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Ripple’s Sagar Sarbhai has said he believes that blockchain technology and crypto assets are now being tackled more holistically by policymakers, in an interview on CNBC Markets today, September 17.Sarbhai, who is head of regulatory relations for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at Ripple, said he thinks that regulators are no longer taking a compartmentalized…

Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain activity is "dead" but on-chain indicators are overwhelmingly positive right now, says analyst William Clemente.In the latest edition of Anthony Pompliano's weekly newsletters, Clemente highlighted multiple metrics showing no reason to be bearish about Bitcoin this month.50,000 new Bitcoin entities every dayWith BTC price action failing to impress, there is no shortage…

After numerous big companies exited Facebook’s Libra project and several regulators voiced their concerns, news about the project had taken a back seat. However, this week, the Libra Association announced that E-commerce giant Shopify had joined the network.The Libra Foundation said that Shopify, an online marketplace hosting more than one million merchants, would be an…

Today’s financial world is becoming increasingly digitized, and naturally, central banks want to adapt to the changing environment. The use of cash is rapidly declining. Globally, the rise of digital payment apps and COVID-19 have only accelerated the decline in cash usage, fueling interest in digital currencies and demand for easier payment solutions.As crypto adoption…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Kraken made its WebSockets private Application Program Interface (API) available for all Kraken clients.On Oct. 24, Kraken reported on its blog that the first two messages of the private API have gone live to all of its clients after being in beta mode since the beginning of October.The new functionalitiesThe crypto exchange advertises…

1inch Network expands to another cryptocurrency exchange as KuCoin Wallet integrates its automated market maker functionality to improve token swaps. 148 Total views 5 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin will introduce native token swap functionality to its in-house wallet after integrating decentralized finance (DeFi) market maker 1inch’s application programming interface.1inch’s Pathfinder algorithm will increase the…

The Chinese government and its federal authorities are getting increasingly involved in the blockchain space to push forward innovation throughout the country. In the latest, the government released an official notice stating that they have put together a technical committee of 15 organizations to devise national standards for blockchain and distributed ledger technology.This comes only three…

The internet — arguably the greatest invention in human history — has gone awry. We can all feel it. It is harder than ever to tell if we are engaging with friends or foes (or bots), we know we are being constantly surveilled in the name of better ad conversion, and we live in constant…

The commission rejected a rule change allowing listing and trading shares of the First Trust SkyBridge Bitcoin ETF Trust, citing similar reasons for disapproving Bitcoin spot ETFs from VanEck in November and WisdomTree in December. 304 Total views 3 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has officially disapproved the application…