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Customers will have the option to deposit "as much or as little" of their paychecks as they want in the feature rolling out in the next few weeks. 456 Total views 6 Total shares Coinbase will soon allow United States businesses to deposit employees’ paychecks directly into accounts at the cryptocurrency exchange.In a Sept. 27…

Does that mean trading is more popular than social media now? 3335 Total views 24 Total shares Two trading apps have risen to the top of Apple's App Store in recent days. Robinhood holds the number one position, with Coinbase in second, at time of publication on Friday. In third: popular social media platform TikTok. YouTube,…

In the past 48 hours, Bitcoin's (BTC) price has dropped by $13,360 and more than $2.6 billion worth of futures contracts have been liquidated. When including altcoins, the total sum of liquidations equaled $5.9 billion.After marking a record-high open interest at $19.5 billion on Feb. 21, the metric has stabilized at $16.5 billion. This means…

Industry experts and regulators weigh in on the European Union’s proposed MiCA rules at Paris Blockchain Week. 381 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTRegulators and industry players highlighted a number of implications and potential impacts of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation at…

The SEC has pushed back its decision on a roster of Ethereum ETFs, with the final date for a potential approval arriving in late May. 297 Total views 1 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing back its decision on several Ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to May 2024.In several Dec.

Bahrain’s central bank is launching a regulatory sandbox to allow blockchain and crypto companies to work in the country, pending formalized regulations. The news was reported by Bloomberg оn Feb. 20.As previously reported, in December 2018, the central bank issued draft proposals to potentially regulate and license crypto asset services. With the prospective framework currently…

Zabo has announced it has raised $ 2.5 million in seed funding, allowing it to extend its portfolio of services to continue connecting its customers’ cryptocurrency wallets to banks, brokerage firms, FinTech apps, and tax software.As detailed in a March 5 blog post, the seed round was led by Moonshots Capital and included funding from…

A crypto bill that industry advocates previously said would “kill DeFi” has seen an updated draft released online with one commentator saying the U.S. is “finally getting their act together.” 482 Total views 7 Total shares A new draft of the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (DCCPA) bill has started to circulate online, with some…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization is nearing the $1 trillion mark and several altcoins have also been rallying hard in the past few days. This has driven the Crypto Fear and Greed Index into the extreme greed territory where the range fluctuates between 79 and 100. Generally, tops are made when the index hits around 95,…