Advisor holdings in Bitcoin ETFs rise, hedge fund stakes dip — Coinbase

Do Kwon told his more than one million Twitter followers that he had not seen his name on Interpol’s Red Notice list, but not all names are made available to the public. 531 Total views 6 Total shares Terra co-founder Do Kwon, wanted by South Korean authorities and whose whereabouts are currently unknown, has suggested…

Nifty, a USD-based exchange for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), announced the completion of its ‘Nifty Gateway 2.0’ revamp on March 17.The platform, which was purchased by the Winklevoss twins’ crypto firm Gemini in November 2019, describes itself as the first US dollar-based centralized exchange for NFTs. The platform allows U.S. users to withdraw fiat currency, and plans…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has responded to criticism over The Cardano Foundation’s partnership with Confirm, saying it was necessary for adoption of ADA. The Cardano Foundation announced its partnership with the blockchain analytics provider on Aug. 24, which will see Confirm’s analytics being utilized to ensure compliance with frameworks such as the 6th Anti Money…

The Russian Supreme Court has included the illicit use of cryptocurrencies in the list of criminal offences related to money laundering, local legal news site Pravo reported on Tuesday, Feb. 26.The court has introduced new amendments to the anti-money laundering (AML) decree issued in July 2015. These clarifications relate to Russian criminal code articles dedicated…

Mettalex claims to be fully decentralized, meaning “no counterparty and no single point of control.” 343 Total views 3 Total shares Mettalex, a spinoff project of Fetch.ai, announced Friday that it has officially launched a decentralized exchange for commodities trading, offering another compelling use case in how blockchain technology was disrupting traditional finance. The new exchange…

A Bitcoin advocate based in Canada has “Zapped” 600 people a total of 300 Satoshis ($0.09 or 0.000003 BTC) each in a Bitcoin-inspired (BTC) social media experiment. To date, marketing executive Michael Degroot has doled out over $50 in Bitcoin to people around the globe. He has since been Zapped back more than 40 times, receiving…

Even though the total value locked in DeFi protocols has eclipsed $246 billion, it was not enough to please the BIS. 1219 Total views 9 Total shares On Monday, the Bank of International Settlement, or BIS, a financial institution owned by central banks worldwide, published a report scrutinizing the development of the decentralized finance, or…