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This last month has not been an easy one for crypto derivatives traders. This is because Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges, announced that it would no longer offer derivative trading to its users in Hong Kong. This came after similar services were suspended in European countries like Germany,
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Crypto mining firm BIT Mining, which recently announced it would be expanding out of the Chinese market, plans to purchase 2,500 Bitcoin miners for deployment in Kazakhstan.In a Wednesday announcement, BIT Mining said it had entered a $6.6 million agreement to buy 2,500 Bitcoin (BTC) mining rigs. The firm has already
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Mike Hearn, the lead platform engineer at enterprise blockchain builder R3, is stepping down from his role at the company, CryptoX has learned.Hearn will stay on at R3, but only in the capacity of a technical adviser, according to a memo sent to company staff Friday. Hearn has long harbored ambitions
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In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan the roll-out of the Ethereum 2.0 development roadmap, starting with the launch of phase 0 and the Beacon Chain. “Not a surprise but a relief.”That’s how Ryan characterized how he felt about the successful activation
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Bitcoin Core lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan has decided to take “even more” of a “background role” for the sake of further decentralizing the project, according to a new blog post. Bitcoin Core is the key software underpinning the Bitcoin network. While van der Laan’s work is mostly “janitorial” in
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Following the successful launch of Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0, the first concrete step in building the next iteration of the protocol, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an updated roadmap of what comes next for the project.Current development of Ethereum 2.0 is generally divided in phases. Phase 0 is the barebones
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Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin has appeared to express support for the further development of the local cryptocurrency market.At a recent governmental meeting held on Nov. 26, Mishustin proposed the introduction of legal protections for crypto holders in the country in order to contribute to the growth of the new
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Crypto.com is trying to bulk up its Maltese financial licenses in search of a competitive edge across Europe.The Hong Kong-based crypto firm received preliminary approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) for two financial licenses that govern how payment companies operate and what services they can provide.Crypto.com could soon
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Call it Crypto Lite – for now.Fintech giant PayPal confirmed its long-awaited move into digital assets Wednesday, offering its 346 million users the chance to buy, hold and sell bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether and litecoin, with the blessing of New York state regulators. While the cryptosphere acknowledges the bullishness of a
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