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In this issue All aboard the bitcoin expressAre we on the brink of an NFT revolution?DeFi now on regional Fed’s radarCrypto race in the U.S. — and a call to (blockchain) arms for BidenIndia moves closer to banning private crypto like bitcoinWill Hong Kong outlaw retail crypto investing? From the Editor’s DeskDear
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As multiple banks prepare crypto custody services, holders now have to flip an old Bitcoin saying on its head: are the banks prepared to be their own (and others') bank? Last week BNY Mellon, the oldest bank in the United States, announced they would be providing custody solutions, ceding to pressure
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In the wake of Tesla’s big announcement on Monday, a wave of corporate engagement with crypto emerges.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.On today’s episode of The Breakdown, NLW looks at a slew of news from corporates getting into the bitcoin and crypto space, including:Image credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images,
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Three trends1. Crypto infrastructure is being laid down across the banking, tech and financial sectors.BNY Mellon, the world’s biggest custodian bank, will allow customers to custody crypto by the end of the year. It’s working with unnamed outside partners to build out the offering, according to CryptoX’s Ian Allison.Mastercard plans
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To start with, BNY Mellon will offer custodian services to its clients, then move forward to what its clients demand most.The Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE: BK) alias BNY Mellon has revealed plans to hold, issue, and transfer Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for its institutional clients later this
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Bitcoin edged higher on Thursday after traders realized MasterCard’s plans to integrate cryptocurrencies into its traditional payment services later this year. The credit card giant’s revelation came days after Tesla, a Fortune 500 carmaker, showed a $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin in its balance sheets this Monday, further asserting that it
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Within the framework of the OneCoin scheme, the transactions moved a total of $137 million to international bank accounts.Thousands of “suspicious activity reports” commonly referred to as SARs and other U.S, government documents that were leaked by an investigative media outlet, BuzzFeed news, indicate that in February 2017, the Bank
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One of America’s oldest banks wired over a hundred million dollars in funds linked to the crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin, according to a trove of documents leaked from the U.S.’ financial crimes watchdog. In February 2017, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) flagged a number of transactions with the
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A former MakerDAO contributor and Carnegie Mellon alumnus has committed 10,000 MKR — valued at just under $4.3 million at press time — to his alma mater to develop a research program for decentralized applications.Who is giving what for what?Nikolai Mushegian announced the donation in a Jan. 1 post
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Two global financial giants, BNY Mellon and Credit Suisse, were reportedly involved in Telegram’s $1.7 billion Gram (GRAM) token sale in 2018.Telegram allegedly informed its investors that it was using BNY Mellon and Credit Suisse to move and store fiat currency raised in the GRAM sale, industry publication Coindesk
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