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PayPal Reveals New Insight on Potential Plans to Add Crypto ‘Capabilities’

PayPal is offering a glimpse at its stance on digital assets amid reports that the payments giant is preparing to…

July 15, 2020

Coinbase Awarded Contract to Provide Crypto Analytics Software to US Secret Service

Coinbase has received a multi-year contract to provide its blockchain analytics software to the U.S. Secret Service. According to public…

July 12, 2020

Brazil Orders Crypto Exchange Binance to Halt Derivatives Trading

Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has ordered Binance to stop offering its derivatives products in the country. In a…

July 8, 2020

Visa Head of Crypto Says Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Boost Bitcoin (BTC) – Here’s How

Cuy Sheffield, Visa's head of crypto, says the emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will become a dominant trend…

July 6, 2020

Central Bank Digital Currencies Could be Next Step in Evolution of Money, BIS Reports

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which are new forms of digital fiat guaranteed…

June 28, 2020

New York Regulator Proposes Cryptocurrency Overhaul to Boost Adoption of Digital Assets

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), which regulates the state’s financial infrastructure, is proposing a plan that would…

June 25, 2020

Accounting Giant Ernst & Young Launches Automated Crypto Tax Platform

Ernst & Young (EY) says crypto traders can now track their annual gains and losses on cryptocurrencies across all major…

June 22, 2020

SEC Targets Crypto Investment Fund, Alleges Pennsylvania Brothers Sent Millions to Personal Bank Accounts

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is accusing two brothers based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of running a fraudulent crypto investment…

June 20, 2020

XRP Fails Howey Test and Is Not Security, Says Former CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo

In an op-ed released on Wednesday, former Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Christopher Giancarlo and his…

June 17, 2020

Bank of Korea Officially Launches Advisory Group for Central Bank Digital Currency and Cryptocurrenices

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is ramping up efforts for the possible launch of a digital currency. The central bank…

June 15, 2020