US risks losing the crypto race to UAE, Korea, Aus and Switzerland: Ark

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the week before Christmas with a whimper as a tight trading range gives BTC bulls little cheer.A weekly close just above $16,700 means BTC/USD remains without major volatility amid a lack of overall market direction.Having seen erratic trading behavior around the latest United States macroeconomic data print, the pair has since returned…

Facebook’s Libra payment protocol could make central and commercial banks irrelevant, but PayPal has no future anyway, the CEO of derivatives giant BitMEX thinks. Arthur Hayes made the comments in a new interview with Taiwanese news network BlockTempo TV on July 9.Speaking during this year’s Asia Blockchain Summit (ABS), Hayes made grim forecasts for both…

Binance's partner Latam Gateway has been granted a license to operate as a payment institution and electronic money issuer in Brazil. Latam Gateway, the payment provider for Binance in Brazil, has been granted a license by the country's central bank to operate as a payment institution and electronic money issuer on May 19, according to…

United States cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is considering a private offering to high net worth investors, Finance Magnates reported Dec. 12, quoting emails sent by the company.Kraken, which is currently the subject of a lawsuit over its support of the competing forks of altcoin Bitcoin Cash (BCH), has reportedly valued its shares at $4 billion.According to…

Georgia Representative Mike Collins previously disclosed purchasing up to $65,000 in ETH, but seems to have moved onto altcoin investments.

The new entity is called Huobi Labuan, and its brokerage license allows it to offer crypto spot and derivatives trading for an initial nine-month trial period. 2083 Total views 29 Total shares Huobi Global, Huobi Group's flagship crypto exchange headquartered in Singapore, may have had a rocky fall in 2020 — at least, as circulating…

With the continuous lockdowns and travel advisories brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 seems to be a perfect year for discovering and reading new books.As such, Cointelegraph collected a list of non-crypto-related book recommendations from 10 of the biggest thought leaders in the blockchain space. Sheila Warren, Caitlin Long, Alex Mashinsky, Tim Draper and…

Uniswap said it is betting on her experience with TradFi translating over to DeFi to further help them evolve their place in Web3. 103 Total views 2 Total shares On Wednesday, Uniswap announced that former New York Stock Exchange president Stacey Cunningham will join the company as an advisor.Cunningham served as the first female president…

The middle eastern arm of the exchange said it had opened an office in the Dubai World Trade Center and planned to increase its staff to 30 people. 196 Total views 1 Total shares The middle eastern arm of cryptocurrency exchange OKX reported Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority had granted the firm a minimal viable…