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The Celo platform utility token can now be traded on Coinbase and Coinbase Pro. Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, will now offer support for Celo — an announcement that led to a 32% price surge in less than two hours.According to a Sept. 3 blog post from Coinbase, the exchange now…

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week. Essential reading for all Hodlers!Top Stories This WeekCFTC charges BitMEX with illegally operating derivatives exchangeThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged the derivatives exchange BitMEX with operating an unregistered trading platform and violating Anti-Money Laundering regulations.A civil enforcement action…

The reported suicide of notorious tax fugitive, Bitcoin proponent, and antivirus software pioneer, John McAfee, has prompted an outpouring of tributes and conspiracy theories today.After years of evading U.S. taxes and authorities, a Spanish court had ordered McAfee’s extradition just hours before he was found dead, with the 75-year-old expected to face a life sentence…

Belarus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited a high crypto crime rate for banning all citizens from exchanging Bitcoin between each other. The Belarusian foreign ministry is working on legal amendments to prohibit peer-to-peer, or P2P, transactions in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC).The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Republic of Belarus on July 2 issued…

Company founder Ken Griffin has backtracked on his anti-crypto stance and wants his firm to offer digital assets to its clients this year. 392 Total views 3 Total shares American multinational hedge fund and financial services company Citadel is poised to enter cryptocurrency markets this year.Speaking on Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein, Citadel founder Ken…

The company said that they intend for these pools to increase liquidity on hard-pegged assets. 356 Total views 325 Total shares AMM DeFi protocol Balancer announced Monday that it had partnered with DAO-based staking platform Lido to introduce a MetaStable Pool incentive program.MetaStable Pools are liquidity pools specifically designed to work with highly correlated (but…

After becoming the first blockchain firm to list on the London Stock Exchange, Argo Blockchain is now looking at a potential secondary listing on the Nasdaq. 56 Total views 1 Total shares Argo Blockchain, a publicly traded blockchain technology company focused on cryptocurrency mining, is looking at a potential secondary listing on the Nasdaq exchange.On…

The “Travel Rule” aims to bring reporting standards for virtual asset service providers in line with other traditional financial institutions. 506 Total views 24 Total shares Tether Operations Limited, the firm operating Tether (USDT), announced on Tuesday that it will use Notabene, an end-to-end solution for cryptocurrency Travel Rule compliance.Tether will begin testing Notabene’s cross-border transaction…