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Canadian bank plans to launch dollar-backed digital currency ‘in the coming months’

In an announcement on Wednesday, VersaBank said it plans to launch a digital currency called VCAD, which will reportedly be backed by Canadian dollars deposited with the bank. The Canadian bank claimed that VCAD would effectively be "the first digital currency to represent a fiat currency" issued and backed by

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Evolve Becomes Second Canadian Issuer to Win Approval for Bitcoin ETF

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has approved Canada’s second bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Evolve’s bitcoin ETF was conditionally approved on Tuesday to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the company announced in a press release. “Evolve was the first to file for a bitcoin ETF in the U.S.,” said James Seyffart, ETF

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Evolve wins second Canadian Bitcoin ETF as Ontario regulator approves application

North America’s second Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund received regulatory approval on Tuesday, offering another potential entry point for institutional investors to access digital assets.Less than three weeks after filing a preliminary prospectus for a Bitcoin ETF, Evolve Funds Group Inc announced Tuesday that its fund has been approved by the Ontario

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First North American Bitcoin ETF Approved by Canadian Securities Regulator

The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in North America has been given the go-ahead by Canada’s financial regulator.According to a decision document on Thursday, the receipt of approval from the Ontario Securities Commission was filed under a Multilateral Instrument passport system in multiple Canadian jurisdictions.Those territories include British Columbia, Alberta,

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Former Canadian Prime Minister Lists Bitcoin as Possible Future Reserve Currency

Stephen Harper, an economist and the former prime minister of Canada, said bitcoin could potentially see use as a reserve currency, but isn’t going to supplant the U.S. dollar’s international role.In an interview with Cambridge House’s Jay Martin on Sunday, Harper acknowledged that the dollar had been on a downtrend,

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