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BitGo, one of the largest and oldest custodians for digital assets, is joining the fast-growing business of lending out bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to big investors. The Palo Alto-based company announced Thursday it is now offering institutional digital asset lending services. Founded in 2013 by CEO Mike Belshe, BitGo started testing
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What happens to your bitcoin after you die?This is more than just a philosophical question: It could involve a substantial amount of currency.The question of crypto and the Great Beyond is what prompted about 20 or so developers to get together in London recently to experiment with repurposing the current
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A new working group, spearheaded by senior employees of Ripple and Coinbase, is going to advise United States regulators on crypto-friendly policies. But congresspeople are too busy preparing for the upcoming elections, which means that U.S. crypto firms will have to continue hula-hooping through state-by-state regulations in the near
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In an effort to promote safe smart contract use, a group of Ethereum startups has founded a new initiative. The Ethereum Trust Alliance (ETA) will provide smart contract ratings, informing users of an application’s reliability.Previous examples of smart contract vulnerabilities have resulted in millions of dollars of missing funds. The
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Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails have joined the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), a lobbying organization hoping to push regulators to clarify the legal treatment of staking services.Announced Thursday, the lobbying group said having the two companies on board adds weight to its mission of advancing the proof-of-stake (POS) industry.
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Bitcoin (BTC) will reach its highest price ever this year due to “unforeseen” events, which will draw in new buyers, one senior cryptocurrency industry executive says.In an interview with Bloomberg on Jan. 8, Sonny Singh, chief commercial officer at payment processor BitPay, claimed BTC/USD would pass its all-time highs
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AMD, the global leader in the GPU market and world’s second-largest supplier of x86-based microprocessors and Intel rival has cut a deal with a wee Estonian startup called Ultra as a part of its ongoing mission to democratize the games industry for developers and players. “AMD is excited about the use
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On Dec. 2, Italian soccer giant Juventus revealed that the long wait for its much-hyped fan token had finally come to an end. In regard to the matter, news of the deal first came to light back in 2018, when it was revealed that the token would allow holders
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Nordea Bank, a financial institution in Denmark that’s part of the largest financial group in Scandinavia, has been given the go-ahead by a Danish court to continue restricting its employees from owning or trading Bitcoin (BTC). The court says the volatility associated with cryptos justifies the ban, according to a
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Gemini, the top global cryptocurrency exchange per CryptoCompare’s latest Exchange Benchmark, hired a former senior executive from United Kingdom-based Starling Bank.Julian Sawyer, a former CEO and co-founder at Starling, will now lead Gemini Europe — the European affiliate of Gemini Trust Company — as the managing director of the
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