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The Eurasian Economic Commission, which serves as an executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), has prepared a report on cryptocurrencies to promote regulation in the area. Russian news agency TASS reports on the development on Monday, Jan. 28.The Commission's minister for integration and macroeconomics, Tatyana Valovaya, said that EEU — a political and…

The Swiss bank said some of the firm’s clients are allocating part of their portfolios to crypto. 816 Total views 8 Total shares Zeno Staub, CEO of Swiss private banking and investment management giant Vontobel, has revealed that some of the company’s wealthy clients have crypto exposure.Speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday, Staub stated that Vontobel's clients have…

Brian Armstrong claimed SEC staff said all cryptocurrencies but Bitcoin are securities and requested the exchange delist all other cryptocurrencies. 697 Total views 4 Total shares Crypto exchange Coinbase was once told by the United State securities regulator to delist all cryptocurrencies on its platform except for Bitcoin (BTC), according to CEO Brian Armstrong.In a…

Funds will be used for hiring industry-leading engineers to implement both EVM and WASM and to invest and nurture Astar native ecosystem projects. 248 Total views 41 Total shares Astar, a multichain DApp protocol formerly known as Plasm, has raised $22 million in its latest strategic fundraise.The funding round was led by Polychain and saw…

A filing from New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that the cryptocurrency companies defrauded investors of over $1 billion. 345 Total views 3 Total shares New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency firms Gemini, Genesis and Digital Currency Group (DCG) for allegedly defrauding investors through the Gemini Earn investment program.An official statement

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has launched Bitcoin (BTC) options trading on Jan. 11.FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried announced in a tweet yesterday that options were listed on the trading platform. Furthermore, later the same day he also claimed that options trading volume on the exchange reached $1 million in about 2 hours.Noteworthy volumeWhile the announcement does…

Facebook has been planning its foray into the metaverse for some time now — possibly even several years. But it’s only recently that its ambitious expansion plans have catapulted the concept into mainstream headlines across the globe. Renaming the parent company to Meta was perhaps the biggest, boldest statement of intent the firm could make.…

The last week of March saw the decentralized finance (DeFi) market surge to new highs as institutional investors returned to the market. Amid the rising popularity of DeFi products, Axie Inifity’s Ronin bridge faced the worst hack in crypto history, raising security concerns for the market.MetaMask integrated Apple Pay support, allowing users to purchase crypto…