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The Japanese government intends to put stablecoins under strict regulation as some authorities consider them a threat to the country’s financial stability. At the same time, the Bank of Japan aims to issue a digital yen that it sees as a safer alternative to private virtual currencies. Japan’s Next Crypto Move According to Reuters, three Japanese officials revealed that the country is looking to increase its efforts to regulate digital assets. Per the report, some local...

After years of bashing Bitcoin, one of America’s largest banking establishments – Bank of America – seems to have completed its 180-turn. The organization has purportedly approved the trading of BTC futures. Citing two sources familiar with the matter, CoinDesk reported that the Wall Street behemoth will enable some of its customers to trade BTC futures. The plan to allow only a handful of clients to access the new service is because of the large amount of margin required to...

Binance announced earlier on July 16th that it has “effective immediately” halted one of the most recently-released services – trading digital tokens representing equity stocks. This comes amid the exchange’s regulatory issues in numerous countries. CryptoPotato reported in April 2021 when the leading cryptocurrency exchange added support for a new product enabling its users to interact with fully-backed digital tokens representing equity stocks. After initially adding...

THORChain is the latest DeFi project to be exploited, with estimations showing that the hackers might have swooped up to $7.6 million in digital assets. The team behind the decentralized exchange promised to make whole all affected users and requested the perpetrators to contact them to discuss the return of funds. THORChain highlighted the hack on Twitter earlier on July 16th. The amount stolen remains unconfirmed as the initial estimations showed that it was more than...

Jackson, Tennessee, could soon implement BTC for property tax payments, according to the city’s mayor – Scott Conger. He made this statement shortly after bashing the US government for the unnecessary high inflation rates across the entire country. Scott Conger, the mayor of Jackson, Tennessee, since 2019, took it to Twitter to indicate that the local blockchain task force is looking into how the city “can start property tax payments in bitcoin.” Furthermore, he indicated...

PayPal’s decision to support operations with cryptocurrencies has brought outstanding results, and a few hours ago, it just hit the gas pedal and increased the limit on cryptocurrency purchases giving its customer more freedom to buy their beloved digital assets. According to an Official PR, duly registered customers will now be able to buy up to $100,000 in crypto per week, without any other monthly or yearly limit. The company assured that the move comes in response to the...

The Biden administration reportedly plans to take severe measures on the use of digital assets in ransomware attacks by starting to track such transactions. Crypto Tracing to Combat Cyber Attacks The governing body of the USA discussed how to combat the growing number of ransomware attacks during a virtual briefing with members of Congress. According to Bloomberg, the Biden administration will begin tracing digital assets sent to hackers, who harm firms, corporations, and...

Going through the most significant price pullback in this cycle, approximately 55% from the all-time high set in April, there is considerable uncertainty in the Bitcoin market from technical and on-chain analysts’ perspectives. Figure 1– Bitcoin daily price history since December 2020. Chart by Glassnode The following analysis is compiled by on-chain analyst CryptoVizArt for CryptoPotato, and looks into the on-chain side of the story to evaluate the bullish/bearish signs....

As crypto ownership and interest continue to rise in the UK, the country’s financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is planning to launch a £11m ($15.25 million) marketing campaign to warn young investors about risks associated with crypto investments. FCA Targeting Millennials According to the regulator, the ads, which will be targeted at UK residents within the ages of 18 to 30 years, will inform them about the risks involved in purchasing Bitcoin (BTC),...

Cardano’s Alonzo testnet went through a hardfork yesterday. Alonzo White, as the effort is called, was successfully implemented, so let’s examine what’s next for the network. Alonzo White Hardfork Successful In a Twitter update from yesterday, IOHK revealed that the Alonzo testnet went through a successful hardfork called Alonzo White. “We’ll monitor the new network closely over the next 24 hours while continuing to do further QA work on the node tonight. We’ll then review...