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A Canadian House committee published a report on Wednesday providing 16 recommendations for how the nation’s government should regulate the blockchain industry – and they’re remarkably bullish. Crypto exchange Coinbase praised the report, saying it was “encouraged by the forward-thinking approach of the parliamentary committee.” Opening Canada to Crypto In its first recommendation, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) asked that the Canadian...

DYDX Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the popular decentralized exchange (DEX) DYDX, has announced a new launch date for the public testnet of its Cosmos-based blockchain as it prepares to exit the Ethereum ecosystem later this year. According to the foundation, the testnet is set to go live next week on July 5, which is earlier than the previous schedule. The team estimated in March that the public testnet would launch by the end of July after the third...

Fidelity Digital Assets – the $4.5 trillion asset manager’s crypto-arm – has resubmitted its filing to launch a Bitcoin Spot ETF in the United States. Parts of the filing are virtually identical to BlackRock and ARK Invest’s respective submissions earlier this month. Fidelity Tries Again According to a 19-b4 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, the proposal would allow the Cboe BZX Exchange to list and trade shares of Fidelity’s Wise...

Asset management giant – BlackRock – believes that structural shifts like the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to drive returns now and in the future. Its new report described the space as a “mega force” whose applications could disrupt entire industries. BlackRock found that S&P 500 gains have become increasingly concentrated in a handful of tech stocks, exceeding levels seen during the 2000s tech boom. The company believes that this “unusual”...

[Press Release – Rarotonga, Cook Islands, June 29th, 2023] A solution enabling Web3 wallet integration within existing enterprise platforms. Blockchain-based, Web3 initiative Cirus Foundation has developed a Wallet as a Service (WaaS) innovation unit. The initiative entails deploying Web3 wallets for existing businesses and platforms to create a secured value-share layer between their users. After the initial release of the Cirus Web3 Wallet, the core functionality of...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Is investing in crypto equivalent to gambling? That’s how the United Kingdom sees it, and leaders are suggesting that crypto be regulated in the same way the U.K. oversees gambling activities. The United Kingdom Sees Crypto Investing as Gambling To an extent, one can argue that investing in crypto is sort of a...

The lawsuit between Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has taken center stage once again as the agency continues with its predatory approach. Earlier this month, the Commission filed a lawsuit against Coinbase for dealing with unregistered securities, calling out a number of coins for being securities. Interestingly enough, this list didn’t include XRP. Nonetheless, the financial watchdog has demonstrated a clear stance against crypto, and it’s...

Sui network has laid out the SUI token release schedule just a day after the team behind the layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform dismissed allegations that they unlocked staking rewards and “dumped” them on Binance. The decision to share the details of the schedule is in the interest of transparency and open communication about the tokenomics, Sui said in a statement. SUI Token Distribution According to the data shared by the protocol, SUI token distribution is set...

The North Carolina House of Representatives has passed a bill that includes provisions to investigate the acquisition and potential benefits of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. House Bill 721, titled “State Precious Metals Depository Study,” aims to examine the potential impact of a state securely holding, insuring, and liquidating virtual currency, with special emphasis on Bitcoin. The legislation received 73 votes in favor, 40 against, while seven participants were...

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