Following the successful IPO listing for two crypto companies last year and Coinbase’s intention to go public early this year, crypto trading platform for institutional clients Bakkt, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE), is rumoured to be in talks for a public listing as well. According to Bloomberg, Bakkt intends to move forward […]

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South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has been in talks recently for an acquisition, and it seems that gaming firm Nexon may win the bid. According to local online news publication Maekyeong, Nexon has started the acquisition process with a 500 billion won ($460 million) deal, which would give the company 65% of Bithumb’s shares and […]

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As Bitcoin reaches its highest prices in years, Iran has proceeded with a crackdown of Bitcoin mining farms in the country. As many as 1,620 farms were found to be fraudulently reporting their electricity usage and skirting electricity supply tariffs, according to the Financial Tribune. Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) found that these […]

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Ripple Inc. and the XRP token have been hard hit by its ensuing battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as US-based exchanges quickly arranged to suspend or drop XRP from its listings and offerings as soon as they could. Other exchanges have placed a US region lock on XRP markets, ensuring that […]

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It is a field of green today for the altcoins market, as the rest of the market follows the lead of the world’s top two leading digital assets – Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). ETH in particular has seen a rise of 56% in the past seven days after a price rally pushed it beyond […]

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The infamous year-long dispute between the founders of Bitcoin, Micree Zhan and Jihan Wu, has featured quite prominently in the news this year, each new update more dramatic than the last.  From Wu ousting Zhan out of Bitmain, to Zhan storming into Bitmain headquarters earlier on in the year and seizing control and more, Chinese […]

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted Japanese firm GMO-Z.com a charter to operate within New York to legally offer its Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin to citizens there, according to a press release. This is the first yen-pegged stablecoin that will be made available to citizens in New York. “We’re breaking ground […]

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