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SBI to Roll Out Ripple DLT-Based Payments App on iOS, Android in Fall
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Over $1B in U.S. Treasury Notes Has Been Tokenized on Public Blockchains
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Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD
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Binance Delists Bitcoin SV, CEO Calls Craig Wright a ‘Fraud’
news Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by reported volume, will delist bitcoin SV (BSV) after a week of controversy around the cryptocurrency’s creator, Craig Wright. The exchange announced Monday that it would be delisting all BSV trading pairs on April 22, just days after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) threatened to do so if…

A16z, Binance and More Back Oasis Labs’ New Blockchain Incubator
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Former Belgian Finance Minister Calls for Crypto Ban in Wake of Banking Crisis
Van Overtveldt represents the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformers, the fifth-largest political grouping in the Parliament, in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. He was Belgium's finance minister from 2014 to 2018. The ECR says it's dedicated to individual liberty, private property and limited government.

CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain
news Digital asset manager CoinShares is putting gold on the bitcoin blockchain. Working with wallet provider Blockchain and precious medal trader MKS (Switzerland) SA, the U.K.-based firm announced Tuesday a gold-backed network for trading tokens representing digitized physical gold, a project two years in the making. According to CoinShares, the network launches today with more…