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The head of the financial regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi wants “proper” international regulation of cryptocurrency, local news outlet The National reports Wednesday, September 19.Speaking during an interview at this week’s Fintech Abu Dhabi event, Richard Teng, head of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of the Abu Dhabi Global Market…

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay has launched trading services in Australia, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 7.Zebpay has expanded its trading services to Australia by opening a new office in the fintech hub of Melbourne. The exchange’s Australian customers are now able to trade across five fiat to crypto trading pairs…

After introducing a new carbon-neutral system for Bitcoin investment in April, One River Digital has already applied for a carbon-neutral BTC ETF. 3750 Total views 4 Total shares Institutional investors have been showing a stronger appetite for a carbon-neutral Bitcoin (BTC) investment solution by One River Digital Asset Management.One River Digital, a crypto-focused hedge fund…

The dissertation was written at an important moment in Bitcoin's history. 1382 Total views 17 Total shares A Ph.D. dissertation On Scalability of Blockchain Technologies has become the most downloaded dissertation at Cornell University in the past eight years. The paper was penned by Adem Efe Gencer in 2017, under the direction of computer scientists…

Tuesday Sept. 3 — Bitcoin (BTC) continues to eye the $11,000 price mark, while most altcoins are registering minor gains on the day.Market visualization. Source: Coin360Bitcoin continues to show impressive price movement after trading close to $10,300 for the better part of the day. At press time, the number one cryptocurrency is trading at $10,718, up…

Over the last few days, the centralization versus decentralization row has erupted in earnest. In case you missed it, the activities of Tron founder Justin Sun following his takeover of blogging site Steemit have been pivotal to the controversies.Let’s briefly recap. Earlier in February, it emerged that Sun was further expanding his crypto-empire with the…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has just paid around $500 to register a new Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain name called "dacc.eth."

Cointelegraph Consulting releases some trends and insights featured in their “DeFi Adoption 2020: A Definitive Guide to Entering the Industry.” The majority of DeFi projects believe the industry is far away from maturity, but they are sure that mainstream adoption is likely to occur. This was disclosed on Sept. 21 when Cointelegraph Consulting released the…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekInfrastructure bill passes US Senate — without clarification on cryptoOn Tuesday, the…