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16 Mar 2022

Cryptocurrency Volumes in Russia Have Dropped

Binance prohibited Visa and Mastercard cards issued in Russia, causing cryptocurrency trade volumes to plummet. While Russian citizens still have access to cryptocurrency exchanges, sanctions on tra

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14 Mar 2022

The Russia-Ukraine Crisis Tests Crypto’s Utility

As the US launched an effort against Russia's use of crypto and fiat to avoid financial penalties for entering into war with Ukraine, the same crypto and fiat are being used to support war activitie

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15 Mar 2022

The EU Parliament Decides Against Bitcoin and Ethereum PoW Ban

The EU Economic Committee voted against the MiCA proposal that would effectively outlaw Proof-of-Work (PoW) crypto. It was thought over the weekend that the provision might succeed because it appear

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15 Mar 2022

Austin’s mayor is a supporter of Web3 and cryptocurrency

Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler has fully embraced the discovery of what blockchain technology and cryptocurrency payments may offer to his community by proposing two new initiatives. The first

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13 Mar 2022

Bitcoin Ethereum Dogecoin Dominating Crypto Ownership

According to a new survey, while there are over 18,000 cryptocurrencies as of 2022, a few remain market favorites. Bakkt, a Bitcoin and crypto marketplace and custodian, performed a survey to determ

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12 Mar 2022

20% of Kevin O’Leary Is In Cryptocurrency

Kevin O'Leary, a Canadian businessman and television host known as "Mr. Wonderful," has disclosed that crypto assets account for 20% of his entire interests. He revealed this in an interview with CN

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12 Mar 2022

NFTs Are On Ethereum Layers 2

Ethereum is the most popular platform for creating and exchanging NFTs. According to this 1confirmation research, the Ethereum ecosystem accounted for 90% of the NFT trading volume in 2021. Users pr

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12 Mar 2022

Ripple Gets A Huge Win on SEC Case

Ripple secured yet another crucial victory on Friday when Judge Analisa Torres, a United States District Judge, denied the SEC's petition to dismiss Ripple's fair notice claim. The SEC filed a mo

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12 Mar 2022

El Salvador $1 billion Bitcoin Bond Postponed Due to Ukraine Conflict

El Salvador is keeping an eye on the situation in Ukraine before deciding when to launch its $1 billion Bitcoin bonds. Alejandro Zelaya, the country's finance minister, confirmed this today durin

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12 Mar 2022

New South Korean President is Crypto-Friendly

Yoon Suk-yeol, the head of South Korea's main opposition party, won the election on Thursday, March 10, with around 49 percent of the vote, thanks to a platform that appealed to crypto fans, among o

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12 Mar 2022

Bfarm Launches a BNB and BUSD Referral Program

Bfarm. Co is a novel yield farming program that allows users to maximize their income by staking their native Binance tokens on the BSC network to earn quick staking yields. Users also benefit from

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11 Mar 2022

Lawmakers Propose Legislations Imposing Penalties on China’s CBDC

Nine Republican lawmakers have endorsed legislation aimed at regulating US federal agencies' policies in response to worries that China's digital yuan could be used to bypass sanctions and compromis

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11 Mar 2022

CEO of Ripple Says Biden Executive Order Is A Major Move

After months of anticipation, the Biden administration finally signed and released the long-awaited crypto executive order. According to the Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Di

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10 Mar 2022

Crypto-Related Companies Surge After Executive Order

The stock prices of crypto-related companies have risen as the larger market has reacted positively to US President Joe Biden's long-awaited executive order. This will need the development of a regu

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11 Mar 2022

Justin Sun Speaks Up On Recent Allegations

https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1501626597706633218?s=20&t=x24Vx2_A5sE4bHjubhnIrA Recent claims leveled against Justin Sun have been refuted. Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron ne

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10 Mar 2022

Gold Hits An All-Time High

Gold has reached an all-time high of $2,078.80 per ounce, sending its estimated market capitalization above the $13 trillion dollar barrier for the first time ever, as investors hurry to safeguard t

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10 Mar 2022

Wladimir Klitschko Releases NFT Collection In Support Of Ukraine

Wladimir Klitschko, a former professional boxer from Ukraine, has joined the efforts of other celebrities in supporting the Ukrainian army and people during Russia's current invasion. Klitschko s

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10 Mar 2022

Avalanche Debuts a Program to Speed The Shift to Scalable Subnets

The Avalanche Foundation, a non-profit organization, has unveiled the "Avalanche Multiverse," a new incentive program worth approximately $290 million (almost four million $AVAX tokens). According t

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09 Mar 2022

Bitcoin – Gold Forecast 03/08

Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView data tracked Bitcoin as it approached $38,000 an hour after Wall Street opened on Tuesday. After reaching $39,240, the pair quickly reversed course as Bi

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08 Mar 2022

Biden’s Executive Order For Crypto Coming This Week

A schism between crypto corporations and the US government over how sanctions against Russia should be enforced appeared to have reached a breaking point, drawing the attention of the White House.

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09 Mar 2022

Ventures Investments in Crypto Projects Was Over $25B in 2021

Bain Capital Ventures, one of the world's top startup investment firms with $5.1 billion in assets under management, has announced the launch of a new $560 million crypto-focused fund. According

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08 Mar 2022

Immutable Goes Over $2 Billion in Market Value

Immutable, a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) startup based in Australia, has raised $200 million in a series-C funding round headed by Singapore's government-owned investment firm Temasek. Other investo

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08 Mar 2022

Singapore Shuts Down Crypto Transactions

Russia has been met with harsh criticism for its invasion of Ukraine. Singapore has joined other concerned countries in imposing sanctions on Russia that include a wide range of commercial operation

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07 Mar 2022

Binance Introduces Bifinity, a Fiat-to-Crypto Payment Gateway

Binance, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced the opening of a fiat payment gateway today. The payment processor, dubbed Bifinity, will be Binance's official fiat-to-crypto payment provider.

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07 Mar 2022

Coinbase: “Crypto Tech Could Aid Sanctions Compliance”

Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States, has advocated using bitcoins to help assure compliance with economic sanctions. This proposal is based on the ease with which existing

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06 Mar 2022

Social Tokens Could Be The Next Big Thing For Crypto

The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other recent occurrences, have underlined the need for a fully digital economy, producing Metaverse ecosystems, Web3 platforms, and digital tokens acceptance. Th

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06 Mar 2022

Is Ripple Winning Over SEC?

According to market statistics from Santiment, crypto whales are scooping up a huge part of XRP coins, with accumulations totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in the previous seven days. The err

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06 Mar 2022

The EU Plans to Prevent Russia from Using Crypto

The European Union and the United States are considering how to prevent Russia from adopting cryptocurrency to avoid financial sanctions. On Wednesday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated

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05 Mar 2022

The Crypto Market Losses $100 Billion Amidst Russo-Ukraine War

The cryptocurrency market fell on Friday as Wednesday's gains faded in the aftermath of swiftly growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Markets have been roiled since Russian President Vladimir

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05 Mar 2022

Russia Crypto Transaction Volume Down By 50%

Blockchain-analysis businesses have discovered that Russia denominated crypto purchases and trading on key exchanges have fallen, putting a stop to notions that the country will switch to digital as

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05 Mar 2022

OpenSea Restricts Iranians Because of US Sanctions

OpenSea, the world's largest NFT marketplace, has apparently began blocking Iranian users from its platform, causing uproar among NFT collectors and reigniting debate about decentralization in the c

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05 Mar 2022

Are the Founders of NFT Being Investigated By the SEC?

According to Bloomberg, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether different Non-fungible token (NFT) should be considered securities under existing securities laws and re

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05 Mar 2022

Coinbase Will Not Be Stopping Russians From Using Crypto Services

The major American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has stated that it will not block all Russian users' accounts on its site. On Friday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that many Russians

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05 Mar 2022

Lugano Adopts Bitcoin and Tether As Legal Tender

Residents of Lugano, Switzerland's Ticino canton's largest city, will soon be able to buy houses, automobiles, and even pay taxes using Bitcoin, Tether (USDT), and Lugano's own LVGA currency. Follow

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04 Mar 2022

Ukraine Has Raised $35 Million in Cryptocurrency Donations

Ukraine has expanded the types of cryptocurrencies it accepts for donations as Russia's invasion continues. Since the Russian invasion began, the Ukrainian government has raised $35 million in cr

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07 Mar 2022

Binance Restricts Access For Cardholders of Sanctioned Russian Banks

Binance announced on Thursday that cryptocurrency traders accounts with sanctioned Russian banks will be unable to use their cards to purchase cryptocurrency on the platform. The exchange also

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04 Mar 2022

Anonymous Offers $52,000 in BTC to Russian Soldiers

Anonymous, the infamous international hacker network, has offered $52,000 in Bitcoin to Russian soldiers in exchange for surrendering their armored tanks and abandoning the battle with Ukraine. The

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04 Mar 2022

Anti-War Russians Stand With Ukraine By Making Crypto Donations

While the West is worried about Russia's prospective use of cryptocurrencies to avoid sanctions, some Russians are using their Bitcoin (BTC) to assist the people of Ukraine. Pavel Muntyan, a well

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03 Mar 2022

Ukraine Unveils State-Backed Airdrop for Crypto Donors

Ukraine government recently revealed that it will provide free airdrops to people who have recently donated crypto to aid the country's ongoing conflict with Russia. The announcement happened soo

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03 Mar 2022

The Role NFTs Are Playing in the Russo-Ukraine War

The incredible power of cryptocurrencies has been evident since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Underneath it all, NFTs are contributing to the ecosystem's charitable drive. The Wa

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02 Mar 2022

Africa’s MTN Dives Into the Metaverse

MTN, Africa's largest mobile telecommunications company, has bought 144 plots of land in Africarare, Ubuntuland, making it the continent's first company to enter the Metaverse. The story was firs

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01 Mar 2022

Polkadot Founder Donates Nearly $6M in DOT To Ukraine

https://twitter.com/gavofyork/status/1498662367600779271?s=20&t=8HuKJtQZzmGk4TbR-bEK7A Source: Twitter The crypto community's call for Ukraine to accept other cryptocurrencies has been answe

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01 Mar 2022

Hashstack To Bring Under-Collateralized Loans to DeFi Space

Hashstack Finance is pleased to announce the completion of its $1 million seed funding round, which follows the launch of its Open Protocol testnet. The funds will be used to further develop the Ope

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01 Mar 2022

The United States Blocks Russia’s Crypto Access

According to recent reports, the US government is currently in discussions with some of the largest US-based crypto companies about ways to limit Russia's access to crypto services. The move is the

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01 Mar 2022

Ukraine Gets $5 Million in Crypto Donations

To repel the Russian invasion, the Ukraine government is seeking cryptocurrency donations. According to government tweets, wallets for Bitcoin and Ethereum have already received $4.9 million in cryp

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28 Feb 2022

Binance and Kraken Will Not Seize Russian Crypto Accounts

https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1497922588491792386?s=20&t=fD6yHb53fC0YO1ZnVX-EOQ Following the European Union's recent sanctions against Russia, leading cryptocurrency exchanges

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28 Feb 2022

Ukraine Wants CeXs to Freeze the Assets of Russian Crypto Traders

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, has urged cryptocurrency exchanges to block Russian-based customers' addresses.  Fedorov said in a tweet on S

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28 Feb 2022

Visa and Tribal Partner To Expand Financing Options

Tribal Credit, a cryptocurrency-focused enterprise payment platform, has partnered with Visa to expand credit and financing options for small and medium-sized businesses across Latin America, highli

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