Circle raises USDC cash-out fees, affecting large-scale redemptions

News about the Indian Ministry of Finance circulating a “note” for inter-ministerial consultations of cryptocurrency regulations spurred panic within the Indian crypto community. Worries about the 2019 draft bill proposing a blanket ban of cryptocurrencies and possible 10 years sentences for crypto users had kicked in once again.In an interview with Cointelegraph, Ashish Singhal, the…

Officials from the government agency reportedly entered Silvergate’s headquarters last week, with discussions revolving around how to salvage the crypto bank. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTUnited States banking regulators have reportedly been sent to Silvergate's headquarters in La Jolla, California — looking for ways to save the crypto-friendly bank…

Unilever, O2 and Sky are among the latest big firms to sign on to Jicwebs’ blockchain pilot program designed to improve trust and transparency in digital advertising.The news was revealed in a Nov. 12 report from United Kingdom-based industry magazine Campaign.Industry involvementJicwebs — an acronym for the U.K. digital ad trading standards body, the Joint…

Social media giant Facebook acquired the rights to the “Libra” trademark for its secretive cryptocurrency project, crypto news website The Block reported on May 3.The Block claims that a source familiar with the matter confirmed that Facebook is recruiting financial firms to develop its own crypto and that the project’s codename and product name is…

“I made a lot of money,” said Cramer who cleared a profit on Bitcoin despite urging investors to sell the cryptocurrency. Markets commentator Jim Cramer has tacitly admitted he was wrong about Bitcoin (BTC), saying he was premature in calling for investors to sell the cryptocurrency. In a Nov. 22 segment of his CNBC Mad Money

A master’s degree in blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is now attainable at the University of Malta.Fintech-focused news outlet CrowdfundInsider reported on the creation of the new master’s degree on Oct. 21, also noting that about 35 students are enrolled for the course. Joshua Ellul, director of the master’s program and chairman of Malta Digital…

Binance and other cryptocurrency firms based in the United Arab Emirates are optimistic that the country will remain a hotspot for virtual assets despite a potential shift to the United States should the Western superpower become a more crypto-friendly jurisdiction.The “regulation by enforcement” regime in the U.S. has pushed global crypto firms to move to

The government of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) announced plans to establish the European Blockchain Institute to research blockchain technology in a press release on May 13.According to NRW Economics Minister Andreas Pinkwart, the European Blockchain Institute will be founded in the city of Dortmund later this year, inside the Fraunhofer Institute for Material…

Protect Progress used roughly $415,000 to fund a media buy for former Aspiration CEO Andrei Cherny, a Democrat running for Congress in Arizona’s 1st District.