Grassroots Bitcoin Cash House Movement Expands to Ghana
With one Bitcoin Cash House now established in Venezuela, the grassroots movement is independently spreading to other locations. Read.cash user ‘Koush’ has
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Binance Expands Trading for Turkish Lira Trading Pairs
Binance, the second-largest exchange by daily trading volume, has extended trading capabilities for the Turkish lira (TRY) and added a new trading pair for the lira and the Russian ruble (RUB).Binance users can now trade Tether (USDT) against the Turkish lira (USDT/TRY) and the Russian ruble (USDT/RUB). According to
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Crypto Exchange Kraken Expands with Acquisition of Circle Trade OTC
The major US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has released an official announcement about the acquisition of Circle Trade, an over the counter (OTC) digital asset trading platform, in a notice posted on 17th December.Kraken shared that the company’s OTC desk that is being run by the Wall Street expert Nelson Minier,
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Stablecoin Startup Terra Expands to Mongolia With Taxi Payment Service
In a press release Thursday, Terra announced its stablecoin issuance protocol would act as Mongolian messaging app memeChat’s new financial backbone. That app, which has attracted 50,000 users since its March launch, now features the Terra-backed memePay payment service as well. Source
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Bitcoin-Friendly Bank SEBA Expands to Nine More Countries
SEBA Bank AG, a Swiss-based, lender licensed by the nation’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to offer a range of traditional banking services as well as cryptoassets products to its clients, has now expanded its operations to nine new jurisdictions including Italy, Germany, and Singapore, among others, according to reports
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Coinbase Expands Reach of Visa Card in Europe, Adds 5 New Cryptos
Coinbase has added support for five new crypto options to its Visa debit card, and also expanded availability to 10 more European nations. The U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange announced Thursday that holders of the card can now spend XRP, basic attention
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Bitstamp Crypto Exchange Expands Into Asia-Pacific Region With New Hire
Luxembourg-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has hired Andrew Leelarthaepin to lead its business development efforts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.In a Nov. 13 press release, Bitstamp announced that Leelarthaepin was joining the company to further expand the exchange’s presence in Asia-Pacific “to meet the growing level of demand for the
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Chinese Forex Regulator SAFE Expands Blockchain Cross-Border Pilot
Chinese regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) expanded its blockchain cross-border financing pilot program. Local news outlet GlobalTimes reported on Nov. 11 that the system now covers 19 provinces and cities, up from nine.The development is unsurprising given that at the end of October SAFE deputy head Lu
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Bakkt Expands Bitcoin Custody Service Beyond Futures Trading Clients
Bakkt is ready to store customers’ bitcoin. Intercontinental Exchange’s bitcoin subsidiary announced Monday it would provide custody services for institutional clients. Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital and Tagomi have already signed on as initial customers for “Baakt Warehouse,” with other “marquee
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CipherTrace Expands Monitoring Platform to 700 Tokens
United States-based blockchain security firm CipherTrace has expanded its crypto intelligence platform to 700 tokens.Tracing hundreds of ERC-20 tokensWith the expanded platform launched on Oct. 15, CipherTrace now allows clients to trace more than 87% of the transactional volume of the top 100 cryptos such as Ether (ETH), Tether
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