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Bukele’s Bitcoin trade raises El Salvador’s sovereign credit risk: Moody’s

El Salvador’s historic embrace of Bitcoin (BTC) could have negative consequences on the country’s sovereign credit outlook, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s analyst Jaime Reusche told Bloomberg this week that El Salvador’s Bitcoin gambit “certainly adds to the risk portfolio” of a country that has struggled with liquidity issues in

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Polygon upgrade quietly fixes bug that put $24B of MATIC at risk

Ethereum-based layer two scaling network Polygon has quietly fixed a vulnerability that put almost $24 billion worth of its native token MATIC at risk. According to a Dec. 29 blog post from Polygon, the “critical” vulnerability in the network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract was first highlighted by two whitehat hackers

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Bitcoin, Ether Dip in ‘Bearish Asia Session’ as China Rate Cut Fails to Inspire Risk Buying

Bitcoin and ether were again trading lower in Asian hours, continuing the year-long trend of losing ground mainly when America is asleep. The decline comes as traditional markets turn a blind eye to China’s interest rate cut and remain risk-averse.At press time, bitcoin, the top cryptocurrency by market value, was

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Cryptocurrencies Not Outlawed, Traders Should Invest at Own Risk – Regulation Bitcoin News

The Tanzanian central bank governor recently revealed that cryptocurrencies are not outlawed in the country but warned those dabbling in crypto-related investments that they do so at their own risk. Central Bank Open to Ideas The governor of the Bank of Tanzania (BOT), Florens Luoga, recently stated that the central bank

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How Risk Scoring Can Help Meet Regulatory Requirements

A set of critical safeguarding rules are common to any cryptocurrency transaction, wherever the jurisdiction: tracking blockchain transactions to identify suspicious entities, updating policies and aligning with the latest regulatory requirements, customizing monitoring mechanisms to identify specific risks, conducting consistent risk assessment exercises and studying historical transaction data to identify

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