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A new cryptocurrency-related bill in Ukraine will allow payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) despite not recognizing crypto as legal tender, a government official claimed.Deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov is confident that it would be “quite legal to pay with cryptocurrencies” in Ukraine through payment intermediaries
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Luxembourg-based crypto exchange Bitstamp has announced the former Kraken Chief Commercial Officer Robert Zagotta as its US Chief Executive Officer. According to media outlet Bloomberg, Zagotta will lead Bitstamp in its venture to take on the likes of Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN), and Binance.US.In a note to Bloomberg, former Kraken executive
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France’s top financial regulator has proposed to change the way the cryptocurrency industry is supervised in Europe.Robert Ophèle, chairman of Autorité des Marchés Financiers, addressed crypto-realted regulatory issues at the 5th Annual Conference on FinTech and Regulation. The official argued that financial supervisors must take a new approach in regulating blockchain-based
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The deputy governor of the Norway’s central bank said there’s no urgent need for the nation to launch a digital krone in a speech at the country’s Finance Payments Conference on Thursday. Outlining the Norges Bank’s current assessment of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for real-time payments, Ida Wolden
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Airbnb is going to raising about $3 billion via the IPO and looks to increase its valuation to about $30 billion.American vacation rental online marketplace company Airbnb Inc is set to make an official filing for its proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the United States. According to a Reuters
Read MoreThe South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom has announced it will issue its first digital wallet for blockchain-powered digital certificate storage and management with the approval of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.According to NewsTomato, SK’s Wallet is compatible with the ministry’s own Government24 digital certificate initiative, which promotes
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Chen Yulu, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, said over the weekend the digital yuan project should be accelerated as an important part of the nation's financial infrastructure. Source
Read MoreLedger, a crypto company providing a number of hardware wallet solutions, has obtained a successful System and Organization Controls, or SOC, Type 1 test. Friedman LLP, a New York-based accounting firm, ran the SOC 2 Type 1 test on Ledger, according to a statement provided to Cryptox:"By obtaining the SOC 2
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