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Binance Introduces Upgrade to Staking and New Reward Hub

Wrapped Beacon ETH presents new staking opportunities to the customers of the crypto exchange Binance, while the new Reward Hub will be a one-stop portal for different promotional activities and reward redemption

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OpenAI CEO Raises $100M for Iris-Scanning Crypto

Worldcoin will use iris-scanning technology for a worldwide identification system that would let people securely and simply access crypto services

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Web3 Initiative to Train AI in Chat-To-Earn Style

BlockGPT aims to create a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence ecosystem on the blockchain, introducing “chat to earn” reward opportunities alongside the tokens

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Estonia Shuts Down Hundreds Local Crypto Firms Under New Legislation

About 400 virtual asset service providers have either lost their licences or voluntarily shut down in Estonia after the government enhanced TFP and AML laws with stricter rules for the crypto industry players

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Sam Bankman-Fried Wants His Case Thrown Out of Court

The lawyers of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried last Monday, May 8, filed petitions to dismiss the charges brought against him by the US government, of involvement in fraud.

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Zimbabwe Unveils Gold-Backed CBDC

Zimbabwe has presented a digital currency that is backed by gold.

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Kenya Proposes Crypto Transfer Tax

The Kenyan national budget, which will be presented on June 8, proposes a 3% tax on the transfer of digital crypto assets

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Bitdeer and Bhutan Investment Arm Launch Sustainable Digital Asset Mining

The upcoming carbon-free digital asset mining operations in Bhutan complement Bitdeer’s international expansion, with existing data centers in Northern Europe and North America

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Coinbase Gives Up On Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Coinbase stopped issuing new Bitcoin-backed loans through its Borrow service, which allowed users to borrow up to $1 million with no credit check The crypto exchange Coinbase informed its customers that starting May 10, 2023, the company terminates its Coinbase Borrow service which allowed US users to receive fiat loans with crypto collateral. The lending feature […]

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Coinbase Debuts Offshore Exchange

Coinbase announced the launch of an international cryptocurrency exchange.

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Nigerian SEC Considers Tokenized Assets Not Crypto

Preparing new industry regulations for digital asset platforms, Nigeria doesn’t plan to include cryptocurrencies According to Bloomberg, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering allowing licensed digital exchanges to list tokens backed by certain assets. However, the regulator clarified it didn’t concern cryptocurrencies. Despite the previous reports that the government of Nigeria is preparing to […]

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Mastercard Crypto Credential to Boost Trust in Blockchain

The first use case trial of the Mastercard Crypto Credential solution will enable blockchain transfers between U.S. and LAC

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EU Parliament Approves Transfer of Funds Crypto Regulation

The Transfer of Funds regulation presupposes applying the same tracing requirements to crypto asset transfers as EU regulators demand from traditional money transfer providers The EU Parliament has voted to approve a new set of rules that allows the tracing of crypto-asset transfers, including bitcoin and electronic money tokens. The Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) means that […]

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Binance Reverses Course and Abandons $1 Billion Voyager Deal

Binance.US crypto exchange has terminated the agreement to purchase the bankrupt crypto firm Voyager Digital.

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Zimbabwe is Working on Gold-Backed Digital Currency

Gold-backed digital currency to be introduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is supposed to stabilize the highly volatile Zimbabwean dollar

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African Blockchain VC Funding Surged Over 400%: Report

Africa is the only region globally to have experienced an explosion in blockchain venture funding in 2022