Japan Ramps Up Efforts towards Regulating Cryptocurrencies

Authorities in Japan are contemplating tighter cryptocurrency regulations, according to the latest reports.   Japan Stepping up Crypto Regulatory Activities  US media outlet Reuters revealed that Japanese finance regulators had expressed their intentions to step up regulatory efforts on cryptocurrencies.

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India’s Finance Minister says crypto bill is ready for the Cabinet

India is one step closer to establishing regulations to govern the crypto sector after Nirmala Sitharaman, the country’s Finance Minister, said the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 is ready.

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Deutsche Borse Takes a Majority Stake for Over $100 Mln in Crypto Finance AG

This step has been taken in response to “increasing demand from established financial institutions who are looking to become active in this new asset class.” The post Deutsche Borse Takes a Majority Stake for Over 0 Mln in Crypto Finance AG first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Step Finance Adds Augmented Reality NFTs to Solana Dashboard

Solana users will now be able to see their NFT assets included in their portfolio on the Step Finance dashboard. The post Step Finance Adds Augmented Reality NFTs to Solana Dashboard appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Step Finance Dashboard Aggregating Solana Decentralized Exchanges

Step Finance has become the first dashboard to aggregate data from across all of Solana’s decentralized exchanges (DEX). The post Step Finance Dashboard Aggregating Solana Decentralized Exchanges appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Crypto M&A Surges as Integration With Traditional Finance Systems Gains Momentum

As cryptocurrencies continue to be gradually integrated into the broader financial system, the critical first step of converting fiat currency into crypto offers a rare investment opportunity for investors looking for a way to get exposure to the success of cryptocurrencies without necessarily holding any coins.

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Radix’s Olympia Betanet: The Next Step Towards Greater DeFi Adoption

With the cryptocurrency market cap rising to over two trillion dollars, it’s safe to say the face of money is looking in new directions. The financial sector is experiencing a paradigm shift comparable to the invention of credit itself, and as Forbes recently pointed out, the rise of decentralized finance will revolutionize financial services in […]

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Solana’s Data Aggregator Step Finance Raises $2 Million in Private Sale

Solana's ecosystem continues to grow in leaps. One of its projects, Step Finance, saw $2 million infused into the network via a funding round led by Alameda Research. Step Finance Raises $2 Million In Private Sale In a press release on Tuesday, Solana-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Step Finance announced that it had raised $2 […] The post Solana’s Data Aggregator Step Finance Raises Million in Private Sale first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Solana blockchain transaction portal Step Finance raises $2M

CryptoNinjas » Solana blockchain transaction portal Step Finance raises $2M Step Finance billed as the ‘front page’ of Solana, today announced it has raised USD $2 million in a private sale to fund the development and build the Step platform where users can visualize, analyze, execute, and aggregate transactions across all Solana contracts in one place.

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DeFi tracker Step Finance raises $2M from Solana ecosystem investors

The Solana ecosystem continues its development in DeFi.

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Step Finance Raises $2M to Strengthen Solana Ecosystem

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Solana’s Step Finance Raises $2M, Aims to Compete With Ethereum

Emerging from the Solana Hackathon, Step Finance has now launched their Alpha product. With the Step Platform, Solana users will be able to visualize, analyze, execute, and aggregate transactions across the ecosystem in one place.

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Insured Finance Takes Another Step Closer to Becoming the Preeminent Decentralized Risk Coverage Platform

Risk coverage is one of the most identifiable use cases that decentralized finance enables, paving the way for a multi-billion dollar industry based on the widespread hacking and fraud that takes place within the blockchain market.

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Taking the Blockchain Promise A Step Further – the DeFi Movement

With over $13 billion locked across them, Decentralized Finance or DeFi protocols are eyeing astronomical growth in the years to come. In offering a global, open substitute for every financial service the world uses – savings, loans, trading, insurance, and more – DeFi is poised to take blockchain’s promise of universal accessibility a step further.

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BadgerDAO Partners With Yearn Finance to Develop Secure Bitcoin Vaults

The partnership, announced on Feb. 11, aims to bring Yearn Finance’s sustainable vault expertise to Badger. It added that it is a step to further secure users’ funds, as the protocol continues to introduce more Yearn-developed, maintained, and secured vaults to its users.

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Nimbus as the Next Step for Decentralized Finance

One fact that is undeniable in the crypto space is that Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has grown massively over the past year. The sector has grown from being viewed as one with potential to being the new kid on the block that wows everybody.

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Swivel Finance Closes $1.1M Seed Round for DeFi Derivatives

Decentralized finance protocol Swivel Finance has come one step closer to bringing derivatives to DeFi with the closure of a million-dollar seed round. Swivel Finance, formerly known as DeFiHedge, has announced that it has closed a $1.

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QiSwap Schedules Mainnet Launch for Friday, Bringing DeFi to Qtum

SINGAPORE, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Qtum, an open-source blockchain project that leverages proof-of-stake (POS) consensus and different virtual machines to power business-friendly smart contracts, has just moved one step closer to realizing its decentralized finance (DeFi) ambitions, with the completion of the QiSwap testnet phase.

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Aave Takes an ‘Important’ Step Towards Decentralization with the Handover of Governance Keys

In what marks a historic moment, decentralized finance (DeFi) project Aave has officially handed over the protocol admin keys to the governance, which it calls “an important step towards decentralisation.

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Yearn Finance Founder Andre Cronje Says He’s Done Being on Social Media

Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje has announced on Twitter that he is alive and well but choosing to step back from social media. The update comes on the heels of threats lodged against him tied to his latest project, Eminence.

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Curve, Matter Labs announce testnet for Ethereum's first user-defined ZK rollup contract

In what is big news for the community, Curve and Matter Labs have announced that they have taken the next big step towards scaling Ethereum - a zkSync L2 smart contracts testnet with Curve Finance as The post Curve, Matter Labs announce testnet for Ethereum's first user-defined ZK rollup contract appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Is ‘Shield Farming’ the Next Step for DeFi Insurance?

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is evolving so fast that new ways of generating yields are presenting themselves on a daily basis. The latest trend in the pipeline is a process being referred to as ‘shield farming.

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Defi Boom: Bubble Fears Grow as ‘Toxic’ Community Disagrees on Way Forward

The decentralized finance (defi) space is headed for an implosion unless the divided community leaders step forward with solutions. This is discernible from September 13 Sunday morning tweets by some influential players in the defi space wherein they attack each other.

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Why Ethereum DeFi’s Yearn.finance (YFI) Just Surged to New All-Time High

Ethereum’s DeFi darling, Yearn. finance (YFI), has surged 15% in the past 24 hours as buyers finally step in. This comes after the coin corrected 50% in the span of a week due to weakness in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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Tezos (XTZ) announces the integration of Harbinger price oracles

A crypto project and staking platform, Tezos (XTZ), has recently announced the integration of Harbinger price oracles. The move will allow the project to make another step towards expanding its decentralized finance.

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What Is Decentralized Finance and How Can It Be Leveraged to Generate Huge Returns?

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock over the last year then you will have heard of Decentralized Finance, often abbreviated to DeFi, the next step in the evolution of digital banking that alreadyThe post What Is Decentralized Finance and How Can It Be Leveraged to Generate Huge Returns? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Yearn Finance Announces Tokenized Insurance, Pushing YFI One Step Closer to BTC

Popular DeFi project Yearn. Finance is ready to take it a notch above with its new insurance primitive called “yinsure. finance. ” To be released over the next few weeks, Yearn Finance is ready to tackle tokenized insurance.

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DIA introduces governance token for open-source financial data platform

Decentralised Information Asset (DIA), an open-source data and oracle platform for the DeFi (Decentralised Finance) ecosystem, today announced the first step to decentralize its governance by the public distribution of its governance token on Monday, August 3, 2020.

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Altcoins are going parabolic, but a VC says Bitcoin and DeFi will grow in “lock step”

Unlike normal, the crypto spotlight has been focused on Ethereum’s budding decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem over the past few weeks, not on Bitcoin. The post Altcoins are going parabolic, but a VC says Bitcoin and DeFi will grow in “lock step” appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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European Union Economic Council Aims to Introduce ‘Tougher’ Laws On ‘Global’ Stablecoins

In a speech made during the Digital Finance Outreach Conference 2020, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, spoke on the regulation of the digital finance industry, urging EU states to take the step forward in guiding proper regulation of the digital assets.

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Digital Euro could be ECB's step towards a cashless society

Countries all around the world are trying to play catch-up with technological advancements, especially in the field of finance. As China races towards a Central Bank Digital Currency [CBDC], other cenThe post Digital Euro could be ECB's step towards a cashless society appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Hurry Up and Regulate Crypto, FSB Chair Urges World Leaders

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is asking global finance ministers to step up their efforts in creating regulatory frameworks for crypto and other innovative digital payment systems. “Pressures That Can Lead to Market Fragmentation Exist” Crypto assets and their underlying blockchain technology have already disrupted the financial world to a great extent.

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Coinvenue Review 2020 – AI Powered Platform for Crypto Traders

AI trading and machine learning have long been envisioned as the next step forward in evolution of finance.   Right now you can see the AI uprising happening all around you, from your smartphone, over your kitchen appliances, to every other aspect of your life.

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Craig Wright Sets Kleiman Case Back as He Declares He Can’t Pay Settlement

Coinspeaker Craig Wright Sets Kleiman Case Back as He Declares He Can’t Pay SettlementThe Kleiman vs Wright case that has dragged for a while has now taken another step back as Wright has said he is unable to finance the settlement.

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Commercial Banks Should Increase Blockchain Application, Says China Central Bank Official

Commercial banks should step up the application of blockchain technology to embrace digital finance, Li Wei, the head of the People's Bank of China’s technology department, said at a forum in Shanghai on Monday.

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Ripple acquires Logos Network; plans to develop Internet of Value though DeFi products

Ripple has been taking great strides to promote XRP’s adoption and it has now, taken its first step towards embracing Decentralized Finance [DeFi] with its acquisition of the Logos Network. Ripple’s investment arm, Xpring, will deploy nine engineers to build DeFi products based on XRP.

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Nasdaq to efficiently track tokenized issuance using the Bitcoin logic

Nasdaq has taken charge to stand as the gateway for infusing crypto-related services. While the company has taken an aggressive step toward delivering decentralized finance, Johan Toll, Head of Digital Assets at NASDAQ Market Technology featured in an interview to share insights on Nasdaq’s tokenized assets.

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R3’s Marco Polo Trade Blockchain Takes Another Step Toward Production

The trade finance blockchain platform has passed another milestone in its development, with a successful pilot of real-time payment triggers.

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Финтех-стартап Robinhood получил лицензию брокера от британского регулятора

Подразделение Robinhood International получило лицензию брокера от Управления по финансовому регулированию и надзору Великобритании (FCA). We’re excited to share that Robinhood International, Ltd. has been authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority to operate as a broker in the United Kingdom.

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Джастин Сан назвал еще одного участника ланча с Уорреном Баффетом

Основатель блокчейн-платформы TRON Джастин Сан раскрыл имя еще одного участника благотворительного ланча с Уорреном Баффетом. Им станет глава и сооснователь социальной инвестиционной платформы eToro Йони Ассия.

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Have STO’s Delivered on Their Promise?

Coinspeaker Have STO’s Delivered on Their Promise?Security Token Offerings were believed by many to be supposed messiah for the Crypto space and the harbinger of adoption in traditional finance outlets.

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Cyprus’ Finance Minister Says Blockchain and Crypto Asset Regulations Coming This Year

Not too long ago, the blockchain industry worldwide suffered from a severe lack of regulation that made it difficult to do business in several parts of the world and also stifled the growth of the industry altogether.

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UK Finance Watchdog Takes Step Toward Ban on Crypto Derivatives

The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority is now consulting on a ban of cryptocurrency-based derivatives and ETNs in a bid to protect investors.

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Wanchain Beta Testnet Goes Live, What’s Next?

Wanchain – a blockchain project that aims to build the future of digital finance, has just launched its much anticipated Galaxy Proof of Stake Beta TestNet. Through the platform’s cross-chain communication protocol, the Wanchain beta launch takes yet another step towards solving the blockchain arena’s interoperability woes.

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MyEtherWallet Steps Into DeFi With MakerDAO Integration

MyEtherWallet (MEW) users will now be able to generate Dai straight from the interface, marking another important step for the platform as it expands its offering into decentralized finance. MEW users will be able to create collateralized debt obligations (CDPs) through a MakerDAO portal.

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It’s do or die in payments, says CEO Gottfried Leibbrant as SWIFT embraces new blockchain initiative

SWIFT, one of the world’s leading providers of secure financial services, turned heads in the crypto-community by announcing its move to go all in on blockchain and open finance. This step will change the current scene in the crypto-market as SWIFT aims to offer the same level of convenience and immediacy, as offered by other […] The post It’s do or die in payments, says CEO Gottfried Leibbrant as SWIFT embraces new blockchain initiative appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Visa, Paypal Say They’ll Pay $10 Million to Run ‘Facebook Coin’ – Report

Big companies like Visa and PayPal are reportedly willing to pay millions for the privilege of running a node on the Facebook cryptocurrency network. Facebook’s foray into crypto has been met with mixed reaction.

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Venezuela: Maduro Administration Targets Bitcoin Remittance

The Venezuela government is reportedly making a move towards collecting fees on Bitcoin remittance payments in the country. This step comes as the cash-strapped Maduro administration continues to seek ways to finance itself in the wake of mounting economic restrictions.

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Circle Closes Acquisition of SeedInvest, Another Step Towards the Democratization of Finance

Last October, we announced a definitive agreement to acquire SeedInvest, the leading equity crowdfunding platform in the United States and operator of a registered broker-dealer. We are pleased to announce that after regulatory approval by FINRA, we have closed the acquisition.

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