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Pressure on SEC To Approve First Bitcoin ETF Ratchets Up
April 25, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received hundreds of letters in support of the conversion of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into the first spot Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). The latest ones received just last week, April 21, and they may continue coming in until...

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Binance.US Leaves Lobbying Group Blockchain Association, Citing Differences in ‘Values, Goals and Standards’
April 21, 2022

The cryptocurrency exchange Binance — the world’s largest by trading volume — is leaving the industry’s main lobbying association and setting up its own Washington shop, CoinDesk reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Cannabis Fund to Sell Crypto Tokens to Raise Capital
April 18, 2022

With crypto tokens, Global Cannabis Capital (GCC) is looking to raise more capital, Bloomberg wrote Monday (April 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Rising Interest Rates Slow Down Bitcoin Trading Volume
April 17, 2022

With bitcoin interest rates rising, trading volumes have gone down, a Bloomberg report says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Nearly $10B Is Bet on Pending Revamp of Ethereum
April 15, 2022

Close to $10 billion — or roughly 3.2 million Ether tokens — has been deposited on decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Lido Finance in preparation for a revamp of Ethereum. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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HBAR Wants To Encourage Developers With Blockchain Fund
April 14, 2022

The HBAR Foundation has rolled out a metaverse fund to help encourage developers of immersive experiences to design solutions for its blockchain ecosystem, a report says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Allbridge Adds DeFi to XRP Ledger
April 14, 2022

Allbridge, a company that transfers assets between networks, has added support for XRP Ledger (XRPL), a decentralized, public blockchain developed for payments, currency exchange network Ripple announced Thursday (April 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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EU’s ‘DLT Pilot’ to Trade Tokenized Securities Wins Political, Regulatory Support
April 13, 2022

The European Parliament (EP), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the industry are backing the EU’s efforts to create a pilot regime for financial market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) (“the DLT Pilot”). This pilot regime aims at developing the trading...

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WadzPay Integrates Algorand to Boost Blockchain-Based Payments
April 11, 2022

Algorand, the Boston-based blockchain network payments processor, has joined the WadzPay Atlytica engine, which was built on cryptocurrency technology, the companies announced Monday (April 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...