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In an effort to promote long-term cryptocurrency holdings, popular digital asset investment app Robinhood said it has launched a Dollar-Cost Average (DCA) feature for investors. Promoting Long-term Crypto Investments The service, termed Crypto Recurring Investments, will enable Robinhood users to automatically schedule purchases of their favorite cryptocurrencies in bits and at regular intervals. Announcing the new feature in a recent blog post, the trading platform disclosed...

El Salvador’s decision to accept bitcoin as a legal tender is already rattling some cages. Other small nations in the region dabble with the same idea. A recent survey from the North – specifically in the United States – showed that nearly 30% would agree to have BTC as a legal currency as well. Americans on Legalizing Bitcoin El Salvador – a small Central American nation – shocked the world in June this year when it announced it will vote to make bitcoin a legal tender...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues with its efforts to clamp down on illegal initial coin offerings. This trend started a couple of years back when ICOs were at their prime but has steadily escalated in 2020 and 2021. SEC Charges Rivetz Corp CEO for $18 Million According to an official litigation release, the SEC has charged Rivetz Corp., Rivetz International SEZC, as well as the president of Rivetz and the CEO of Rivetz International –...

WSBDApp, the blockchain-based trading platform related to the WallStreetBets movement, has partnered with Balancer to launch exchange-traded portfolios (ETPs) on the latter’s V2 platform. These products will aim to enhance decentralization for retail investors seeking alternative investment opportunities. WSBDApp Partners With Balancer The statement shared with CryptoPotato reads that Balancer – the automated portfolio manager and liquidity provider – will enable WBSDApp to...

Almost all of the Bored Yacht Ape NFT collection – a popular collection of cartoon drawings featuring over 107 monkeys – has now sold for more than 24 million dollars. The 24 Million Dollar Monkey-Deal According to a recent tweet from Sotheby’s, the art merchant hosting the meme-inspiring NFT collection, 101 of 107 Bored Yacht Club NFTs have now sold for roughly $24.4 million. Similarly, 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs sold for another $1.8 million in their “Ape in!” auction....

Switzerland’s stock exchange, SIX, said today it had obtained two licenses from the nation’s markets regulator to launch a stock exchange and depository for blockchain-based securities. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, the SIX Swiss Exchange is the country’s principal stock exchange that also trades particular securities like government bonds and derivatives such as stock options. According to a CNBC report, the organization has received two licenses from the nation’s regulator...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange BinanceUS has recently appointed one of Uber’s former top players – Brian Shroder– as president of the company and as a board member. This comes following numerous hints from Changpeng Zhao that the US branch of the leading crypto exchange could become the latest publicly traded company from the digital asset space. Why Binance Picked Shroder? As announced by BusinessWire, Shroder will be overseeing the exchange’s corporate development,...

The largest digital asset manager – Grayscale Investments – has announced that the Bitcoin Cash Trust, the Ethereum Classic Trust, and the Litecoin Trust have become SEC reporting products. Thus, the total number grew to six. Speaking to Forbes, Grayscale’s CEO – Michael Sonnenshein – indicated that the company’s portfolio of funds reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission has doubled. He specified that those funds were the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG), the...

The Foundation behind the popular blockchain project – Algorand – has started a new initiative aiming to enhance the developments in the DeFi sector. Called Viridis DeFi Program, it will be a $300 million fund to support innovation on the Algorand network. In a statement dated September 10th, The Algorand Foundation announced the launch of its latest product called Viridis DeFi Program. In it, the organization has allocated 150 million of the native cryptocurrency – ALGO –...

French soccer giant Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced a new multi-year deal that will see digital asset trading platform CryptoCom become the club’s first official crypto platform partner. CryptoCom and PSG to Launch NFTs As per the partnership agreement, seen by CryptoPotato, CryptoCom will use its native token CRO to pay a significant portion of the sponsorship fee. The exchange will also house the collaborative and exclusive Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) that the club...