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Markets

New Zealand Man Charged With Money Laundering via Crypto and Luxury Cars

As well as making cryptocurrency transactions, the man is alleged to have bought luxury cars and property to launder funds.

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Finance

Algorand’s New Europe Accelerator to Boost Startups With Up to $500K in Funding

Startups working with Algorand's blockchain may receive up to $500,000 in seed funding through the program.

Algorand founder Silvio Micali

Markets

New York Regulator Calls for More Social Media Oversight After Twitter Hack

NYDFS said cybersecurity must be treated as critical infrastructure by governments and corporations alike.

Joseph O’Conner was accused of participating in a Twitter cryptocurrency scam.

Finance

Grayscale Announces Best Ever Quarter With Over $1B Raised

Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has posted its best quarterly results to date, having brought in just over $1 billion in investment across all of its cryptocurrency products.

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Tech

If This New Tech Works, You Won't Need 32 Ether to Earn Staking Rewards

Ethereum startup Blox is introducing shared staking pools, allowing users to aggregate their ether holdings to participate in Eth 2.0.

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Tech

WEF Releases Report Assessing Global Blockchain Standards

The Global Standards Mapping Initiative is the most "comprehensive" attempt so far to survey blockchain technical standards, the WEF said.

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Tech

Gate.io Unveils Hardware Crypto Wallet With Fingerprint Authorization

The crypto exchange says the device is launching for the China market initially, but will expand to other countries in the next few months.

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Markets

Coinbase Chief Compliance Officer Departs Amid Wider Exodus

Around 5% of staff have left since CEO Brian Armstrong declared an apolitical stance at the company.

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Markets

Fidelity Report Says Bitcoin's Market Cap Is 'Drop in the Bucket' of Potential

"In a world where benchmark interest rates globally are near, at, or below zero, the opportunity cost of not allocating to bitcoin is higher," the report said.

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Policy

FSB Recommends Stablecoin (Libra) Safeguards as G7 Continues Blockade

Finance officials never once named libra. But they didn't have to; the proposed stablecoin's shadow still looms large.

Regulators have effectively placed "global stablecoin projects" (read: libra) under siege.