Month: July 2022

Upcoming ETH Merge Sees Institutional Investor Sentiment Turn Positive

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Ethereum (ETH) has been receiving more attention recently from professional investors. The general sentiment surrounding the token seems to be improving even amid the crypto bear market. The prevailing downward trend had brought a sinking wave to many prominent digital assets within the past few months. Some of them have lost more than half their values since 2022. Most crypto assets have been progressively dropping in value within the week, and ETH is no exception. The price of the token also plummeted on Wednesday trades. However, Ether sees a glimpse…

South African exchanges welcome the new ‘crypto is financial asset’ ruling

South Africa’s Reserve Bank is set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies as financial assets in the next 18 months, with exchanges expecting the move to drive adoption in the country. The move to classify cryptocurrencies as financial assets and not currency has been talked about for some time by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Deputy governor Kuben Chetty confirmed that the new regulations would take effect over the next year, speaking in an online dialogue on Monday. The cryptocurrency space has been left to develop organically in South Africa, with no…

South African exchanges welcome the new ‘crypto is financial asset’ ruling

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South Africa’s Reserve Bank is set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies as financial assets in the next 18 months, with exchanges expecting the move to drive adoption in the country. The move to classify cryptocurrencies as financial assets and not currency, has been talked about for some time by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Deputy governor Kuben Chetty confirmed that the new regulations would take effect over the next year, speaking in an online dialogue on July 11. The cryptocurrency space has been left to develop organically in South Africa, with…

CEL Token Price Plummets 50% As Celsius Goes Bankrupt

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After the Celsius Network’s decision last month to freeze all transactions and withdrawals, the whole cryptocurrency market plummeted into a deep and gloomy sinkhole. This week there was some good news, when Celsius paid off its remaining $41.2 million debt to the DeFi protocol MakerDAO. This payment allowed Celsius to release $448 million in collateral. However, it appears that this will be the only positive development from the U.S. crypto lender in the coming days or months. After weeks of conjecture and hearsay, Celsius’s legal counsels have formally informed regulators…

Tencent shuts down NFT platform as gov policy makes it impossible to thrive

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China’s internet giant Tencent has reportedly shut down one of the two nonfungible token (NFT) platforms owing to declining sales aided by the regressive monetary policies of the Chinese government. Tencent shut down one of its NFT platforms on July 1 while the other one is struggling to remain afloat. A report from a local daily indicates that the wind-down process for the same began in May. The tech giant transferred key executives responsible for managing the NFT platform in the last week of May and completely removed the digital…

Bitcoin fights key trendline near $20K as US dollar index hits new 20-year high

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Bitcoin (BTC) found a new focus at just under $20,000 on July 14 as United States dollar strength hammered out yet another two-decade high. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView DXY moves bring yen, euro into focus Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rebounding from lows sparked by a fresh 40-year high for U.S. inflation as per the Consumer Price Index (CPI). After briefly dipping under $19,000, the pair took a flight above $20,000 before consolidating immediately below that psychologically significant level. For on-chain analytics resource Material…

Experts Anticipate Volatile Holiday Weekend for Bitcoin Price Chart. U.S. Recession, Yields, Metals.

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Today marked a big day for the United States as the economic data came out from the Atlanta Fed anticipating negative GDP growth in Q2, officially putting the United States into a Recession. On the day of this news, volatile swings occurred in metals and Treasury bond yields. The question now is how will crypto respond to this, and will the stock market, or the Dow Jones, be able to hold itself up on this news? Join me as we look at…

CoinShares launches staked Algorand ETP on Deutsche Boerse Xetra

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Major European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares is expanding its exchange-traded products (ETP) with a new physically-backed ETP based on Algorand (ALGO). CoinShares on Thursday announced the listing of its physically-backed staked Algorand ETP on Xetra, the electronic trading platform run by Germany’s exchange operator Deutsche Boerse. Named the CoinShares Physical Staked Algorand, the new crypto investment product will be trading on Xetra under the ticker RAND. The ETP is enabled through CoinShares’ proprietary technology platform Galata, allowing investors to benefit from the 2% staking rewards associated with participating in Algorand’s…

OKX to extend offers in Dubai after securing a provisional license

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Crypto exchange OKX has acquired a provisional virtual assets license granted by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), allowing them to offer additional services to qualified investors and financial services providers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).  In a statement, the OKX team told Cointelegraph that the license allows them to extend products and services in the region. Following this, the exchange will also facilitate research and knowledge sharing within the VARA regulatory ecosystem. The team underscored that regulatory compliance is a priority for them as it protects users.…