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Germany

Fitch Says Germany’s ‘Spezialfonds’ Investing in Crypto Face Liquidity Risk

A law passed earlier this year allows Spezialfonds, open only to institutional investors, to invest up to 20% of assets in cryptocurrencies.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Coinbase

Coinbase Stock Up More Than 8% After Record Quarter

The exchange posted earnings on Tuesday after the stock market close that beat analysts' estimates.

Markets  ·  11 August 2021
Wyoming

Commercium Financial Becomes Fourth Wyoming-Chartered Crypto Bank

None of the chartered applicants have received a certificate of authority to operate yet, however.

Business  ·  11 August 2021
Monero

Cake Wallet Brings Readable Usernames to Its Crypto Wallets

Unstoppable Domains will let Cake Wallet’s 150,000 users create usernames under the [NAME].crypto format.

Tech  ·  11 August 2021
Bitcoin

US July Consumer Price Index Rose Slightly Faster Than Expected

A year-over-year gain of 5.4% may reflect an economy that’s still suffering from supply shortages while keeping up with increasing demand.

Markets  ·  11 August 2021
CBDCs

Ghana to Pilot CBDC With German Banknote Printer Giesecke+Devrient

The digital cedi will be tested with banks, payment-service providers, merchants, consumers and other stakeholders.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Ethereum Mining

Valid Points: EIP 1559 Hasn’t Affected Ethereum Miner Revenue

Plus: The first hard fork for Ethereum 2.0 is scheduled for testnet activation.

Tech  ·  11 August 2021
NFTs

Alipay Adds Cooldown Feature on NFTs to Curb Speculation

China's second most-popular payments app doesn't want users to engage in speculation with NFTs.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Regulations

SEC’s Gensler Told Elizabeth Warren He Needs More Authority to Regulate Crypto

Congress should focus on trading, lending and decentralized finance, the securities regulator said.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Thailand

EU-Thailand Remittance Corridor Opened on Stellar Blockchain

Velo Labs has joined with TEMPO Payments and Bitazza to facilitate transfers on the Stellar blockchain.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Security

Poly Network Hacker Starts to Return Drained Funds

The hacker sent millions of dollars back.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Avoids Bear Market, Long-Term Uptrend Intact

Resistance near $50,000 to $55,000 could stall the recovery given short-term overbought signals.

Markets  ·  11 August 2021
US Government

US Senate Passes $3.5T Budget Plan

Senators voted along party lines to support a blueprint for President Joe Biden's agenda.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Rests Above Key Indicator Amid ‘Return of Retail Investors’

The crypto is now up 57% year to date.

Markets  ·  11 August 2021
DeFi

Poly Network Prepares for Hacker to Return Millions in Stolen Crypto

The hacker who stole potentially $600 million from Poly Network asked for a multisig wallet to return the funds.

News  ·  11 August 2021