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19.04 / 09:57

cryptocurrency Web3 Dubai Indian regulatory The new brain drain: Indian Web3 startups flock to Dubai amid regulatory uncertainty, stiff taxes

If there was one recurring theme that cut across multiple Web3 meetups held in Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai in the last month, it was Dubai. A city that has almost become an emotion and a panacea for entrepreneurs building on the Web3 platform—the so-called next version of the Internet, which will be decentralised and run on blockchain—even as they grapple with an uncertain regulatory landscape and hefty taxes in India. Every second founder we met at these meetups has either moved to Dubai or is in transition.

17.04 / 13:55

Dogecoin Adoption movie App Store AMC Theatres mobile app accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and more

AMC Theatres, an American pro-crypto movie theater chain, updated its mobile app services to accept Dogecoin (DOGE), Shibu Inu (SHIB) and other cryptocurrencies as payment across the United States.

15.04 / 23:33

UPS Provident Bitcoin Report: ‘Most Crypto-friendly Country for Q1 2022’ title goes to…

According to a new study, Germany has topped Singapore to become the most crypto-friendly country. The report states that “groundbreaking” legislations were carried out at the institutional level for a bright crypto future in the country.

15.04 / 20:41

UPS Support China’s Central Bank Takes Small Steps to Support Economy

SINGAPORE—China’s central bank relaxed a key constraint on bank lending while keeping benchmark interest rates unchanged, steps that economists said will do little to spur growth in an economy struggling with its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began.

15.04 / 13:53

Blockchain Binance Digital Ripple We're all gonna make it? Crypto bosses say the 'tide is turning' on regulation

PARIS — The crypto world may have turned a corner when it comes to regulation.

14.04 / 12:17

Digital SUN Racing Digital Zodiac Heads Surface on APENFT Marketplace: Decentralized World Welcomes Rare NFT Art Pieces

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13.04 / 16:03

FIVE Digital Progressive Assurant Drop cricket Jump.trade to Launch P2E Cricket Game NFT Drop on April 22, 2022

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13.04 / 15:31

Blockchain Tether Bitfinex Bitcoin Stablecoins are the perfect trojan horse for Bitcoin, says Tether CTO

As one of a number of Cointelegraph representatives attending the Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS) at the historic Palais Brongniart — a neoclassical building previously serving as the headquarters for the Parisian stock exchange from 1826 to 1987 — European news reporter, Joe Hall sat down for an in-depth interview with the Chief technology officer of Bitfinex and Tether, Paolo Ardoino.

13.04 / 12:45

Provident Digital litecoin Bitcoin Singapore's FOMO Pay Introduces New Crypto Payment Solution for Retailers

Singapore-based major payment institution FOMO Pay has introduced a new cryptocurrency payment solution for retailers in the island city-state.

13.04 / 11:03

Stablecoin USDC Terra Bitcoin Luna Foundation Guard Buys Additional USD 100M in Bitcoin, Now Holds BTC 42.4K

The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a nonprofit organization established in the Republic of Singapore dedicated to creating a reserve protocol for the algorithmic stablecoin UST, has purchased an additional USD 100m worth of bitcoin (BTC), increasing its total holdings to just over BTC 42,400 (USD 1.7m).

12.04 / 13:25

Ethereum Digital Bitcoin Philippines' fintech achieves unicorn status after embracing crypto payments

Voyager Innovations, the firm behind the Philippines' top digital payments app Paymaya, has announced it has achieved unicorn status after a recent round of funding, surpassing a $1 billion valuation.

11.04 / 21:23

Law ETF regulation SEC Law Decoded: Crypto risks, imaginary and real, and creative ways of addressing them, April 4–11

Last week, there was a lot of regulatory talk about crypto-related risks. While this is very common in itself, some angles and proposed solutions to such risks came across as novel. In the United States, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a letter to commercial and savings banks under its purview, or all federally chartered banks, asking financial institutions to notify the FDIC about all ongoing and planned crypto-related activities. Apparently, standardized guidance for all banks would not fit the bill since the risks seem to be unique in each case.

11.04 / 19:33

Blockchain Provident BLOCK Bitcoin DeFiChain’s Hotly Anticipated ‘Fort Canning Road’ Hard Fork Goes Live

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11.04 / 15:25

ETH Provident Maxim WBTC TiTi Protocol Secures USD 3.5 Million to Build the First Use-to-Earn Algorithm Stablecoin

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11.04 / 13:23

UPS Citi Binance CEO expansion Binance deepens Middle East expansion with ‘in-principle’ Abu Dhabi approval; CEO says 'more to come'

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has obtained a provisional green light from Abu Dhabi regulators, deepening its expansion in the Middle East.

11.04 / 12:29

Platform Racing Валюта Bitcoin Bybit Launches Leveraged Token Products

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced last Friday the launch of leveraged token products.

11.04 / 12:29

Digital Platform Financial Hong Kong's Ex-Financial Secretary Joins Crypto Firm StashAway as Advisor

Hong Kong’s former financial secretary has become an advisor of a Singapore-based digital wealth firm and has planned to give away a portion of his soon-to-be issued non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to attract new clients, according to a report by Bloomberg.

11.04 / 12:29

BTC FIVE Strategy Bitcoin Crypto Market Witnesses Increase in Women Users: Report

The cryptocurrency market is witnessing an increase in women users, according to a report from BTC Markets.

11.04 / 10:03

UPS Citi China Inflation Rises as Lockdowns, Ukraine War Drive Up Prices

SINGAPORE—Inflation in China picked up in March as soaring global commodity prices and lockdowns in major cities drove up prices for consumers and businesses.

08.04 / 18:09

Crime Kraken services UK, US, India, Singapore See More Crypto-Related Regulations, EU Bans High-Value Provision of Crypto Services to Russia + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.

08.04 / 11:59

Blockchain ETF Bitcoin DeFiChain Adds New dTokens Corresponding to Disney, Intel, MicroStrategy, and iShares MSCI China ETF

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