EQONEX Limited launched a physically backed bitcoin ETN for German investors. Physical bitcoin will be custodied by Digivault in a segregated account. The company intends to build out more investor products to be offered internationally. German financial services company EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) has launched its first investor product with a new physically backed exchange-traded note (ETN) on the Deutsche…
XTZ was a notable mover in the crypto top 100 on Monday, as prices rose towards a three-week high to start the week. Prices collided with a key resistance level during the move, and this came as UNI continued to trade above a ceiling of its own. Tezos (XTZ) XTZ was a notable mover to start the week, as prices…
Fintech firm blackfridge has launched a new stablecoin that is fully backed by the British pound (GBP), potentially opening the door to wider adoption of digital assets in the United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies. The newly launched “poundtoken,” which trades under the ticker “GBPT,” will be available for trading on Gate.io, Bittrex Global and Unisawp, blackfridge announced Monday. GBPT…
After cryptoasset prices crashed in early May, with BTC falling nearly -32% from $39,500 to $27,000 within a week, prices continued lower in June as BTC dropped to a 1.5-year low of $17,600. BTC was down more than -57% year-to-date as of June 30, 2022, capping off its worst first-half year in history. It is clear that we have entered…
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today announced it will come up with its own proposal for rules ensuring “robust regulation and supervision” of cryptocurrencies. The organization, which includes treasury officials and central bankers from the Group of 20 economies (G20), said it will report to the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in October, outlining its regulatory and supervisory…
On June 7, United States Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand launched the much anticipated Responsible Financial Innovation Act, proposing a comprehensive set of regulations that address some of the biggest questions facing the digital assets sector. By providing holistic guidance to the rapidly growing industry, the bill offers a bipartisan response to President Biden’s call for a whole-of-government approach…
There is an old Arabic proverb: “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” It could summarize the journey to date of Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin. Tether has been embroiled in legal and financial wrangling through much of its short history. There have been lawsuits over alleged market manipulation, charges by the New York State attorney general that…
As Ethereum shifts into proof-of-stake (PoS), a decentralized finance (DeFi) researcher has argued that the platform can overtake Bitcoin’s (BTC) throne as the top dog in crypto. In a Twitter thread, researcher Vivek Raman highlighted that the upcoming Ethereum Merge could create a better economic structure for the smart contract platform. According to Raman, the shift into PoS lowers Ether…
Bitcoin started the week in the red, as Monday saw prices fall for a second consecutive session. Following a recent run towards $22,000, the world’s largest crypto dropped below $21,000 earlier today, with ETH slipping below $1,200. Bitcoin Bitcoin dropped below $21,000 on Monday, as prices continued to slip, following a recent encounter with a key resistance point. Since hitting…
A proposal to ban global cryptocurrency exchange Binance from operating in the Philippines will not gather steam due to a lack of regulations towards cryptocurrencies in the country. The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has cited no clear guidelines set out by the country’s central bank, Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), as a dead-stop after a lobbying group…
