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Bitpanda Launches in UK, Sets Two-Year Growth Target
Austria-based crypto platform Bitpanda has entered the United Kingdom, aiming to make the country one of its top three markets within the next two years. The expansion includes its retail investment app along with its corporate arm, Bitpanda Technology Solutions, which allows banks and fintech companies to offer crypto trading through white-label services. The company […]
Vietnam’s MB Bank and UpBit’s parent Build Crypto Exchange
Vietnamese state-controlled bank Military Bank (MB) plans to launch a regulated crypto exchange in partnership with Dunamu, the parent company of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. According to a Wednesday announcement from Dunamu, the company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Military Bank. In a Facebook post, Military Bank said Dunamu will support it […]
Spar Supermarket launches Crypto Payments in 300 stores in Switzerland
Global grocery giant Spar is enabling stablecoin and cryptocurrency payments in its stores across Switzerland, marking what the company says will be the first nationwide rollout of digital asset payments in the retail sector. The grocery chain is partnering with Binance Pay and Swiss fintech firm DFX.swiss to allow customers to pay with more than […]
How a retired Aussie cop lost $1.2M in a crypto scam in Thailand
How was Michael Reinecke lured into the crypto scam? In the fast-evolving landscape of blockchain and the digital assets ecosystem, stories of overnight riches often overshadow the darker side: sophisticated scams that prey on the inexperience and trust of victims. One such cautionary tale unfolded in Thailand when a retired Australian police officer, Michael Reinecke, […]
Autonomous AI Will Be Ethereum’s Biggest Power User
Autonomous agents — AI-powered programs that can think and transact without human input — could unlock a new world of e-commerce on Ethereum due to a largely forgotten HTTP web standard that has only recently started being leveraged on the blockchain. The dormant HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status — defined around 30 years ago — […]
North Korean Fake IT Workers Get Counter-Hacked
A small team of North Korean IT workers — linked to a $680,000 crypto hack in June — have been using Google products and even renting computers to infiltrate crypto projects, according to newly leaked screenshots coming from one of the workers’ devices. In an X post from ZachXBT on Wednesday, the crypto sleuth shared […]
A16z Crypto And Advocacy Group Call For NFT, DeFi App Safe Harbor At SEC
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and the advocacy organization DeFi Education Fund have asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to set up a safe harbor program for non-fungible token (NFT) and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications from the agency’s broker-dealer registration requirements. In a Wednesday letter to SEC Commissioner and Crypto Task Force head Hester Peirce, […]
Bitcoin and Ether Are Primed for New All-Time Highs
Key points: Bitcoin takes another shot at price discovery as volatility returns with Wall Street traders. Crypto liquidations pass $500 million in 24 hours. Ether comes within $150 of new all-time highs as institutional interest surges. Bitcoin (BTC) sought new all-time highs at the Wednesday Wall Street open as institutional demand punished late shorts. BTC/USD […]
Bitcoin Institutional Demand Points to Higher BTC Prices Next
Key points: Coinbase’s institutional Bitcoin trading volume hits 75% — something which has always seen BTC price rises a week later. Institutions are buying a lot more Bitcoin than is being mined daily. Risk assets are finding reasons to be bullish again as the US economic policy outlook improves. Bitcoin (BTC) is due for fresh […]
OKB Jumps 160% on 65M Token Burn and X Layer Upgrade
OKB, the native token of crypto exchange OKX, gained almost 160% on Wednesday after the platform revealed an overhaul to its blockchain ecosystem and tokenomics, including a major burn. The rally, which briefly pushed OKB (OKB) prices as high as $135 from a daily low of $45, came as OKX confirmed it will conduct a […]