Key points: Bitcoin disappoints with volatility around US jobs data, resulting in a dive under $111,000. BTC price action gives up all its gains while gold goes on to hit yet another all-time high. Traders maintain expectations of a $100,000 support retest. Bitcoin (BTC) flipped volatile at Friday’s Wall Street open as US jobs data…
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Kazakhstan’s financial regulators have allowed license and supervision fees to be paid in USD-pegged stablecoins. Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), a designated financial authority for the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), has launched a project enabling AIFC members to pay regulatory fees in USD-pegged stablecoins. The regulator announced on Thursday that the project was…
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The time-travel millionaire myth It’s almost an irresistible daydream: step into a time machine, buy a pile of Bitcoin for pennies in 2010 and return to the present to find millions sitting in your account. In March 2010, the first recorded Bitcoin exchange price was about $0.003 per Bitcoin (BTC), and prices never rose above…
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The verification process on adult platforms can be more cumbersome than Know Your Customer (KYC) checks on cryptocurrency exchanges — though added difficulty doesn’t necessarily reflect stronger compliance. Signing up as a model on OnlyFans or Pornhub isn’t all that different from opening an account on a crypto trading platform. The process often begins with…
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Opinion by: Innokenty Isers, Founder and CEO of Paybis The loudest signal in months was not a price chart — it was a checkout button. PayPal turned on crypto at the point of sale for US merchants, promising near-instant settlement and international fees up to 90% lower than the status quo. That kind of delta…
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As US lawmakers return from their August recess, the debate over central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is once again at the forefront of crypto policy. In the latest episode of Byte-Sized Insight, Cointelegraph spoke with Sheila Warren, CEO of the Project Liberty Institute, about whether the CBDC debate in Washington reflects real risks or political…
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed lawmakers to develop transparent rules for the country’s cryptocurrency market. According to a Friday report by the local news agency Belarusian Telegraph Agency, Lukashenko said during a recent government conference that it is important for Belarus to keep up with trends. He said: “The task of the state in these…
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South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) set new rules for crypto lending. The FSC said on Friday that interest on crypto lending is now capped at 20% in South Korea, and leveraged lending is not allowed. Crypto lending is restricted to the top 20 tokens by market capitalization or those listed on at least three…
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Crypto venture capital company Sora Ventures announced a $1 billion Bitcoin treasury fund, and said it plans to acquire the full amount within six months. On Friday at Taipei Blockchain Week, Sora Ventures founder Jason Fang unveiled what he called “Asia’s first $1 billion Bitcoin treasury fund” during a discussion titled, Introducing BTC Strategy into…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin breaks back above $112,000 on Friday as bulls clinch key support. More crypto market volatility is expected after the release of the US jobs report later on Friday. Bitcoin (BTC) touched $112,900 at the start of the European trading session on Friday as traders slowly flipped bullish on BTC price action ahead…
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