Toncoin (TON) gains 10% after Binance Launchpool platform addition

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has revealed plans to develop a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) that will use R3’s Corda platform, in a press release published August 21. A CBDC is a digital currency issued by a central bank whose legal tender status depends on government regulation or law. The “wholesale” variant of…

Crypto exchange Bitget has abandoned plans for a crypto license in Hong Kong, asking users to withdraw their assets by Dec. 13. 265 Total views 2 Total shares Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitget has dropped plans to obtain a Virtual Asset Trading Platform (VATP) license in Hong Kong, citing business and market-related considerations.Bitget officially announced on

The country's legislature has passed a law that would impose financial monitoring on crypto platforms. 64 Total views 3 Total shares According to new legislation passed by the upper house of the country's national parliament today, crypto businesses in Kazakhstan may soon be subjected to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, as reported by local news outlet Vlast. The…

Earlier this week Ethereum’s token Ether (ETH) took a serious tumble as Bitcoin (BTC) price swiftly broke down to $6,560 on Nov. 25. The price dropped through numerous supports, forming a bottom at $131.60, a point not seen since March 25. As one would expect, Bitcoin’s drop to $6,560 quickly led the crypto market to become…

South Africa reportedly becomes the first country on the continent to require digital asset exchanges to be licensed. 437 Total views 3 Total shares South Africa’s financial regulator has announced that all crypto exchanges in the country will be required to obtain licenses by the end of the year, according to a report by Bloomberg.Financial…

The United States Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc., where it alleges that the corporation has been engaging in anti-competitive practices ever since acquiring a dominant global position at the turn of the 2010s.According to public case files released on Wednesday, the regulator believes that Facebook has systematically purchased or reproduced…

Robinhood has launched a betting markets hub as the online brokerage — best known for stock trading — expands its presence in emergent asset classes, including cryptocurrencies and event contracts, according to a March 17 announcement.  Robinhood’s stock, HOOD, rose roughly 8% on the Nasdaq after the announcement, according to data from Google Finance. The

Despite the Chinese central bank's proposal to monitor the Metaverse and NFTs, companies such as Tencent and Huawei are pursuing metaverse-related trademarks. 1517 Total views 16 Total shares Even though the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) warning on metaverse and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in November, more than a thousand Chinese companies have submitted thousands of…

People over 55 and under 64 years of age represent the largest age bracket who have fallen prey to scams. 279 Total views 3 Total shares Australians have continued getting duped by investment and crypto-related scams, losing 242.5 million Australian dollars to scammers so far in 2022, according to Scamwatch’s latest data. From January to July…