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Bitfinex Seeks to Attract Institutional Investors With Off-Exchange Settlement

The integration will let investors make deposits and withdrawals more quickly, as well as mitigate counterparty risk.

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Finance

Former Top Japanese Regulator Joins Crypto Exchange DeCurret as Adviser

Toshihide Endo was commissioner of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) from 2018 to 2020.

Toshihide Endo, former commissioner of Japan's Financial Services Agency and adviser to the DeCurret cryptocurrency exchange.

Markets

Danish Red Cross Backs $3M Blockchain Volcano Catastrophe Bond

The volcanos, situated in Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia and Mexico, were selected based on "the significant humanitarian threat they represent."

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Policy

Acer Reportedly Hit With $50M Crypto-Ransomware Demand

Acer hasn't yet confirmed the attack, reports Tech Radar.

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Finance

Greenidge to Merge, Becoming First Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miner With a Power Plant

Greenidge's holding company announced the planned merger with Nasdaq-listed Support.com Monday.

Greenidge Generation's bitcoin mining facility.

Markets

'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort Predicts Bitcoin Hitting $100K

Belfort, previously a bitcoin critic, now says he believes the cryptocurrency holds advantages over stocks.

Jordan Belfort, author of "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Policy

People's Bank of China Official Says Fully Anonymous Digital Yuan ‘Not Feasible’

The central bank needs to balance privacy for users with "international consensus" on risk control, the director of the PBoC's Digital Currency Research Institute said

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Policy

India May Block IP Addresses of Crypto Exchanges: Report

The claim comes via a source of an Indian business magazine.

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Markets

Coinbase Delays Highly Anticipated Direct Listing to April: Report

No reason was given for the delay, but Bloomberg noted the SEC has been reviewing the exchange's plan for a direct listing.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Billionaire Hedge Fund Mogul Alan Howard Is a Shareholder in CoinShares

Now that CoinShares has gone public, more information about its shareholders is available.

Alan Howard, co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP