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The “market neutral trading firm” named Dubai for its global headquarters as the region experiences an influx of crypto companies seeking new users. Nine Blocks Capital Management FZE bagged a crypto license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), making Nine Blocks the first digital asset hedge fund to win VARA’s
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“Being market neutral, we don’t take any directional risk, so whether bitcoin is going up or going to go down doesn't matter much to us,” Arslanian said. “We generate alpha from the inefficiencies in crypto markets. So, we will arbitrage between perpetual swaps and the spot price of bitcoin and
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Chase U.K. will block all crypto payments over fraud and scam allegations. Chase U.K., a U.K. entity of the global bank, warned its customers that starting Oct. 16, it will block all crypto-related payments in an email to the customers. The email specified that customers are still free to interact with
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Mantle DAO community member proposed restricting FTX from converting $43 million in BitDAO tokens to MNT amid ongoing token migration. A community member within the Mantle decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) has initiated a discussion proposing to
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MakerDAO, one of the early pioneers of decentralized finance, has sparked criticism over its decision to block virtual private network (VPN) users from accessing its recently launched lending platform, Spark Protocol.At the time of writing, VPN users that attempt to access the Spark Protocol website will be met with an
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Australia’s Bendigo Bank has become the fourth major bank in the country to announce blocks for “high-risk crypto payments,” citing the need to protect customers from investment scams.The bank said on July 31 it implemented new rules on instant payments to crypto exchanges which adds “some friction to certain genuine
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX, has been denied his request to obtain documents from a Silicon Valley law firm, Fenwick & West LLP, as part of his defense strategy in his ongoing federal fraud case, Bloomberg reported. Bankman-Fried had hoped to use thes documents to support his claim that
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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has reportedly blocked the launch of Google’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) service, Bard, in the European Union over privacy concerns. Google launched Bard in the United States, United Kingdom and 178 other countries earlier this year. However, it’s so far been unable to crack the
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Westpac, one of Australia’s ’Big Four’ banks, is launching its first trial of scam protection measures designed to combat fraudulent activities related to cryptocurrencies.The protection measures aim to mitigate losses from scams and reduce potential risks.According to the announcement, investment scams account for approximately 50% of all customer losses linked to
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Jack Dorsey’s Block recorded a stunning $2.16 billion in bitcoin (BTC) sales in Q1. The fintech company’s main product, Cash App, generated 25% more bitcoin income yearly. The shareholder letter states that the multi-billion dollar bitcoin revenues were attributed
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