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PayPal Lets Users Transfer Bitcoin and Ethereum to External Wallets

PayPal announced on Tuesday that crypto users can now move funds off its platform, a long-awaited feature that will make the company's offering more like other popular cryptocurrency services.

Kenya’s Solution to Crypto Mining’s Energy Demand

KenGen, an electric power generating company in East Africa

Jun 6, 2022

Epic Games Store’s First NFT Game Is Gala’s Wild West Shooter GRIT

When leading PC gaming marketplace Steam decided to ban Web3 games with NFT or crypto hooks last October

Jun 6, 2022

New York Senate Passes Two-Year Bitcoin Mining Moratorium

New York is now one step closer to becoming the first state to ban crypto mining that relies on carbon-based power

Jun 3, 2022

June 3, 2022

Japan Passes Stablecoin Bill Aimed at Protecting Crypto Investors

The upper house of Japan's parliament has just passed a landmark law clarifying the legal status of stablecoins

June 2, 2022

Gemini Lays Off 10% of Staff to Prepare for Crypto Winter

Lagging crypto markets have landed another blow on the industry’s workforce. Gemini Trust Co.

Crypto 401(k) Provider ForUsAll Sues US Department of Labor

ForUsAll, a 401(k) provider with over $1.7 billion in assets under management (AUM)

June 1, 2022

Zcash Nixes Trusted Setup, Enters New Era With Major Network Update

The Electric Coin Company (ECC) announced today in a blog post the launch of the first major upgrade to the Zcash privacy coin network

Bank of England to Rescue Collapsing Stablecoin Issuers

The Bank of England yesterday announced it would intervene to direct and oversee collapsing stablecoins should the British central bank

May 30, 2022

Binance gets Approval to Operate in Italy

May 30, 2022Read more: Binance gets Approval to Operate in Italy

One of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, strengthened its European presence by obtaining registration and regulatory

Prada Joining Top Luxury Brands in Web3 With Ethereum NFTs

May 30, 2022Read more: Prada Joining Top Luxury Brands in Web3 With Ethereum NFTs

Luxury brands like Gucci, Balmain, and Balenciaga are getting into all things crypto

May 27, 2022

Terra Community Votes Unanimously to Destroy 1.3B UST Tokens

May 27, 2022Read more: Terra Community Votes Unanimously to Destroy 1.3B UST Tokens

The governance vote on Terra’s proposal 1747 to burn 1.388 billion UST stablecoins has passed.

May 26, 2022

Cathie Wood’s Ark & 21Shares Refile for Spot Bitcoin ETF

May 26, 2022Read more: Cathie Wood’s Ark & 21Shares Refile for Spot Bitcoin ETF

ARK Investment Management, an investment firm founded by veteran investor Cathie Wood

Tether Launches New Stablecoin Pegged to Mexican Peso

May 26, 2022Read more: Tether Launches New Stablecoin Pegged to Mexican Peso

Tether has launched a new Mexican peso-pegged stablecoin, marking its entrance into Latin America.

May 25, 2022

Terra Community Approves Do Kwon’s Plans to Revive Project

May 25, 2022Read more: Terra Community Approves Do Kwon’s Plans to Revive Project

Terra’s “proposal 1623,” outlining plans to revive the collapsed Terra ecosystem, has been approved by the community.

Andreessen Horowitz Announces New $4.5 Billion Crypto Fund

May 25, 2022Read more: Andreessen Horowitz Announces New $4.5 Billion Crypto Fund

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm

May 23, 2022

eBay Launches ‘Genesis’ NFT Collection Amid Declining Market Interest

May 23, 2022Read more: eBay Launches ‘Genesis’ NFT Collection Amid Declining Market Interest

E-commerce giant eBay is looking to get some skin in the NFT game despite declining interest as represented by total global sales and a

GameStop Rolls Out MetaMask-like Ethereum Wallet to Support NFT Marketplace

May 23, 2022Read more: GameStop Rolls Out MetaMask-like Ethereum Wallet to Support NFT Marketplace

American video game retailer GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) today launched its non-custodial, browser-based Ethereum wallet similar to MetaMask.

May 20, 2022

Upcoming Crypto Regulations 'Need to Take Into Account' Terra Collapse

May 20, 2022Read more: Upcoming Crypto Regulations 'Need to Take Into Account' Terra Collapse

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) "will absolutely need to take into account" the recent instability in crypto markets when

May 19, 2022

G7 Urges Crypto Regulations in Light of Terra Collapse

May 19, 2022Read more: G7 Urges Crypto Regulations in Light of Terra Collapse

While the crypto world continues to assess the damage done in last week's market crash

May 18, 2022

Meta Files 5 Trademark Applications for 'Meta Pay'

May 18, 2022Read more: Meta Files 5 Trademark Applications for 'Meta Pay'

Meta, formerly Facebook, has submitted five trademark applications in the United States for what appears to be new digital platform dubbed

May 17, 2022

Binance Goes To Brazil, WhaleFin Partners With Chelsea FC

May 17, 2022Read more: Binance Goes To Brazil, WhaleFin Partners With Chelsea FC

Crypto markets may be down, but trading platforms are still pouring truckloads of money into sport sponsorships.

May 16, 2022

Grayscale Launches European 'Future of Finance' ETF Tracking Crypto Firms

May 16, 2022Read more: Grayscale Launches European 'Future of Finance' ETF Tracking Crypto Firms

Grayscale Investments has today announced that its “Future of Finance” exchange-traded fund (ETF) will list on the London Stock Exchange

May 10, 2022

UK Government to Introduce Bill to Tackle Illicit Finance

May 10, 2022Read more: UK Government to Introduce Bill to Tackle Illicit Finance

The UK will introduce a bill to tackle illicit finance, Prince Charles said in the Queen's Speech, as he marked the opening of Parliament.

Secretary Yellen: Stablecoins Pose Significant Risk to Financial Stability

May 10, 2022Read more: Secretary Yellen: Stablecoins Pose Significant Risk to Financial Stability

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen doubled down on her stance that stablecoins pose a threat to financial stability Tuesday during annual

May 9, 2022

Ethereum NFTs Come to Instagram This Week

Following CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s tease in March, Meta announced today that it will begin rolling out support for NFTs on the

Luna Foundation Guard Loans $1.5B in Bitcoin, UST to Protect Stablecoin

Drastic times call for drastic measures. And today, the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a non-profit supporting all things Terra (LUNA)

May 6, 2022

SEC Approves Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Futures ETF

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the green light to Valkyrie’s futures exchange-traded fund (ETF)

SEC Fines Nvidia $5.5M for Not Disclosing Crypto Mining Impact on Gaming Business

The SEC has reached a $5.5 million settlement with Nvidia for failing to disclose the impact of cryptocurrency mining on its gaming

May 5, 2022

Solana Pay Adds Customized Transaction Requests for Merchants

Solana Pay will facilitate transaction requests between merchants and users with a feature that went live on the protocol this week