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Circle Signals Plans to Bring USDC to Australia With Venture Capitalist Mark Carnegie

The partnership appears set to cover the Asia Pacific region since Carnegie's company has offices in Australia and Singapore.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Operating Crypto ATM Network in the UK

This marks the first U.K. conviction for running a crypto ATM operation.

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Japan Plans to Review Its Crypto Rules: Bloomberg

The review which will occur over the coming months could also pave the way for crypto exchange traded funds.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Crypto Exchange Bithumb Weighs U.S. Nasdaq Listing: Report

Late last year, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was reported to be considering listing its shares on Kosdaq.

Bithumb (Shutterstock)

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China's Former Minister of Finance Calls Crypto a 'Crucial Aspect' of Digital Economy

The former minister called on Beijing to study the industry in light of Republican candidate Donald Trump's comments on crypto.

Beijing's Forbidden City. (Ling Tang/Unsplash)

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Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Could Be Released on Friday

A Federal Bureau of Prisons rule states that an inmate whose release date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, may be released on the last preceding weekday.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

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SEC's Gensler Won't Reveal His View on Trump's Bitcoin Reserve, Reiterates Bitcoin Isn't a Security

Gensler was responding to CNBC's question on whether the SEC chair was "warming up to top-tier crypto?"

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Global Effort Disrupts Russia Linked Network Using Crypto to Evade Sanctions, U.S. Charges Two Russians

U.S. President Joe Biden said "to counter Russian sanctions evasion and money laundering, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Secret Service have taken action today to disrupt a global cryptocurrency network, in coordination with international partners."

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

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Singapore Court Grants WazirX Four-Month Conditional Moratorium

WazirX, which lost $234 million in a hack, had filed an application with the Singapore High Court for a six-month moratorium.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Finance

PayPal Enables U.S. Business Accounts to Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto

The service won't be available to New York state businesses in the beginning.

A large PayPal logo is on display outside its corporate HQ (Shutterstock)