Day: September 28, 2023

Coinbase International launches perpetual futures trading for retail customers

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Coinbase International Exchange, a class F license holder from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), announced that it has received additional regulatory approval, allowing the platform to offer perpetual futures trading to non-US retail customers. Launched in May 2023, Coinbase International already offered crypto derivates services to institutional clients. With the latest regulatory approval, the crypto platform will begin to offer eligible customers access to regulated perpetual futures contracts on the Coinbase Advanced platform in the coming weeks. The exchange notified that the Perpetual Futures accounts are maintained by Coinbase Bermuda Limited regulated…

Binance CEO CZ Denies Any Links to Mystery Company CommEX

CZ confirmed that Binance did encourage CommEX to have a similar design and technical features to Binance. Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has denied claims that he may be the owner of CommEX, a company whose identity continues to raise suspicion. CZ issued the disclaimer on Thursday in line with the growing speculations around the ownership of the mysterious company. Recall that earlier this week, CZ announced that Binance was leaving Russia. In the announcement, he stated that the decision has to do with an ongoing investigation of the company that’s being…

France Tests CBDC Cross-Border Payments with Singapore and Switzerland

As part of Project Marina, the three banks have collaborated with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), for conducting CBDC cross-border settlements. The central banks of France, Switzerland, and Singapore collaborated with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) to conduct a joint test for cross-border payments with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). On Thursday, September 28, the central bank – Banque de France – issued a report. Payments in CBDCs Project Mariana, a collaborative effort involving the Banque de France, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Swiss National Bank,…

EUR/USD Pair Loses Momentum as Stronger Dollar and Economic Data Weigh In

The US Census Bureau reported that Durable Goods Orders in August improved by 0.2% month-on-month (m/m) following a 5.6% decline in the previous reading. The EUR/USD currency pair, one of the important barometers of global economic sentiment, found itself under pressure during the early Asian session earlier today, struggling around the 1.0500 mark. EUR/USD Pair A recent report from Fxstreets highlighted that one of the major drivers behind the weakening of the EUR/USD pair is the relentless strength of the US Dollar. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the…

Crypto.com Teams Up with PayPal and Paxos to Boost PYUSD Position

Despite entering the list of approved digital assets, PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin may not experience the instantaneous adoption initially anticipated following the launch.  Crypto.com, a Singapore-based digital assets trading platform, has formed a strategic alliance with PayPal and Paxos to strengthen its global standing as the preferred exchange for the PayPal stablecoin PYUSD. The move builds on the existing business relationship between PayPal and Crypto.com, enabling users to fund their Crypto.com Visa Cards through PayPal. The two companies plan to further explore and introduce enhanced capabilities for topping up and facilitating…

Bonds Out, Bitcoin In? Bloomberg Analyst Predicts Major Shift

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In a comprehensive evaluation of global market dynamics, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst and Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Jamie Coutts has opined on the shifting sands of financial asset volatility. With bonds potentially falling out of favor and Bitcoin cementing its place as a debasement hedge, traditional portfolio models may be on the verge of a renaissance. Major Portfolio Shift Towards Bitcoin? Coutts tweeted, “It looks like we are about to see a substantial uptick in volatility across all markets, given where yields, USD, & global M2 are heading. Despite what lies…

IOTA to Debut ShimmerEVM’s Smart Contracts and Tokens

These contracts will be released on ShimmerEVM, an Ethereum-compliant blockchain. ShimmerEVM is part of Shimmer, an IOTA ecosystem blockchain that allows developers to build applications and use features that are not yet available on the IOTA mainnet, before moving their applications onto the main IOTA network. Source

Buenos Aires Releases Blockchain Digital Identity Solution Powered by Matter Labs’ ZK Proofs

“With this development, Buenos Aires becomes the first city in Latin America, and one of the first in the world, to integrate and promote this new technology and set the standard for how other countries in the region should use blockchain technology for the benefit of their people,” Diego Fernandez, secretary of innovation for the Buenos Aires City Government, said in the release. Source link