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Digital Asset Fund Outflows Slow, Signaling ‘Sentiment Is Turning’
July 01, 2024

Digital asset funds have seen outflows for three consecutive weeks, although the outflow slowed during the most recent week. After experiencing outflows of $600 million in each of two consecutive weeks, these funds saw an outflow of $30 million during the week that ended June...

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As MiCA Goes Live, Is Crypto Entering Its Regulation Era?
July 01, 2024

Crypto and Web3 firms have been asking for more regulatory clarity for years. And now, with the news Sunday (June 30) that the European Union’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) new regulatory requirements for stablecoin issuers have gone live, observers are wondering if the digital asset sector’s...

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Circle Attains EMI License From France, Achieves MiCA Compliance
July 01, 2024

Circle has attained an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the French banking authority, thereby achieving compliance with the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework. With this license from the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), Circle’s French entity is now issuing USDC and EURC stablecoins...

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This Week in Web3: Mt Gox Bitcoin and Crypto’s Future
June 28, 2024

The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin — and now, nearly 10 years later, the exchange announced that it is (finally) set...

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Stripe and Coinbase Integrate Crypto Services
June 27, 2024

Stripe and Coinbase have partnered to expand the global adoption of cryptocurrency and provide faster, cheaper financial infrastructure. This collaboration aims to serve businesses and people around the world, Coinbase said in a Thursday (June 27) blog post. With this partnership, Stripe will add USDC...

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Block Says Bitcoin Holdings Allow It to Study Technology’s Potential
June 27, 2024

One motivation for Block’s investment in bitcoin is to learn about the technology and how to use it. The company invests 10% of its gross profit from bitcoin products each month into buying more bitcoin; allocates less than 3% of its resources to bitcoin-linked projects;...

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Crypto Firm Abra Settles States’ Charges of Operating Without Licenses
June 26, 2024

Cryptocurrency firm Abra and its CEO and largest equity owner Bill Barhydt have reached a settlement with 25 state regulators. The settlement follows the states’ finding that Abra and Barhydt operated a mobile app for buying, selling, trading and investing in crypto without receiving the...

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FTX Seeks OK to Pay Customers Back in Cash
June 25, 2024

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is set to ask permission to repay customers in cash. As Reuters reported Tuesday (June 25), the company will ask a judge to allow its customers to vote on a liquidation plan that would allow the cash repayments, despite protests from some customers who...

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BitoGroup and Bankee Partner on Crypto-Friendly Bank Accounts
June 21, 2024

Cryptocurrency exchange BitoGroup and Far Eastern International Bank Bankee have partnered to launch a dedicated “crypto-friendly bank account.” With this collaboration between the crypto exchange and the financial institution, the companies aim to improve user confidence in transactions and improve the image of crypto, BitoGroup said...