ETH, LINK, AAVE and BGB move higher as Bitcoin inches toward new all-time high

Canada’s OSC continues to take action against allegedly non-compliant cryptocurrency trading platforms after announcing new compliance measures in March. 4958 Total views 5 Total shares Canadian securities regulators have initiated a regulatory action against major global cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex.On Tuesday, the Ontario Securities Commission published a statement of allegations against Polo Digital Assets, also known as…

Terra becomes the second-biggest DeFi chain in terms of total value locked after Ethereum. 814 Total views 26 Total shares Terra (LUNA), an open-source stablecoin network, hit an all-time high of $20.05 billion in total value locked, or TVL, across its 13 product offerings, according to industry data. On Dec. 1, Terra's TVL was at…

Zimbabwe is currently engaged in consultations regarding growing interest in crypto and the potential risks. 160 Total views 12 Total shares Zimbabwe has been paying attention to the increasing demand for crypto among its people, which it views as a possible avenue for growth. The country has also been receptive to regulating the entire sector.Zimbabwe's…

While the government’s concerns are valid, industry stakeholders agree that a more measured approach could yield better outcomes.

Afri Schoeden, release manager at blockchain infrastructure firm Parity Technologies, has withdrawn from social media amid a spate of infighting in the Ethereum (ETH) community.In a tweet posted on Feb. 17, Schoeden stated that “until further notice [...] I will no longer respond on Gitter, Skype, Discord, Slack, Wire, Twitter, and Reddit.”Parity Technologies is a…

This week CNBC reported that Morgan Stanley will give its millionaire clients access to Bitcoin (BTC) starting in April and this shows that traditional financial powerhouses are under pressure from their clients who are demanding exposure to cryptocurrencies. This suggests that the rate of institutional adoption may still be at a nascent stage.Crypto market data…

A Chinese user of the cryptocurrency exchange ZB.com said that the exchange reported him to local police in a post on the 8btc forum, a major Chinese crypto community, on Jan. 21.In the post, which has been viewed over 12,000 times with 135 comments, the user claims that ZB.com froze his account containing a 400,000…

Nigerian crypto wallet Satowallet has allegedly pulled off a $1 million exit scam, while the firm cites an unexplained OVH data server error that has kept user funds in limbo.Multiple versions to delay withdrawalsAfter users first reported withdrawal issues in April 2019, Satowallet has been citing different versions of events to account for their failure…

Major Spanish bank Banco Santander has issued what it claims is the first end-to-end blockchain bond. In a Sept. 12 news release, the bank revealed that it had issued a $20 million bond directly onto the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, where it will remain until the end of its one-year maturity.Faster, cheaper and simpler than legacy systemsSantander…