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Ripple announced that one of the leading non-bank remittance service providers in South Korea – Global Money Express Co. LTD (GME Remittance) – had joined its network. As a result, the financial institution can now connect to Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and initiate payments between South Korea and Thailand. GME Looking to Expand According to an announcement, GME Remittance has joined the blockchain-based digital payment network – Ripple. The collaboration enabled the South...

Tether has yet again issued another public opinion by Moore Cayman, a provider of audit services that reassures USDTs are “fully backed by reserves.” However, the company has failed to disclose the precise nature of the reserves it’s referring to, which has raised a few eyebrows in the community. Another Public Opinion By Moore Cayman The report says the Cayman Island-based audit provider has obtained “sufficient and appropriate” evidence to base their assurance opinion. It...

The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has doubled down on its BTC endeavors through a partnership with New York Digital Investment Group. Both parties aim to enable institutional clients of the insurance behemoth to receive BTC exposure. According to the announcement dated August 11th, the insurance broker, founded a decade and a half ago, has entered into a “placement agent agreement” with NYDIG. Through its broker-dealer, MML Investors Services (MMLIS), MassMutual...

The Indian governing body will reportedly take measures to eliminate the use of cryptocurrencies as part of the country’s financial system. However, the existence of digital assets issued by the State is not threatened. Cryptocurrencies Fund Illegal Activities According to a recent report by The Economic Times, the government of India plans to crack down on the use of digital currencies as many criminals employ them to fund their illegal operations. The authorities believe...

After saying he was prepared to refund the stolen funds from the infamous $610 million hack, the perpetrator has made the first transaction worth $1 million in USDC. CryptoPotato reported earlier on August 11th that the unknown hacker, who breached PolyNetwork’s security and stole over $600 million in various digital assets, had decided to return the funds. This came after dabbling with the idea of creating a new token and allowing the DAO to decide what to do with the...

The American television host – Jim Cramer – believes that cryptocurrencies need more regulation or otherwise the market could collapse. Additionally, he praised Ethereum as the best-performing digital asset. Regulation Could Prevent The Market from Falling apart In an interview for TheStreet, Jim Cramer revealed that he is a huge proponent of cryptocurrency regulations. In his opinion, setting the right rules in the industry would be beneficial for the entire market as they...

After a 10-month long regulatory battle with United States financial watchdogs, leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX has agreed to settle and will pay a fine worth millions of dollars. As confirmed by the exchange today, BitMEX has reached a $100 million resolution with the two U.S. regulators – the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Speaking on the settlement, BitMEX CEO Alexander Höptner noted that...

The global investment management company VanEck has filed again for a Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF). The US firm has tried several times in the past few years but the SEC is yet to approve a single BTC ETF. New York-based investment firm VanEck submitted an application to the SEC to roll out a BTC Strategy ETF. The ETF will contain bitcoin futures, bitcoin funds, and various other investment instruments related to the primary cryptocurrency. According to...

Charles Hoskinson, Cardano’s founder and CEO of blockchain research company Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), has urged the U.S. crypto community to rally against the recently proposed taxation policy. Hoskinson first took it to Twitter earlier this week, calling on digital asset proponents in the U.S. to rally in Washington DC to vent their grievances against the bill. This would be a bid to convince the country’s senators to amend the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) reporting...

With the increasing interest in blockchain gaming, the popular blockchain platform, TRON, has recently announced the launch of a new $300 million fund dedicated to supporting GameFi projects. TRON Launches $300M Fund to Support Game Developers In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, TRON noted that the fund dubbed TRON Arcade was launched in collaboration with the leading NFT project, APENFT, and the DeFi project, WINKLink. TRON Arcade is geared toward supporting...