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Dec 4, 2020 at 1:33 p.m. UTCOCC Chief Hints at Coming ‘Good’ Actions on Crypto by End of Trump’s TermActing Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks predicted a lineup of cryptocurrency banking and clarification actions will emerge from the Trump Administration during its final days.The chief national banking regulator was speaking on CNBC Squawk Box:…

AI has stolen some of crypto's luster over the past year: a Silicon Valley obsessed with Web3 and the Metaverse seems to have turned its attention entirely towards large language models and apps like ChatGPT.Some blockchain projects have tried to take advantage of the new AI hype, but while crypto startups like Worldcoin, the identity

Jan 7, 2021 at 3:28 p.m. UTCCrypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Says All Users Are Now VerifiedBitMEX, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that found itself in hot water with U.S. regulators last year, announced Thursday that its customer verification program has now been fully implemented across active users.Since Dec. 4, BitMEX users have been required to become…

Jun 17, 2020 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Jun 17, 2020 at 14:28 UTC(Michael Vi/Shutterstock)China’s second-largest online retailer, JD.com, is teaming with blockchain privacy platform ARPA to protect the financial data of major clients. Specifically, the data platform for the firm’s subsidiary JD Digits (formerly JD Finance) will integrate with ARPA’s blockchain-based network, which uses technology known…

After a series of highly-publicized pilots, three companies are now making commercial use of Ripple's xRapid product. XRapid employs the digital asset XRP, using it as a "bridge currency" in cross-border payments, which according to the company, reduces the cost and increases the speed of these payments by boosting liquidity. The three companies  – MercuryFX,…

Michelle Phan (Credit: Mark Sacro for CoinDesk)Crypto Influencers Are Following the Beauty Playbook – Even if They Don’t Know ItBeauty mogul Michelle Phan isn’t the only woman to notice similarities between makeup startups and crypto communities.  Both are dominated by influencer marketing with products sold through direct-to-consumer (DTC) models and aggregated retail platforms like Amazon,…

Apr 6, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Apr 6, 2020 at 09:10 UTCU.K. challenger bank Revolut said Thursday that all standard users will now be able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies supported in its banking app, though this won't include U.S. residents for now.Revolut had already planned to expand its crypto offering later this year. But…

Notcoin has a fully diluted value of $1 billion and a market cap of $940 million.$294 million in trading volume took place in the first hour after the token was released.More than 35 million users have interacted with the game, which is available on the Telegram app.17:22Earn Alliance CEO on Helping Gamers Discover Web301:21Web3 Gaming

The U.S. watchdog for derivatives markets should create a limited pilot program for regulating cryptocurrencies, said Caroline Pham, one of the members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).“I’m recommending a time-limited CFTC pilot program to support the development of compliant digital asset markets and tokenization,” said Caroline Pham, who holds one of the Republican