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Xend Finance, a Nigeria-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives, has secured new partners and funding as it prepares for its bid to bring high-interest savings opportunities to Africa.Set to launch its mainnet in March, the firm announced Tuesday that it has partnered with software service provider
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Apple, the maker of hot-selling items from iPhones to tablets, is the world’s largest publicly traded company, with a market capitalization of $2.3 trillion. A new report from the brokerage firm RBC Capital Markets posits that Apple, which already provides payments wallets for millions of consumers in an economy that’s gone
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The new year has started, and already, it has brought major changes to the crypto industry. Bitcoin is making new milestones every other day, and its newest record is above $40,000. Even Ethereum, the birthplace of DeFi (decentralized finance) has finally managed to climb above $1,000 for the first time
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Senator Cynthia Lummis, the first senator in the history of the United States to own Bitcoin, has revealed plans to launch a Financial Innovation Caucus to educate her fellow senators on cryptocurrency and digital assets.Appearing on Anthony Pompliano’s podcast on Feb. 2, Lummis announced her intention to establish the caucus,
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SDAX now has in-principle approval from Singapore's central bank for its Recognized Market Operator license. Source
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Sber, Russia’s largest retail bank, has applied for a license with the country’s central bank to issue its own digital token for corporate clients. The digital asset will be available for the companies banking with Sber, which have been expressing interest for blockchain-based deals for some time, a spokesperson from
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The new venture will focus on capital markets, and the firms are looking to partner with fixed income issuance platforms for their post-trade infrastructure. Source
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The edge-to-edge encrypted platform is built on Microsoft Azure and accessible by clients via an API. Source
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Sberbank, the largest state-owned bank in Russia, has reportedly filed an application with the Bank of Russia to launch a blockchain platform for its “Sbercoin” stablecoin.Sergey Popov, director of the transaction business at Sberbank, announced the news on Jan. 21 at a local financial event Russian news agency Interfax reports.At
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It joins several other ETP providers on the exchange, including ETC Group, with its own physically backed bitcoin product. Source
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