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A joint study conducted by KPMG China and Aspen Digital estimated that 58% of family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) from Hong Kong and Singapore had distributed some of their wealth in cryptocurrencies. At the same time, 34% of the non-investors intend to join the ecosystem in the near future. Almost Two-Thirds Are HODLers The survey revealed that bitcoin and ether are the most popular digital currencies among family offices and HNWIs based in Hong Kong and...

On Oct. 27, Ripple released its Q3 Markets Report stating that its holdings of XRP have dropped below 50% for the first time. The company proudly stated that it is becoming more decentralized contrary to what critics have claimed. It said the ownership of XRP is not an indicator that Ripple controls XRP Ledger (XRPL). “The XRP Ledger (XRPL) uses Federated Byzantine Consensus to validate transactions, add new features and secure the network, which means that each validator...

After allocating $500 million to support Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout, the world’s largest crypto exchange said it wants to establish a dedicated unit to help the social media platform’s upcoming challenges. The statement from the company, as reported by Bloomberg, informed that one of the key areas where Binance wants to help the most is battling bots. Fake accounts have been a major issue for the social media giant, especially such that promote fraudulent scams, many of which...

The United Kingdom High Court shut down the cryptocurrency firm PGI Global for allegedly running a fraudulent scheme. The company promised investors returns of up to 200% if they purchased digital assets through its platform, but consumers never received such profits. The Latest Crypto Scam in the UK? According to an official press release, the British authorities detected PGI Global’s suspicious activities last month and closed it after determining that the firm stole more...

Dogecoin’s rally continued on Friday as the premiere meme coin rose another 8% to $0.085.  This put the cryptocurrency back into the top ten digital assets by market cap. According to CoinGecko, Dogecoin is now the 9th largest cryptocurrency, worth over $11.6 billion in total. The 10th largest is Solana, now worth $32 per unit and $11.5 billion in total.  Dogecoin is up 43% over the past 7 days, showing especially strong growth relative to its rallying competitors. Bitcoin...

Jim Messina – a key adviser to former US President Barack Obama – thinks blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are among “the most exciting developments of our lifetime.” The American is highly bullish on bitcoin, saying he is ready to bet his Porsche that it will once again reach $60,000. Messina is Sure BTC’s Price Will Head North In a recent interview for Fox News, Messina predicted that today’s society will be remembered by two things: living in the time of COVID-19...

El Salvador has signed a memorandum of understanding with the city of Lugano, Switzerland aimed at spreading Bitcoin adoption across the continent.  The central American nation has also opened a “Bitcoin office” within Lugano, according to the country’s U.S. ambassador Milena Mayorga. During Tether’s inaugural Plan B forum in Lugano on Friday, Mayorga said the office would be staffed by a new Honorary Consul devoted to advocating Bitcoin throughout Europe.  “My fellow...

Having officially bought Twitter, Elon Musk will immediately appoint himself as Chief Executive Officer of the now-private social media giant. Besides clearing out its top executives, the new leader reportedly plans to do away with permanently banned accounts across the platform.  No More Permabans As reported by Bloomberg on Friday, Musk plans to replace Parag Agrawal as CEO after firing the executive on Friday. That’s according to people familiar with the matter, who asked...

Bitcoin’s price went through increased volatility over the past couple of hours, plunging to a local low of $20K and soaring to $20,600 in the moments after that. This seems to be related to the fact that the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) published the numbers for the Personal Incom for September. After trading relatively flat for the day, BTC’s price suddenly dropped to exactly $20,000 (on Binance) and then shot up to $20,600 moments later. Source: TradingView At the...

The THORChain network went offline Thursday due to a software bug, the blockchain operators confirmed on Twitter. The team noted that they are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, adding that the outage has nothing to do with solvency.  Devs are aware of a chain halt and have identified the likely cause due to a unique transaction type (nothing to do with solvency). An update will be posted as soon as there is more confirmed information. — THORChain (@THORChain)...