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Mastercard Backs Cryptocurrencies

Credit card and payments firm Mastercard becomes the latest crypto backer as it announces plans to offer support for select cryptocurrencies.

Experts urge CBN to regulate cryptocurrency

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that attempt to peg their market value to some external reference like the US dollar.

The new administration and its impact on cryptocurrency and digital assets in 2021

27% of institutional investors in the U.S. hold crypto-assets

Cryptocurrencies rise in popularity in world's conflict zones

Libya, Palestine and Syria near top in online searches for bitcoin and other digital forms of money, analysis finds

Ex-Macquarie brothers raise $25m for green bitcoin miner

Bitcoin reached record highs this week after Tesla invested $US1.5 billion ($1.9 billion). Iris Energy is an infrastructure play: it can continue to make revenue mining bitcoin when its price falls, given its low-cost structure.

Financial experts laud CBN’s ban on cryptocurrency

The CBN acts of 2007 stated that the bank is the one in charge of monetary matters in Nigeria.

Leading Malaysian Bank Goes Bitcoin, Snaps up 19% Stake in Crypto Exchange

The deal was carried out by the bank’s private equity arm Kenanga Private Equity, which entered into a conditional agreement to buy a stake in Tokenize Malaysia, the exchange’s operator.

Tesla bet sparks bitcoin surge

While Tesla appears to be making a serious bet on bitcoin, Musk has seemed more preoccupied with its jokey, meme-ified sibling Dogecoin.

Bitcoin continues to soar with new all-time high

Simon Peters, cryptoasset analyst at multi-asset investment platform eToro had also earlier said that “with this kind of endorsement from a multi-billion dollar company, it's likely the price will hit $50,000 by the end of the week.

Forget bitcoin, card firms should embrace stablecoin payments - Gartner

This would mean Visa and its peers would not get a transaction fee but would make money from issuers and acquirers using services such as risk management, onboarding and protections for balances.

$1 Million in Interest Payments were Reportedly Paid by Digital Assets Firm BlockFi to Jason Williams on his Crypto Deposits

BlockFi helps digital asset investors manage their funds while earning crypto by offering interest accounts, trading, and digital currency backed loans.

Cryptocurrency: Bureaux de change operators back CBN’s ban

Gwadabe said the new changing global behaviour towards cryptocurrency trading in Nigeria is not in tandem with Nigeria’s AML/CFT compliance structure as the country battled to move out of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) sanctions list.

CV5 Capital has launched a Crypto Fund Platform for Fund Managers

CV5 Capital has launched a Crypto Fund Platform called CV5 Digital for Fund Managers to setup, launch and manage a crypto fund for their clients.

Swiss bank Seba issues Series B equity as security tokens

The tokens are based on ERC20 Ethereum protocol and are "engineered to allow seamless connectivity for trading and liquidity on future internationally recognised digital liquidity venues.

Vontobel issues two new Bitcoin tracker certificates

This opportunity to invest in new Bitcoin tracker certificates will enable investors to seamlessly continue their existing participation in Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Daily: P2P Crypto Payments Platform Metal Pay Applies For Bank Charter

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is auditing taxpayers’ returns, requesting disclosure on cryptocurrency holdings and trades, MyBroadband reported, citing information from Tax Consulting South Africa.

NYMBUS Partners with NYDIG to Offer Bitcoin Banking

Together Helping More Financial Institutions Accelerate Innovation with Breakthrough Digital Payments

Uphold to launch crypto card in Europe

"These attributes will shortly allow us to issue multi-asset, crypto-enabled debit cards across the UK and Europe."

Goldman Sachs’s Rahmani strikes warning over Bitcoin value

Bitcoin surged to a record close of almost $41,000 in early January, but has since dropped back to about $37,000

Bitcoin boom backstopped by central banks’ easy-money policies

Cryptocurrency has so far dodged a repeat of its 2017 collapse as more investors take notice

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