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Californian crypto exchange Kraken becomes the second virtual asset platform after Binance to receive regulatory approval to operate in the Abu Dhabi international financial center and free zone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).In a CNBC interview, Kraken’s managing director Curtis Ting explains the importance of diversifying trading pairs to local
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One of the largest banking institutions in Germany has confirmed it applied for a local crypto license earlier this year, marking the first time a major bank has made a move toward cryptocurrencies in the country.A spokesperson from Commerzbank confirmed to local media outlet Börsen-Zeitung on April 14 that it
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Puerto Rico becomes the fourth jurisdiction in America to grant a money transmitter license to Binance.US, the American arm of the crypto exchange Binance. Other states that issued operational licenses to Binance.US include Wyoming, Connecticut and West Virginia. Binance.US was launched as a second attempt by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to
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Portuguese based bank Bison Bank has received permission from Portugal’s Central Bank (Banco de Portugal) to operate as a “virtual asset service provider ”(VASP), making the first bank in the country to be given the green light by the regulator.On Thursday, Banco de Portugal updated its list of virtual asset
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Bison Bank was authorized to offer crypto custodian and trading services in Portugal on Thursday. Source
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Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has received an electronic money license from the Central Bank of Ireland. It was the 18th organization to receive the license, and the first since October 2020. Gemini joined such license holders as Coinbase, Stripe, Square and Meta. The e-money license, for which Gemini applied in early 2020
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Less than two weeks after the Central Bank of Russia, or CBR, reiterated its position proposing to ban the issuance, mining and circulation of cryptocurrencies in Russia, it appears to have reevaluated its policy. In a press release published on Thursday, the CBR added the country’s biggest lender, Sberbank, to its
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Wednesday that it had been granted a license to operate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company’s presence in the Middle East has been building up lately, with a crypto service provider license in another Gulf market, Bahrain, coming in earlier this week.Under the
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Utrust, a Portugal-based on-chain crypto payments firm, has received a license from the Portuguese central bank (Banco de Portugal) to operate as a virtual asset service provider, Nuno Correia, Utrust co-founder and chief strategy officer, told CoinDesk on Wednesday. Original Source
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