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On Oct. 27, the portfolio and asset manager published its “2022 Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study,” an annual report shedding light on the crypto industry from an institutional perspective. The research revealed that the market is now well-positioned to weather the macroeconomic headwinds it has faced in recent months. Fidelity Digital Assets President, Tom Jessop, commented: “We believe that digital assets fundamentals remain strong and that the...

Changpeng Zhao – CEO of Binance – revealed that the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan will integrate its central bank digital currency (CBDC) into BNB Chain. The firm has strengthened its presence in the Central Asian country lately. The local regulator AIFC Financial Services Authority (AFSA) allowed it to operate a digital asset platform and provide custodial services to Kazakhstani consumers. The NBK Picked BNB Chain Zhao disclosed that Binance’s team has...

Shopping malls in the metaverse have several advantages. One of them is that they can house as many stores as the developers’ imagination allows. This is what a Mexican entrepreneur envisioned with Island Shopping Mall: Mexico’s first metaverse mall. The mall was inaugurated today and can be accessed from mobile devices via an app available in the AppStore or Google Play. According to the local media outlet Cultura Empresarial, users of both platforms can now download the...

China’s autonomous special administrative region – Hong Kong – reportedly aims to legalize cryptocurrency retail trading and emerge as a digital asset hub. According to the Co-Founder of BitMEX – Arthur Hayes – the state’s vision and crypto adoption could propel a new bull market. What Is on the Agenda? A recent coverage by Bloomberg informed that Hong Kong’s authorities could enforce a friendly regulatory framework on cryptocurrencies in March 2023. Specifically, regulators...

Seychelles-based crypto exchange Huobi will no longer support trades for its native stablecoin, HUSD. Users with funds stored in that token will have their assets auto-converted into USDT – the world’s largest stablecoin – at a 1:1 ratio.  In an announcement on Thursday, the exchange explained that the delisting is “in compliance with Article 11 of Huobi Global Token Management Rules.” The article gives Huobi Global the right to inspect its project team at any time fo reasons...

Numerous scam tokens have launched under the symbol “TWIT” following Elon Musk’s latest Twitter bio change related to his acquisition of the company. With just a day to go before the billionaire acquires Twitter, Elon Musk has changed his bio on the platform to read “Chief Twit.” In the aftermath, multiple tokens named either “TWIT” or “Chief Twit” were released on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, according to PeckShieldAlert on Twitter. Some other tokens go by the name...

With “Hacktober” ending in a few days, yet another crypto platform has been added to the list of crypto protocols that have lost millions of dollars worth of digital assets to hackers this month.  Earlier today, cryptocurrency vesting platform Team Finance announced it had become the latest victim after losing $14.5 million to a bug exploit. The platform added that the attackers stole the digital assets through its recently audited v2 to v3 migration function.  Team Finance...

One of the largest bitcoin miners – Core Scientific – could run out of cash by the end of 2022, which could prompt it to file for bankruptcy. The firm’s shares took a major punch following the news. Current market data shows they trade at around $0.28, an approximately 72% decline compared to yesterday’s figures. The market decline, the rise in energy costs, and increased competition are the main factors that have negatively impacted the entity’s performance and liquidity....

Singapore authorities have proposed a new set of regulatory measures to oversee the use of digital assets in the country and protect consumers. The country’s central bank and financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), recently published two consultation papers containing suggestions to tighten the country’s regulatory stance on digital assets. MAS Proposes Ban on Crypto Credit One of the proposals outlined in the consultation paper is to prohibit retail...

South Korean prosecutors are pushing for an eight-year sentence for Lee Jung-hoon, the former chairman of crypto exchange platform Bithumb, for an alleged $70 million fraud. According to a report by the local media outlet Yonhap, prosecutors alleged that Lee had defrauded Kim Byung Gun, the chairman of Singapore-based BK Group, in a failed attempt to acquire Bithumb earlier in 2018. The Genesis As per the report, Lee convinced Kim to issue Bithumb Coin (BXA) via the BK...