UK Regulator FCA Plans to Deliver a Market Abuse Regime for Crypto This Year
The U.K. has been refining it approach to regulating the crypto sector.
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Brevan Howard-Backed Tokenization Firm Libre Goes Live
Libre has added a tokenized version of a BlackRock money-market fund so investors can earn yield while parking their capital.
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World’s Largest Pension Fund Seeks Information on Bitcoin Under Portfolio Diversification Plan
Japan’s state pension fund, GPIF, is seeking information about bitcoin as part of a broader strategy initiated in response to significant economic and societal changes and technological advancements.
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Bitcoin’s Slump Sees Crypto Bulls Staring at $440M in Liquidations
Prices could be headed to as low as $55,000 in the coming weeks, one trader said, but the long-term bullish outlook remains intact.
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Binance Asks Prime Brokers to Enhance KYC to Block U.S. Nationals: Bloomberg
The presence of U.S. nationals on the platform has been a contentious issue for authorities as, officially, they are banned but continue to pop up.
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Bitcoin No Longer Trading at a Premium on Coinbase, Data Show
CryptoQuant’s “Coinbase premium” indicator has flipped negative, signaling a weaker net buying pressure from U.S. investors.
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Crypto Compliance Platform Keyring Raises $6M to Unlock DeFi for Institutions
The company allows institutional investors to comply with regulations when interacting with DeFi, and recently facilitated a proof of concept trial with Nomura’s crypto arm Laser Digital by building a compliance wrapper on top of USDC stablecoin.
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Grab’s Singapore Users Can Now Use Crypto to Make Payments
Grab’s latest move has been made possible after its tie-up with Triple-A, a firm that enables businesses to hisse and get paid in digital currencies, the report added.
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Bitcoin Virtual Machine Will Soon Let Users Create AI Models on Bitcoin Network
“We’ve figured out a way to put AI on-chain,” lead developer punk3700 told CoinDesk in an X message.
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Nigerian Court Orders Binance to Relinquish Data of All Nigerians Trading on its Platform: Report
The interim order comes after an earlier report that Nigeria wanted Binance to give information regarding its top 100 users in the nation and all transaction history spanning the past six months.