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Binance announced the completion of the 15th BNB burn earlier today of just shy of 1.1 million tokens. Although the amount in coins has substantially declined compared to the past several such events, it set a record in terms of USD with almost $600 million.  The announcement from the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange from earlier today reads that the company has completed the 15th quarterly BNB token burn “in accordance to the Binance whitepaper.”  The amount of coins...

Turkey’s government has introduced a new regulation that will prohibit cryptocurrency assets from being used as payment methods as of April 30th, citing significant risks. Nevertheless, banks are excluded from the legislation, meaning that users can still deposit the Turkish Lira on crypto exchanges through their banking accounts. Turkey’s Ban on Crypto Usage as Payment Methods According to the official statement from the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, the country...

Cathie Wood’s Ark funds has purchased a total of $352 million worth of Coinbase shares, two days after making its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker, COIN.  Ark Funds’ COIN Acquisition Spree Citing data received by email, Bloomberg reports today that Wood’s funds, including the Ark Innovation ETF, Ark Fintech Innovation ETF, and Ark Next Generation ETF together added 341,186 COIN to their holdings yesterday.  This is the second investment in a roll that...

There are no boring days in crypto. Today, the popular meme coin DOGE skyrocketed to new a new ATH at $0.3. With its mind-blowing surge, Dogecoin became the eighth largest crypto by market cap and surpassed giants like Motorola and Delta Airlines by that metric.  Dogecoin has always been able to grab people’s attention, and the past week or so is no exception.   DOGE traded at $0.06 on April 10th but, and there’s no other word to explain this better, exploded in value in the...

It should be no surprise that more traditional corporations join the crypto fever by investing in bitcoin or adopting blockchain technology. Brevan Howard, a European hedge fund, is the latest asset manager to join the movement. Bloomberg reported that the asset manager is preparing to invest $84,000,000 in digital assets, representing 1.5% of its $5.6 billion hedge fund. Jonny Steindorff and Tucker Waterman, co-founders of crypto investment firm Distributed Global, will...

Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, has been gradually offloading his bitcoin position for years and is currently left with about 2% of his entire stack. During a recent Twitter threat, he outlined the significance of taking profits while blasting the narrative that investors can’t lose money if they don’t sell during a bear market. Ripple’s CTO Remaining BTC Holdings Schwartz took it to Twitter today to explain his views on a famous saying in the investment community indicating...

Despite lacking sufficient institutional demand from its clients, BlackRock’s CEO, Larry Fink, outlined the potential of the cryptocurrency industry, which could become a “great asset class.” He further asserted that crypto investors should not treat digital assets as a substitute for traditional currencies. BlackRock’s CEO Fascinated by Crypto Ever since the start of the current bull market in late 2020, the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has been frequently...

In another step towards reducing the high fees on its blockchain, Ethereum’s latest upgrade, dubbed Berlin, has already come into effect. The hard fork arrives with four Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), but many users have complained about network errors. Berlin Hard Fork is Here for Ethereum The high utilization of the Ethereum blockchain, being the predominant underlying technology of DeFi, NFTs, and having numerous stablecoins on top of it, caused several network...

Speaking at a conference with several crypto-friendly corporations, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman revealed that the company is looking to expand its crypto-services as digital currencies take a leading role in the financial system. Schulman joined the “2021 Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate“, together with dozens of executives from the technological and financial space, including Michael Saylor from MicroStrategy Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa. Less Cash, More...

The third-largest bank in France, as well as one of the leading banks in the whole world, Societe Generale, has issued its first structured product as a security token. The bank has chosen Tezos’ blockchain as the underlying network. Following the first covered bond security token issuance for 100 million euros on Ethereum’s blockchain back in April 2019, Societe Generale issued its first structured product as a security token registered on the Tezos public blockchain....