Digital Assets Fund Raises $40 Million

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Institutional Bitcoin Shop NYDIG Raises $150M for Twin Crypto Funds

New York Digital Investments Group (NYDIG) raised $150 million for two new funds to invest in cryptocurrencies, a move that underscores the one-stop crypto shop’s skyrocketing clout on the institutional bitcoin scene.

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Ethereum Could Soon Rally Up to 180% Against BTC as Strength Mounts

Ethereum and Bitcoin have both seen significant declines against their USD trading pairs today This came about after the benchmark cryptocurrency raced to all-time highs and posted a rejection at this level, pointing to underlying weakness amongst bulls ETH’s BTC trading pair, however, has remained stable, as the two digital assets moved lower in tandem This is a positive thing for Ethereum, as one analyst is noting that ETH/BTC’s current strength indicates that this trading […]

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Bitcoin Crushes Previous All-Time Price Highs Surpassing 2017’s Bull Run

Digital currency markets are on a tear this week, as a myriad of crypto assets have seen enormous gains during the last two days. Then finally, on November 30, 2020, the largest blockchain in terms of market cap, bitcoin (BTC) surpassed its 2017 all-time highs (ATH) after crossing the highly anticipated $19,860 zone on Monday […] The post Bitcoin Crushes Previous All-Time Price Highs Surpassing 2017’s Bull Run appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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XRP Has Usurped Tether After a Massive 112% Price Explosion

XRP has passed Tether in terms of market capitalization after a colossal price explosion in the past seven days, gaining more than $14 billion. The digital asset had a wild run in the past four days after being flat for almost two years.

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Ethereum price hits $600 for the first time in two years

Ethereum just hit $600 on most exchanges, peaking at $609. 97 on Coinbase. The digital asset has been trading inside a massive uptrend for the past several days after a breakout from an ascending parallel channel on the 4-hour chart.

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Why Low Taker Fees Matter When Trading Crypto Derivatives

The world of crypto derivatives has come a long way since CME futures entered the market, and the likes of BitMEX introduced perpetual swaps with up to 100x leverage, providing financial contracts between two or more parties based on the future price of a digital asset.

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Trader: Yearn.finance Likely to See One More Dip Before Rocketing Higher

Yearn.finance’s YFI token is trading up significantly today, with bulls aiming at providing the cryptocurrency with a strong foothold within the lower-$20,000 region. Where the aggregated crypto market trends in the near-term will likely depend on Bitcoin and Ethereum, with the strength seen by these two digital assets helping to provide the DeFi sector with […]

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Galaxy Digital Acquires 2 Crypto Firms, Sees Big Wave of Institutional Demand for Bitcoin

Bitcoin Bull Michael Novogratz’s company, Galaxy Digital, has acquired two cryptocurrency firms in preparation to meet a “bigger wave of institutional demand” for bitcoin. Big Wave of Institutional Demand for Bitcoin Incoming Galaxy Digital Holdings announced Friday that it has acquired two cryptocurrency trading firms: Drawbridge Lending and Blue Fire Capital.

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Galaxy Digital Expands Global Crypto Trading Business with Acquisitions of DrawBridge Lending and Blue Fire Capital

 Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. today announced that it has acquired two leading cryptocurrency trading firms: DrawBridge Lending , an innovator in digital asset lending, borrowing,...

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Stablecoin Savings: Circle Launches High Yield USDC Accounts for Businesses

Two years ago the cryptocurrency firm Circle announced the launch of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U. S. dollar. This week, Circle revealed the launch of high yield digital dollar business accounts with APY up to 10.

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Mastercard And GrainChain Launch Blockchain Food Traceability Platform For Latin & North America

Mastercard announced yesterday that it has partnered with agricultural-based blockchain outfit GrainChain to create digital records of commodities. The two firms will harness their resources to create digital records throughout supply chains in the U.

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McDermott Obtains Landmark “No-Action” Relief for Two Ocean Trust Concerning Digital Asset Custody

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery assisted Two Ocean Trust in obtaining landmark “no-action” relief from the Wyoming Division of Banking, stating that Two...

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Zilliqa (ZIL) price prediction for November

Zilliqa (ZIL) price has spent the past 5 months in a triangle consolidation pattern. As two converging trend lines have almost touched now, the digital asset is about to break out. Here, we take a closer look at where ZIL is likely to trade in November.

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Voyager Digital Buys European Crypto Exchange Focused on Institutional Investors

Crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate native tokens, VGX and LGO, will also merge.

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Voyager Merges With French Institutional Crypto Investment Firm, LGO, to Enter The European Market

European institutional cryptocurrency exchange, LGO announces partnership with Voyager Digital, a leading cryptocurrency agency broker based in the U. S. The strategic partnership between the two crypto firms aims to expand the crypto-based market base of the U.

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New Capital & Old Money from Crypto Market All Moving into Bitcoin

Bitcoin is above $12,000 yet again. The leading digital currency went as high as $12,317 on Bitfinex and, at the time of writing has been trading just above $12,200. In these two days, Bitcoin has jumped nearly 9%, and it is to be seen if today we will continue this momentum upwards or things would […] The post New Capital & Old Money from Crypto Market All Moving into Bitcoin first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Bitcoin SV, Zcash, Maker Price Analysis: 17 October

Zcash and Maker although still not bullish enough, were definitely displaying signs of short-term positive price reversals, as the selling pressures for the two digital assets continued to weaken.

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Two Key Trends Show That Bitcoin Will Correct After $1k Rally

Bitcoin has dropped slightly since establishing highs of $11,730 on Monday. The leading cryptocurrency currently trades for just over $11,400. Bitcoin is expected to see some volatility as announcements are expected from China about blockchain or its digital currency.

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Monero (XMR) and ZCash (ZEC) Surge 8% After U.S. Targets Encryption

Both Monero (XMR) and ZCash (ZEC) have surged approximately 8% in the past 24 hours despite stagnation in the Bitcoin price. This latest rally makes the two privacy-focused cryptocurrencies some of the best-performing digital assets of the past day.

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Travel Rule Protocol (TRP) Working Group Backed by ING and Fidelity Unveils Crypto AML Tools

Coinspeaker Travel Rule Protocol (TRP) Working Group Backed by ING and Fidelity Unveils Crypto AML ToolsThe Travel Rule Protocol working group’s solution uses two simple RESTful APIs designed for querying address ownership and sending required originator and beneficiary information about digital asset transfers.

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Australian government’s digital business plan includes $5M for blockchain

Australia’s Prime Minister has announced the Federal Government’s biggest investment in blockchain to-date, with two pilots set to receive almost $5 million.

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US House Lawmakers Pass Two Key Blockchain Legislation; Bills Headed To Senate

Following a two-week debate in the U. S. Congressional House, the Consumer Technology Act, which covers the Digital Taxonomy Act and the Blockchain Innovation Act, passed on Tuesday. The Act will now head to the Senate for debate.

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English Law Reforms Proposed for Bitcoin and Ethereum to “Flourish”

The Law Commission for England and Wales has began two new strands of work related to smart contracts and digital assets. They are to analyze the current English legal system...

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Bitcoin and Ethereum Holders Set to Access TRON’s Growing DeFi Ecosystem Using BTC/ETH

Growing DeFi platform Tron has entered a strategic partnership with institutional digital asset custody platform BitGo to enhance the growth of its DeFi space. The partnership will bring two major DeFi cryptocurrencies, Wrapped BTC (WBTC) and Wrapped Ether to the Tron ecosystem.

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Keiser Insists ‘Bitcoin Inversely Correlated To USD Not Stock Markets’ After Crypto Market Tumble

Reports that global banking giants helped criminals launder money for close to two decades helped spark the crash of global stock markets on Monday, September 21. Also tumbling in tandem with stocks were cryptocurrencies thus leading to renewed concerns that digital assets are intertwined with the global financial system.

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South Korean court freezes Bithumb investor’s shares

The news comes after South Korean police conducted two consecutive seizures in a matter of a week. Bithumb is among the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea. Though its customers have started to worry about using the platform for trading and storing their digital assets due to privacy reasons.

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US Treasury Sanctions 2 Russians Over $16.8M Virtual Currency Heist

The U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two Russian nationals over the theft of millions of dollars in digital currency. The perpetrators allegedly carried out cyber attacks on three or more cryptocurrency platforms in 2017 and 2018.

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Here’s why Yearn.Finance (YFI) is up 720% since July

Yearn. Finance (YFI) price trades more than 700% higher since July as the digital assets focus on DeFi continue to outperform the rest of the crypto market. Gains are adding on a daily basis, with YFI up over 35% in the last two days only.

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Legislation on blockchain in commerce to hit Congress floor

US legislators approve two bills in the blockchain and digital asset space that will... The post Legislation on blockchain in commerce to hit Congress floor appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Brazil Could Be Ready To Implement A Digital Currency In Just Two Years: Central Bank President

Brazil has been toying with the idea of a central bank-backed digital currency for only a couple of months. But now the president of Banco Central (the country’s central bank) has revealed that the country could be ready for a digital currency in just two years.

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Brazil Fast Tracks CBDC Launch; Central Bank President Calls for Roll Out In Next Two Years

Speaking at a Bloomberg-sponsored event, Roberto Campos Neto, president of the Banco Central, praised digital currency payment systems as the future of financial systems claiming the country is in the pipeline of launching their CBDC in the coming two years.

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Bank Of England Governor Praises Stablecoins And CBDCs, Throws Jab At Bitcoin

The popularity of Stablecoins and the talk of Central Bank Digital Currencies continue to increase as more mainstream players take notice. Now, these two types of digital assets seem to have won the heart of the Governor of the Bank of England.

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CBDC Less Than Two Years Away Says Brazilian Central Bank President

Although Brazil is a recent entrant to studying digital currencies, its central bank’s president says the country could launch one as soon as 2022. Per local news outlet Correio Brazilienese, president Roberto Campos Neto has indicated that digital currencies will be “the future of the financial system.

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Brazil could have CBDC in two years, says central bank president

A central bank digital currency in Brazil may be inevitable.

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Brazil’s Central Bank Says Nation Might Be Ready for a Digital Currency by 2022

Brazil's fast-digitizing financial infrastructure could set the stage for CBDC in the next two years, said Campos Neto.

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Band Protocol (BAND) Forms Notable Sell Signal… Twice

After falling under $10 just a week or two ago, Band Protocol (BAND) has bounced back. The coin traded as high as $17 just on Tuesday after a notable partnership was announcement. BAND was also benefiting from an influx of capital into the digital asset markets, which pushed BTC in itself up around 4%.

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This is Only the Testament of How ‘Powerful’ Bitcoin is: Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz

After two weeks, Bitcoin finally jumped above $12,000 on the first day of September but again failed to hold onto its position. Today, BTC/USD dropped to $11,155, which could be on the back of the news of South Korean authorities seizing one of the country's biggest crypto exchanges, Bithumb, for a $25 million token sale […] The post This is Only the Testament of How 'Powerful' Bitcoin is: Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Gold Nears Short-Term Top, Raising Two Possible Scenarios For Bitcoin

The precious metal gold and its digital counterpart, Bitcoin, have been in a safe haven arms race for two-plus years now. The two assets became even more tightly correlated starting on Black Thursday, as investors scrambled searching for the best hedge against inflation.

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US Department of Justice Working on Seizing 280 Crypto Accounts

The US government is looking to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts that were used by North Korean hackers who reportedly stole millions of dollars of digital assets from two crypto exchanges. A civil forfeiture complaint is filed by the US Department of Justice.

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LINE expands blockchain and crypto product portfolio with two new additions

Japanese messaging giant LINE will ease the development of blockchain services and digital asset management through its two new products.

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Grayscale’s Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Funds Available for Public Trading

The digital asset management firm Grayscale Investments announced on Aug 17 that its Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts are now publicly tradable. Shares of the two trusts will be traded on OTC markets under the tickers BCHG and LTCN.

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Passive Income via Digital Wealth: A Deep Dive Into Crypto Earning, Staking, Interest Bearing Accounts

During the last two years investment vehicles that allow crypto asset holders to gather yields have grown exponentially and anyone can make passive income with a number of avenues. Staking validators, decentralized finance (defi) lending services, and interest rate earning accounts provide digital currency holders with the means to make their money work for them.

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Dash Partners with Mexican Exchange, Tauros, to Lunch Visa Backed Crypto Debit Cards

Mexico’s crypto savvy community will now be able to use Visa crypto debit cards following a partnership between Dash and Tauros crypto exchange. The two entities whose operational niche is digital asset services came together to facilitate the first crypto debit card launch in Latin America.

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Crypto Derivatives Set New Records, ETH Futures Set All-Time Highs, CME Open Interest Spikes

Digital currency derivatives have been on fire during the last two weeks as ethereum futures volumes touched an all-time high on Sunday. The popular derivatives trading platform Deribit saw 1. 9 million ETH contracts traded and CME Group is now the third-largest exchange in terms of bitcoin futures open interest.

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Putin Approves Cryptocurrency Bill, Stopping Russians From Using Bitcoin for Payments

On Friday, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, signed one of the two digital assets bills into law, Russian media outlet RIA reports. The new law was passed by Russia’s parliament, Duma, last week and states that firms can provide virtual securities on blockchain platforms provided they are well registered with the country’s central bank, Bank of […]

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Putin Signs Russian Crypto Bill Into Law

Russia's president signed the first of two bills on digital assets into law on Friday.

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Circle Partners With Genesis to Advance USDC Use in Traditional Finance

Global fintech company Circle has partnered with cryptocurrency prime brokerage Genesis. The two will work together to push the adoption of Circle’s USDC stablecoin. As part of the deal, Digital Currency Group (DCG) has invested $25 million in Circle.

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Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms

Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold.

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