Xapo Bank debuts interest-bearing Bitcoin, fiat accounts in the UK
Xapo Bank enters the UK market and becomes the first in the country to launch interest-bearing Bitcoin and fiat banking accounts.
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Men under 50 shoring up US cryptocurrency market: Pew Research
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Turkish crypto exchange acknowledges 2018 breach with 500,000 users’ data stolen
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Ethereum Researcher Virgil Griffith released from prison
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Online marketplace eBay to allow NFT sales
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Bizarre $600K Elon Musk crypto statue marketing stunt falls flat
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