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Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, has said that bills on the digital economy will be a priority during the upcoming session. The parliament’s official website revealed this in a press release published Wednesday, Jan. 9.Speaking at the opening of the parliament’s spring session, Volodin mentioned the digital economy…

A group of Russian members of parliament (MPs) has introduced a draft bill on blocking suspicious financial websites on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Russian crypto media outlet Forklog believes it can encompass “scam” Initial Coin Offerings (ICO).According to the document, the country’s central bank will be able to call to block websites as soon as they…

Uncertainty and a lack of communication were among the complaints of Koinly employees laid off in recent months before the company made an official announcement. 673 Total views 14 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTCrypto tax firm Koinly announced cuts of up to 14% of its global team…

The extreme heat of the summer has subsided, so crypto mining has been given the green light as it can no longer be blamed for stressing the electricity grid. 651 Total views 16 Total shares The Iranian government will allow licensed cryptocurrency miners to resume operations today following a three-month ban imposed by former President…

United States digital asset firm Morgan Creek Digital has secured $40 million in funding from investors that include two major pension funds, Bloomberg reported Feb. 12, citing a statement from the company.Morgan Creek Digital, which launched its Digital Asset Index Fund in August last year, sealed the funding from two of the three benefit plans…

Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hit an all-time high of $3.65 billion on November 1. This metric considers the value of every contract in play for the remaining calendar months, where buyers (longs) and sellers (shorts) are continually matched.Bullish momentum on CME Bitcoin futures, but cautious BTC options marketsThe

The embattled leader of Malta’s opposition Adrian Delia has faced a fresh backlash over his criticism of the government’s pro-cryptocurrency stance. Delia’s comments were reported by national daily newspaper The Malta Independent on Jan. 6.Malta, whose president Joseph Muscat regularly praises both cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, has sought to become what it describes as a…

Major crypto exchanges continue to elevate the stature of the DeFi space. OKEx is the latest cryptocurrency exchange to hop on the DeFi bandwagon. On August 28, they announced listings for eight different DeFi tokens, including Band Protocol (BAND), JUST (JST), REN, Reserve Rights (RSR), Yearn.finance (YFI), Nexus Mutual (wNXM), YFII.finance (YFII), and Tellor (TRB).…

Bitwise Asset Management stresses it has no relationship with the startup Bitwise Industries whose founders have been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud. 180 Total views 4 Total shares Crypto index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has stressed that it has no relationship with the failed technology startup Bitwise Industries, which is currently facing