Nigerian SEC to issue crypto platform licenses as market size grows: Report

Polygon (MATIC) price is up today, mirroring upside moves elsewhere in the cryptocurrency market as traders assess a mix of fundamental factors.On July 11, the MATIC price rose 2.32% to $0.75, its highest level in a month — outperforming the crypto market, whose valuation stayed relatively unchanged from the previous day at around $1.14 trillion.MATIC/USD…

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Ripple has partnered with Chipper Cash to integrate Ripple Payments into its cross-border transaction system. Ripple has partnered with African payment infrastructure provider Chipper Cash to support crypto-enabled cross-border payments. According to a March 27 announcement, Chipper Cash will use Ripple Payments for its cross-border transactions as part of the deal. The companies said the

Altcoin traders could send MATIC, SUI, RENDER and TAO higher if Bitcoin manages to continue trading above $64,000.

Singapore isn’t in a rush to list crypto ETFs, according to SGX CEO this week as Philippines charges two over a $6M XRP hot wallet hack.

The approval means HashKey can provide “ETH staking services for spot ETFs,” said HashKey’s managing director, Terence Pu. Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey has received approval from Hong Kong regulators to offer staking services, potentially broadening the institutional appeal of proof-of-stake investments such as the spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs). HashKey was granted approval on April 10

Although the world has largely come to an economic halt amid coronavirus prevention measures, crypto companies MoonPay and Wyre have seen volume numbers climb.“We've seen a huge spike in retail volume over the past few weeks,” Jack Jia, director of institutional sales for crypto payments outfit Wyre, told Cointelegraph in an April 3 email. “Initially there…

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