Hong Kong to Introduce Licensing for Crypto Platforms Through AML Law

Hong Kong to Introduce Licensing for Crypto Platforms Through AML Law

Post Views: 386 New legislation tailored to regulate the crypto space in Hong Kong aims to implement a licensing regime for crypto service providers. The respective changes to the region’s anti-money laundering (AML) rules have been submitted to its legislature while a recently published report examines relevant threats. Amendments designed to govern the cryptocurrency market…

70 to 90% Down — Crypto Economy’s Decline Shakes Out $2 Trillion in 8 Months

70 to 90% Down — Crypto Economy’s Decline Shakes Out $2 Trillion in 8 Months

Post Views: 355 During the past eight months, crypto assets have shed enormous value against fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin has shed 69% since the leading crypto asset’s all-time high on November 10, 2021, when the digital currency’s value tapped $69K per unit. The crypto economy has seen some healing as the market…

Bitcoin Skeptic Peter Schiff Will Sell Troubled Euro Pacific Bank for BTC if Regulators Let Him

Bitcoin Skeptic Peter Schiff Will Sell Troubled Euro Pacific Bank for BTC if Regulators Let Him

Post Views: 509 Peter Schiff says he will sell his bank, Euro Pacific, for bitcoin if the Puerto Rican regulators let him sell it. “My bank was not put into receivership for being insolvent. It was put there for being under-capitalized,” the bitcoin skeptic said. Schiff claims that he already has a buyer for the…

Fed’s Brainard Calls for Sound Regulation of Crypto Financial System to Be Established ‘Now’

Fed’s Brainard Calls for Sound Regulation of Crypto Financial System to Be Established ‘Now’

Post Views: 357 Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard has stressed the importance of establishing sound regulation for the crypto financial system “now before the crypto ecosystem becomes so large or interconnected that it might pose risks to the stability of the broader financial system.” Lael Brainard, the vice chair of the Board of the…

Crypto Payments Are Acceptable in Foreign Trade, Russia’s Financial Watchdog Says

Crypto Payments Are Acceptable in Foreign Trade, Russia’s Financial Watchdog Says

Post Views: 367 Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring is ready to accept the use of cryptocurrencies in international settlements, the head of the agency, Yuri Chikhanchin, has indicated. The statement adds to growing support for the legalization of international crypto payments in Russia amid financial restrictions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in the Federation…

Kenya Has Highest Proportion of Crypto Owning Citizens in Africa UNCTAD Data Shows

Kenya Has Highest Proportion of Crypto Owning Citizens in Africa UNCTAD Data Shows

Post Views: 360 The latest data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) suggest that Kenya has the highest proportion of crypto-owning inhabitants than any other African country. To counter the growing use of cryptocurrencies, UNCTAD said it recommends the imposition of taxes that discourages crypto trading. Out of the 20 countries…

LYO Credit (LYO) Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange

LYO Credit (LYO) Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange

Post Views: 276 PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jul. 10, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed LYO Credit (LYO) on July 7, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the LYO/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading. Introducing LYOPAY LYOPAY is a crypto payments app that expanded…

Bitcoin’s ‘Fundamental Value Is Not in Line With Market Price’ — Crypto Miner

Bitcoin’s ‘Fundamental Value Is Not in Line With Market Price’ — Crypto Miner

Post Views: 299 Profitable bitcoin mining is essentially a result of an efficient and highly skilled team of professionals that can maintain runtime, a founder of a Bitcoin mining company has asserted. Therefore, even when the price is hovering around $20,000, a bitcoin miner with these attributes can still operate profitably. Besides having to deal…

Hacker Selling 1 Billion Chinese Citizens’ Data for 10 BTC, Zuckerberg’s Meta Ends Novi Project, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review

Hacker Selling 1 Billion Chinese Citizens’ Data for 10 BTC, Zuckerberg’s Meta Ends Novi Project, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review

Post Views: 302 In this week’s bite-sized digest of the hottest stories from Bitcoin.com News, a hacker claims to have stolen a massive amount of Chinese citizens’ personal data from Shanghai police, and now wants to sell it for ten bitcoins. Also, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has ditched the Novi project, after unveiling a new metaverse…

Tether Liquidates Celsius Bitcoin Loan — ‘Position Has Been Liquidated With No Losses’ to the Company

Tether Liquidates Celsius Bitcoin Loan — ‘Position Has Been Liquidated With No Losses’ to the Company

Post Views: 337 On July 8, 2022, the company behind the largest stablecoin in the world, Tether, revealed that the firm liquidated a loan made to the crypto lender Celsius, and the liquidation caused “no losses to Tether.” According to the stablecoin issuer, the bitcoin loan to Celsius was “overcollateralized” by roughly “130%+.” This process…