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The Coinbase IPO is coming, according to SEC filing
Coinbase has sent draft registration to the SEC, leaving a future IPO in the commission's court. 1466 Total views 13 Total shares One of crypto's most-anticipated initial public offerings is one step closer.On Thursday, Coinbase announced that the firm had sent its draft registration for a public offering to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The…

South Africa’s central bank begins preliminary study for retail CBDC
The South African Reserve Bank has begun exploratory studies on central bank digital currencies. 8976 Total views 3 Total shares South Africa is the latest country to begin exploring the possibility of creating its own sovereign digital currency.According to a release issued on Tuesday, the South African Reserve Bank has begun preliminary feasibility studies about…

The crypto industry has turned into a global memecoin casino
Opinion by: Georgii Verbitskii, founder of TYMIO Memecoins have dominated the crypto narrative over the past year, leading to a series of high-profile events where most traders lost money while insiders profited. The Libra token alone, by some estimations, resulted in $4.4 billion in public losses. Unlike previous crypto cycles where broad market growth rewarded

Cashless future ahead? Utopian digital dream with dystopian inequality
In Sweden, cash in circulation represents only 1% of the country’s gross domestic product, and some experts predict the nation will go “totally cashless” by 2023. In China’s largest cities, over 90% of people use WeChat Pay and Alipay as their primary payment method, with cash a distant second. It may seem that the transition to…

CBDC as a store of value threatens financial system, says German official
The German central bank is considering alternatives to CBDC as a digital payment solutions 1286 Total views 23 Total shares Burkhard Balz, a German politician and executive board member of the country's central bank, said in a speech on Oct. 20 that it was crucial to build tools to restrict how the digital euro is…

Crypto firms brace for intensified SEC, CFTC action after regulator warning
The CFTC warned of another cycle of enforcement actions against crypto firms as investor interest rises.

What are exit liquidity traps — and how to detect them before it is too late
Key takeaways Exit liquidity traps occur when new investors unknowingly provide liquidity for insiders to cash out, leaving them with devalued assets. FOMO drives impulsive trades, often leading to costly mistakes and becoming exit liquidity for early movers. Beware of projects with exaggerated claims, low liquidity, anonymous teams or sudden price surges. Investing in high-market-cap

During Coronavirus Pandemic, IRS Cuts Taxpayers Some Much Needed Slack
Crypto communities and the United States Internal Revenue Service haven’t exactly had a love fest over the last five years. It started in 2014, when the IRS said crypto was property, and it hasn’t got much better since. In addition to sending those 10,000 “beware” letters and trying to get crypto exchanges to turn over…