider license (VASP) from the Non-Bank Financial Institution Regulatory Authority of Botswana (NBFIRA), according to the announcement on Oct. 19. The new license officially authorizes Yellow Card to allow its customers…
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This spring, the Madeiran archipelago “adopted” Bitcoin (BTC). Madeira’s President, Miguel Albuquerque, was invited onto the stage at Bitcoin Miami 2022 by Jan3 CEO Samson Mow to announce the promise. The president announced, “I believe in the future, and I believe in Bitcoin.” Days prior, Albuquerque was breaking bread with Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy,…
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South Korea’s financial watchdog, The Financial Service Commission (FSC), would monitor crypto whales with assets of over 100 million won ($70,000) to prevent money laundering efforts using digital assets. The FSC noted that the greater the proportion of virtual assets and stablecoins, the higher the money laundering risk. Thus, special focus should be placed on…
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Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), a Japanese analog to international payments systems like Visa or Mastercard, announced the start of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure testing. The project will assumably prepare the payments platform for a national CBDC, which is currently being tested by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). The infrastructure project, announced by the…
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The global crypto community has started to redirect its interest from Bitcoin (BTC) to Web3, according to Google search trends. In order to keep up with decade-long innovations spanning from blockchain-based applications to nonfungible tokens (NFTs), crypto investors and enthusiasts rely on searching the web — disclosing their true sentiments in real-time. Most recently, searches…
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Bitcoin (BTC) starts the last week of “Uptober” in a firmly average mood as the trading range to end all trading ranges continues to stick. After a welcome attempt to break out, BTC/USD remains bound to a narrow corridor now in place for weeks. Some of the lowest volatility in history means that Bitcoin has…
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