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Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future, the Blockchain Game Alliance, Enjin, and 26 blockchain game companies have called out video game corporation Valve for its decision to not allow content related to cryptocurrencies or nonfungible tokens through its Steam marketplace.According to an open letter published by Fight for
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The idea to seek approval came from one of the country’s major oil and gas companies, which already has a small mining farm using flare gas, but wants to expand it, an unidentified source “close to the Ministry of Industry and Trade” told Kommersant. Russian law, however, currently doesn’t regulate
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has approved the Volt Crypto Industry Revolution and Tech ETF, providing investors with easy access to companies with significant exposure to Bitcoin (BTC).The exchange-traded fund, which was approved on Tuesday, is intended to track so-called “Bitcoin Industry Revolution Companies,” which are
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The buzz around the blockchain industry isn’t going down anytime soon as more use cases keep popping up in various sectors. There is a myriad of factors contributing to the push we are currently observing. One of the most significant among them is the increase in industry readiness, both from
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According to a Wednesday press release, the 12 relatively unknown options merchants accused of failing to register with the CFTC are New York-based. The two companies that are accused of “making false and misleading claims of having CFTC registration and National Futures Association (NFA) membership”—Climax Capital FX and Digitalexchange24.com— are
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The Central Bank of Russia has recently expanded its database of financial market players suspected of illicit activities. Several crypto companies have been added to the list along with entities bearing signs of Ponzi schemes, as well as illegal credit organizations and forex dealers. Central Bank of Russia Blacklists
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From just two companies — PayPal and Walt Disney — engaging in blockchain in 2014, blockchain technology adoption has grown exponentially. Now, 81 of the world’s top 100 public companies by market capitalization use blockchain technology, with 27 of them having a fully functioning live product, according to blockchain research
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The Canadian Securities Administrators, or CSA, and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, or IIROC, have issued guidelines for crypto trading platforms operating in the country to avoid “advertising and marketing materials that could mislead investors.” In a Thursday publication, the Canadian regulators’ guidelines warn crypto companies not to advertise “gambling
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“Initially, the Fund expects to directly invest up to 15% of its total assets in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (‘GBTC’) and Canadian bitcoin ETFs investing in bitcoin,” the filing said. (Grayscale and CryptoX share a parent company, Digital Currency Group.) Source
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The value of MicroStrategy’s massive Bitcoin (BTC) holdings has surpassed what most S&P 500 companies hold in their cash treasuries.The Nasdaq-listed enterprise software firm purchased an additional 5,050 Bitcoin for about $242.9 million, raising the value of its 114,042 BTC holdings to nearly $5.3 billion. That comes out to be higher than
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