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Markets

$180M Bitcoin Trust Completes Canadian IPO, Fully Invested on First Day

The bitcoin fund is available in both U.S. dollars and Canadian dollars and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Canada

Markets

Japan to Have Blockchain-Based Stock Exchange in 2022

The exchange reportedly planned by SBI and SMFG is expected to be the first of its kind in Japan.

Osaka, Japan

Markets

Gemini Survey Finds Over 40% of UK Crypto Investors Are Women

The survey found cryptocurrency investing is becoming more diverse.

Gemini ad

Finance

Prime Trust, tZERO Partner on Digital Asset Custody, Trading

The integration will enable Prime Trust to manage the custody of digital securities and cryptocurrencies for its customers using tZERO for trading.

tzero

Policy

Europol, Spanish Police Bust Alleged Scam Posing as Crypto Investment Training Firm

Europol worked with Spain’s Civil Guard and Catalan police to arrest six suspects aged in connection with the scheme.

Europol building in the Hague, Netherlands.

Finance

Digital Asset Manager Grayscale Eyes DeFi Space With New Trust Filings

Trusts for aave, cosmos and polkadot, as well as privacy coin monero and cardano, have been registered in Delaware.

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein

Finance

Former Bitspark CEO George Harrap Joins Crypto PR Firm as Head of DeFi

"I've been around crypto for a decade now and DeFi has me as excited as when I mined my first bitcoin," Harrap told CoinDesk.

George Harrap, head of DeFi, YAP Global

Markets

Silver Lake Co-Founder Tells Davos Cash Is Used Far More in Crime Than Bitcoin

Glenn Hutchins said up to 90% of $100 bills are "used for organized crime and tax evasion."

WEF, World Economic Forum, Davos

Policy

South African Regulator Seeks More Crypto Powers After Alleged Ponzi Schemer's Collapse

“At the point something becomes a Ponzi scheme, we have lost our jurisdiction,” a regulator told Bloomberg.

Cape Town, South Africa

Finance

Crypto Exchange 2gether Says It Can't Fully Reimburse 9% of Users After 2020 Hack

After a successful fundraising effort, the company said it can now reimburse most, but not all users.

Ramon Ferraz, CEO of 2gether