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Jul 27, 2020 at 00:15 UTCFintech seems to be increasingly embracing crypto. But is crypto fintech? (Shutterstock, modified with PhotoMosh)Crypto Long & Short: Where Fintech Ends and Crypto BeginsAn interesting op-ed by Leah Callon-Butler in CoinDesk this week got me to change my mind about something pretty fundamental. She asked: “Is crypto fintech?” My instinctive…

May 14, 2020 at 17:15 UTCUpdated May 14, 2020 at 17:39 UTCBequant CEO George Zarya (Credit: Bequant)Digital asset services firm Bequant launched a prime brokerage service for institutional clients to have easier access to liquidity, custody, lending and other products, the company announced Thursday. With several services and pools of liquidity under one roof, Bequant is…

Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy had the most to say about crypto in the 2024 presidential field, and as of this week, they've both returned to the political sidelines.Trump suddenly made noise about U.S. central bank digital currencies last week, but the issue remains a purely theoretical punching bag.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may not have

news The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX (HDR Global Trading). The advertising regulator published its decision on Wednesday, saying that it supported the four complaints against the ad that had claimed it “failed to illustrate the risk of the investment,” “exaggerated the…

Value locked on Cardano’s ecosystem grew rapidly in the past few weeks as a recent boost in Ethereum alternatives, such as Solana and Avalanche, is likely pushing crypto investors and users toward other blockchains in search of returns and capital allocation.The total value locked (TVL) of all Cardano-based projects jumped to over $440 million late

Nov 27, 2020 at 9:18 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 27, 2020 at 9:29 a.m. UTCChinese President Xi Jinping(Shutterstock)China’s Xi Asks ASEAN Nations to Join in Building of ‘Digital Silk Road’Xi Jinping took the chance to push for greater digital unity among Southeast Asian nations in a recorded keynote at the China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, China, on…

Jan 30, 2020 at 17:00 UTCThe National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is readying a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be launched at some point during the current fiscal quarter. Chea Serey, NBC's director-general, told the Phnom Penh Post this week the central bank was developing "the national payment gateway for Cambodia" as a blockchain-based,…

Super Tuesday's array of congressional primary results could have some implications for who will be minding the store in Washington, and crypto insiders are trying to have their say. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argued that politicians need to start realizing how wide a constituency crypto enthusiasts represent. The long list of primary elections Tuesday across

A platform that lets users swap tokens for low fees in exchange for rewards, among other features, has attracted some $150 million just a day after going live – bumping Base blockchain’s DeFi ecosystem by 80% in terms of locked value.Aerodrome, a product by Velodrome in collaboration with Base developers, hopes to act as a