Category: Global

At Least One Key Huobi Executive Is In Custody in China: Sources

January 22, 2021

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The Chinese police appear to have intensified their crackdown on crypto exchanges’ OTC trading services in the last year. Chinese police are investigating Huobi’s OTC business, sources claim.(Piotr Swat/Shutterstock) Jan 22, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2021 at 4:06 p.m. UTC At Least One Key Huobi Executive Is In Custody in China: Sources […]

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Russia’s Sber Bank Files to Launch Its Own Stablecoin

January 22, 2021

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Russia’s largest retail bank has applied to become a licensed digital assets issuer. (Vladimir Wrangel/Shutterstock) Jan 22, 2021 at 2:59 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2021 at 3:19 p.m. UTC Russia’s Sber Bank Files to Launch Its Own Stablecoin Sber, Russia’s largest retail bank, has applied for a license with the country’s central bank to issue […]

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Everyone’s talking crypto for solving Sub-Saharan Africa’s payments problems

December 3, 2020

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Stablecoins and continentwide regulations are key to breaking down barriers to Africa’s economic growth. 891 Total views 8 Total shares As global interest in stablecoins explodes, a number of key players are pushing especially hard for more adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa. On Thursday, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Africa Program published new analysis […]

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How Ant’s Suspended IPO Is Related to China’s Digital Yuan

November 12, 2020

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Nov 12, 2020 at 3:05 p.m. UTC Alipay Logo (Shutterstock) How Ant’s Suspended IPO Is Related to China’s Digital Yuan Ant Group’s suspended initial public offering (IPO) has shed further light on a possible motivation behind China’s digital yuan. The Chinese government appears to view the payments giant as a destabilizing force to China’s economy, […]

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How a Massive Devaluation of the Egyptian Pound Inspired a $100M Bitcoin ETP

November 7, 2020

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(Maksym Kapliuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus) How a Massive Devaluation of the Egyptian Pound Inspired a $100M Bitcoin ETP Hany Rashwan, CEO of Amun/21Shares, explains how the proverbial bitcoin lightbulb went off when his native Egypt’s currency devalued in 2016. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with […]

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Why Fiats Are Failing in 2020

October 23, 2020

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Oct 23, 2020 at 19:00 UTC (fatido/iStock via Getty Images Plus) Why Fiats Are Failing in 2020 From Brazil to Argentina to Turkey, bitcoin priced in local currencies is reaching all time highs. But is this a story of bitcoin succeeding, fiat failing or both? For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. […]

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