Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs top $250M AUM

Coinbase Custody will be used to further secure the cryptocurrency holdings of iTrustCapital clients. 483 Total views 4 Total shares Cryptocurrency IRA and 401(k) provider iTrustCapital has integrated Coinbase Custody into its platform, offering retirement planners more robust security for their digital-asset investments. The integration means iTrustCapital clients will have their assets secured by Coinbase Custody’s…

American cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has completed switching Tether (USDT) from the OMNI-based implementation of the stablecoin to the ERC-20 standard on the Ethereum network. Bittrex announced that USDT deposits and withdrawals are now open in a tweet on Aug. 5. The exchange had temporarily suspended USDT deposits and withdrawals while making the switch.  “Quicker, cheaper, and more…

Bermuda continues to welcome fresh wave of crypto exchanges on the island. Crypto exchange Bittrex Global received the green light from Bermuda’s financial watchdog to run its operations under the supervision of local authorities.According to the official announcement, the company got a full “Class F Digital Assets Business Act” license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority,…

Metaverse skeptics fear the prospect of unprotected data and large-scale user surveillance on a scale never seen before. Ironically, the largest company pushing the Metaverse, Meta (previously known as Facebook), has faced its own fair share of privacy scandals in the internet’s current iteration, culminating in Mark Zuckerberg being infamously hauled before the United States…

Governments are tasked with bringing fair and efficient services to the public. Unfortunately, providing transparency and accountability often results in a reduction in efficiency and effectiveness or vice versa. Governments are usually forced to choose to improve one at the cost of the other. On rare occasions, technology comes along that enables governments to improve…

An official from Softbank has denied their involvement in the investment deal with Bitcoin (BTC) mining behemoth Bitmain that was reported last week by both crypto and mainstream media sources. As previously reported, Bitmain had allegedly sealed a pre-Initial Public Offering (IPO) financing deal which had brought its valuation to $15 billion. Both Chinese tech…

Stablecoins and continentwide regulations are key to breaking down barriers to Africa's economic growth. 1579 Total views 13 Total shares As global interest in stablecoins explodes, a number of key players are pushing especially hard for more adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa.On Thursday, the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Africa Program published new analysis advocating…