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A New Zealand dollar-pegged stablecoin has gone live through a partnership with New Zealand crypto exchange Easy Crypto and Australian blockchain development firm Labrys.In a Nov. 22 announcement, Labrys and Easy Crypto said the NZDD will be backed 1:1 with cash in trust and regulated by the New Zealand Financial
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Binance will publicly roll out a Thailand-based crypto exchange in early 2024 via a joint venture with local energy giant Gulf Energy Development.A Nov. 15 Stock Exchange of Thailand filing by Gulf Energy said the venture, called Gulf Binance, will initially be available on an invitation-only basis with a public
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Kenya might become the first country in the world where the industry’s representatives would develop the regulatory framework for crypto. According to the Blockchain Association of Kenya (BAK), The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has directed it to prepare the first draft of “what could become
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Payment processor Visa has completed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank. According to the Nov. 1 announcement, the e-HKD program involves tokenization of deposits, where the money deposited with a bank is minted on the firm’s own blockchain ledger with the
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Global payment giant PayPal has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to offer crypto services in the United Kingdom.According to official FCA data, PayPal has been registered to offer “certain crypto asset activities” in the U.K. since Oct. 31, 2023.According to the register, PayPal has requirements or restrictions
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Kasikornbank has acquired $103 million worth of shares of the Satang crypto exchange through its subsidiary Unita Capital. Thailand’s financial giant Kasikornbank (KBank) has bought 97% shares of the local crypto exchange dubbed Satang Pro, Thai newspaper Bangkok Biz News reports. In a regulatory filing, the bank said it had acquired 3.705
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The administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams released a plan for the adoption and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) within the local government, along with a new integration into city applications. On Oct. 16, the administration released an update saying it is developing a framework through which city agencies
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A collective of local leaders in the cryptocurrency space, including Cryptox, 42Studio, MarketAcross, Collider Ventures, CryptoJungle, Nilos, Blockchain B7, Efficient Frontier, Ironblocks, the Israel Blockchain Association and Bits of Gold, have joined together to establish Crypto Aid Israel, a global fundraiser to help displaced Israeli citizens in need of humanitarian
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The development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by the European Central Bank (ECB) faces pushback from European lawmakers. According to an Oct. 5 report by DL News, member of European Parliament Stefan Berger confirmed there will be no imminent decision by the ECB on implementing a digital euro. Berger
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Bitcoin (BTC) rejected at $28,000 after the Oct. 5 Wall Street open as a return toward six-week highs failed.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewBitcoin sees swift comedown after new $28,000 retestData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC price action as bulls attempted to match levels from earlier in the
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