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Australian-based crypto platform Marhaba DeFi says there has been a strong take-up of Halal-approved cryptocurrency products on its platform, with aims to release a suite of new products which align with Islamic law by the end of 2022.Launched in 2020, the platform is focused on adhering to the rules of “Islamic finance” which refers to…

In 1996, there were over 8,000 public companies listed on exchanges in the United States. Fast forward to 2020 and there are only approximately 4,400 — a drop of 46% despite the fact that the S&P 500 quadrupled in value. Conventional wisdom would lead readers to think they are looking at a misprint. This paradox…

“If Tom or anybody else wanted to be in this field, I would say, ‘Do it within the law,’” SEC Chair Gary Gensler iterated. 350 Total views 3 Total shares The United States securities regulator chief has hinted he would be open to a rebooted crypto exchange FTX — as long as its new leadership

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 WeekRussia to decide between blanket crypto ban and legalizing exchanges in 2022…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $24,000 on Dec. 19, reaching a new all-time high. On Coinbase, BTC peaked at $24,200 and has since consolidated into the $23,500 to $23,800 range.Three factors pushed the price of BTC upwards within a short period, leading it to a record-high. The factors are a large short squeeze, stacked…

Singapore is aggressively pursuing policies that will help the cryptocurrency sector grow. 677 Total views 25 Total shares The regulation of cryptocurrencies varies considerably across the globe: China has cracked down on significant amounts of crypto activity in recent months, while Japan only recently allowed specialized cryptocurrency investment funds. El Salvador, on the other hand,…

Discussions.app and Telos will collaborate on tools to record Twitter and other social media accounts and contacts to the blockchain enabling migration between platforms. Reddit-inspired social aggregation platform Discussions.app announced its expansion to the Telos network on Sept. 3.The first project to come out of the new collaboration will be a decentralized identity system, allowing…

“This latest attestation further highlights that Tether is fully backed and that the composition of its reserves is strong, conservative and liquid," said Paolo Ardoino. 156 Total views 3 Total shares USDT Stablecoin issuer Tether has reported it cut its reserves allocation to commercial paper investments and increased that of United States Treasury bills over…

Multiparty computation (MPC) is a type of cryptographic protocol that allows multiple parties to jointly compute a function over their inputs without revealing those inputs to each other. MPC can be useful when parties want to compute some function together but want to keep their inputs private from others. For example, a group of banks may…