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Bitwala, a Berlin-based crypto-friendly bank, has joined forces with Celsius, a leading crypto lending platform, to offer its clients up to four percent annual interest on their Bitcoin (BTC) holdings. With the innovative initiative, Bitwala has become the first-ever traditional bank to offer users interest on their crypto holdings, according
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United Kingdom-based digital bank Revolut has raised $500 million in a fresh funding round and tripled its valuation to hit $5.5 billion. This, as the Financial Times reported on Feb. 25, makes the crypto-supporting app one of Europe’s most valuable fintech firms.Since late 2017, Revolut’s app has enabled its
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Former New York mayor and present-day Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg seems to be snuggling up to the crypto community.In a proposal for financial reform released Feb. 18, the Democratic candidate not only wrote about cryptocurrency as an asset class, but also offered a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency in the
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“See you back in New York,” Andrew Yang said as he ended his campaign for US president. Cryptocurrency holders saw an ally in 2020 presidential hopeful Andrew Yang, so the news that he was suspending his campaign on Feb. 11 came as a major disappointment. As one of the outspoken
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Deribit is moving to warmer waters, citing regulatory concerns.Announced Thursday, the Amsterdam-based crypto derivatives exchange will operate out of Panama as DRB Panama Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of current platform Deribit B.V., beginning Feb. 10. The company claimed the Netherlands’ presumed adoption of “very strict” anti-money laundering (AML) regulations applied
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British mobile banking firm Revolut is negotiating with investors to raise at least half a billion dollars next year, Reuters reports on Nov. 12.Since the end of 2017, Revolut’s app has allowed its users to complete transactions in cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC) and Ether (ETH).According to Reuters,
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Cryptocurrency-powered web browser Brave announced on Oct. 16 that it reached 8 million monthly active users.Furthermore, daily active users stand at over 2.8 million and the number of creators subscribed to its web advertisement network also reportedly substantially increased. There are also over 290,000 Brave Verified Publishers who subscribed to
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