Digital Euro Project Moves to ‘Preparation’ Phase
The move is not a decision to issue a central bank digital currency, the European Central Bank said Wednesday.
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U.S. Treasury Targets Gaza Crypto Business in Sanctions to Squeeze Hamas
The Treasury Department issued a list of sanctions that included a business providing money transfers and digital assets exchange services in Gaza.
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Bitcoin Financial Services Firm Unchained Looks to Attract Wealthy Clients With New Advisory Service
Sound Advisory will offer a network of “bitcoin-competent” financial planners to help HNWIs build distribution and utilization strategies and address potential tax and inheritance issues.
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Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds
The BitLicense axis between New York and California may draw in other jurisdictions as the states solidify their position as the only regulatory option for crypto businesses in the U.S.
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U.S. Crypto Regulatory Fog Keeps Standard Chartered Rooted in UAE, Asia
Standard Chartered chose Dubai as its base for launching crypto services. Reading between the lines, the message coming from banks and large institutions is that almost anywhere is preferable to the U.S.
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Investment Manager Methodic Unveils Ether Staking Fund Offering Exposure to ETH Price and Yield
The fund uses the CoinDesk Ether Total Return Index and BitGo will custody and stake the fund’s assets.
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Ether.Fi Rolls Out Liquid Staking Token eETH, That Can be Restaked on EigenLayer
In March, Ether.fi raised $5.3 million in a seed round led by North Island VC.
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Floki Developers Propose Staking and Utility Token Plans
The move could help amp up investor interest in FLOKI tokens, which form part of the Floki DAO ecosystem.
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Bitcoin ‘Bollinger Bandwidth’ Signals Wild Price Swings Ahead
The widely-tracked technical analysis gauge recently tanked to levels that have historically presaged a return of volatility to the crypto market.
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DLT Securities Rules Are Here to Stay, EU Official Says
New European laws took effect in April, but fears over its limited scale may have inhibited take-up.