Latam Still Unprepared to Deal With Crypto Crime and Scams, According to GFI Report – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News

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Latam is still unprepared to deal with cryptocurrency-related crimes and scam situations, according to a recent report issued by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington DC-based think tank. The document states that crypto regulation has failed to grow with the adoption of these new technologies and that governments have often failed to detect and punish … Read more

Singapore Regulator Explains Action Against Binance vs FTX — Warns Even Licensed Crypto Exchanges Can Fail – Regulation Bitcoin News

Monetary Autority of Singapore Clarifies Why It Treats Binance and FTX Differently — Warns Even Licensed Crypto Exchanges Can Fail

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the regulator overseeing the crypto sector, has defended the action it took against crypto exchange Binance and not the collapsed crypto platform FTX. The central bank also warned that cryptocurrencies are “highly volatile and many of them have lost all value.” Singapore’s Central Bank Clarifies Its Stance on Binance … Read more

CoinEx Witnesses the Big Moments as the Exclusive Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Partner – Press release Bitcoin News

CoinEx Witnesses the Big Moments as the Exclusive Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Partner – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. According to the official news, the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC 2021) drew to a successful close on November 19, 2022. Over the last month or so, this peak event presented global rugby fans with many brilliant moments. Meanwhile, CoinEx, the Exclusive Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Partner of RLWC 2021, also … Read more

Luno Africa Says Customers and Operations Not Affected by Turmoil at Genesis Capital – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Luno Africa Says Customers and Operations Not Affected by Turmoil at Genesis Capital – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Just days after reassuring concerned customers, Marius Reitz, the general manager of crypto exchange Luno Africa, recently reiterated the company has not been impacted by Genesis Capital’s decision to pause withdrawals. He added Luno customers still have access to funds in the savings wallet despite its lending partner’s decision to freeze withdrawals. Customers Retain Access … Read more

NY Attorney General Urges Congress to Ban Crypto in Retirement Accounts – Regulation Bitcoin News

NY Attorney General Calls on Congress to Prohibit Crypto Investments in Retirement Funds

New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged Congress to pass a law prohibiting crypto investments in retirement accounts. “Hardworking Americans should not have to worry about their retirement savings being wiped out due to risky bets on unstable assets like cryptocurrencies,” she stressed. NYAG Letitia James Urges Congress to Prohibit Crypto Investments in Retirement … Read more

Onchain Analysis Verifies the Number of BTC Held by Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust – Bitcoin News

Onchain Analysis Verifies the Number of BTC Held by Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust

After Grayscale Investments shared information concerning the company’s product holdings, people questioned why the firm wouldn’t share the public addresses associated with the crypto assets it holds. However, on Nov. 23, OXT researcher Ergo published a Twitter thread featuring onchain forensics that confirm Coinbase Custody holds a balance of 633K bitcoin that likely belongs to … Read more

6,100 Crypto ATMs Installed in 2022, Figure 3 Times Less Than in Previous Year – Featured Bitcoin News

6,100 Crypto ATMs Installed in 2022, Figure 3 Times Less Than in Previous Year – Featured Bitcoin News

New data has shown that as many as 6,100 crypto and bitcoin automated teller machines were installed in the first eleven months of 2022. The latest figure is approximately three times less than the ATMs that were installed in 2021. The data shows that the United States, which has over 34,000 crypto ATMs, accounts for … Read more

Ripple CTO Says One Important Lesson From FTX Meltdown ‘Will Not Be Learned’ – Featured Bitcoin News

Ripple CTO Says One Important Lesson From FTX Meltdown 'Will Not Be Learned'

A Ripple executive says there is one important lesson from the meltdown of crypto exchange FTX that he “can say with total confidence will not be learned.” The executive added: “Regulation that punishes after the fact won’t catch it. Investor due diligence won’t either.” One Lesson From FTX Collapse That Won’t Be Learned The CTO … Read more

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre to Issue Gold Backed Tokens Using the Xinfin Blockchain Protocol – Blockchain Bitcoin News

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre to Issue Gold Backed Tokens Using the Xinfin Blockchain Protocol

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has announced a new partnership with the firm Comtech Gold in order to digitize gold trading. The DMCC said the tokenized precious metals are backed by DMCC Tradeflow-registered gold bars, and each tokenized gold bar “will be backed by a Tradeflow warrant.” DMCC to Digitize Tradeflow-Registered Gold Bars via … Read more

Austrian Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Secures Trading License From Germany’s BaFin – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Austrian Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Secures Trading License From Germany's BaFin – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Crypto exchange and custody platform Bitpanda announced on Nov. 22 that it had received a crypto trading license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. According to Bitpanda, securing a license means it has become the “first European retail investment platform to meet BAFIN’s strict regulatory requirements.” New License Strengthens Bitpanda’s Position Austrian crypto exchange platform … Read more