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Opt-in based framework; limited impact expected. Still PI only.OverviewHong Kong is stepping up its efforts to formally regulate cryptocurrency exchanges in the city. The Securities and Futures Commission just released a newly drafted regulatory framework, which allows the securities watchdog to issue licenses to crypto trading platforms. Could this be
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Visit the website of any stock exchange platform, like the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, and the listing fees for new companies are there to see. There is hardly any controversy when it is clearly stated like this, but the same cannot be said for the cryptocurrency
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Tawanda Kembo, the founder and CEO of the Zimbabwe-based crypto exchange Golix, is claiming that he has lost the private key to his company’s digital wallet. As a result, the customers of the cryptocurrency exchange are unable to access their funds.The timing of the announcement hints at a sinister motive.
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has received queries from 21 cryptocurrency exchanges seeking licensure under the Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Act.21 firms out of 34 potential VFA providers are crypto exchangesAccording to an official announcement on Nov. 1, the 21 exchanges are among the 34 prospective VFA service
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Malta-based crypto asset exchange OKEx is the latest name to join the blockchain project of the Korean social messaging giant Kakao. OKEx said in a press release that it hopes its involvement with Klaytn, as the public network is called, will help encourage blockchain adoption around the world.The public blockchain
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As Japan and South Korea — two of the largest cryptocurrency exchange markets in Asia — are increasingly pressuring exchanges to delist privacy-focused crypto assets, and concerns are rising that it could lead to more markets, at least in Asia, to follow the trend of the two major countries.Meanwhile,
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Almost half of all people working in the blockchain industry are employed by cryptocurrency exchanges, new research from industry-focused publication The Block reveals.The Block published the research results on Oct. 23, stating that 42% of people at 158 analyzed companies work for digital currency exchanges, with around 7,700 people
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American entrepreneur and staunch crypto advocate, John McAfee, has argued for the importance of stablecoins for decentralized exchange (DEX) adoption.McAfee made his argument in a tweet posted on Oct. 20.Stablecoins as an interim solutionMcAfee’s video begins by tackling the main obstacle to crypto-fiat currency conversions that use of a
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Earlier this week, British-American entrepreneur John McAfee, who is currently living “in exile” due to tax-related charges filed against him by the United States authorities, launched his own decentralized exchange (DEX). The expressive crypto advocate’s McAfeedex.com is running on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, and, in McAfee’s own words, it is
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6.7% of the entire circulating supply of Bitcoin (BTC) is held on the wallets of eight major cryptocurrency exchanges, according to Twitter account The Token Analyst.“Exchanges are the biggest HODLers”On Oct. 8, the Token Analyst, a Twitter account that provides real-time and historical blockchain data, wrote that throughout Bitcoin’s
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