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After the US regulator postponed its decision about VanEck’s BTC ETF attempt, the watchdog has done the same with the application filed by Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital. CryptoPotato reported earlier this year when the global investment company based in NYC, SkyBridge Capital, filed with the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF. Should the product be approved, its service provider will be America’s oldest bank – BNY Mellon. Although the watchdog had until July 11th to make...

Barely two days since the launch of ShibaSwap, a DeFi platform coming from the popular Ethereum-based meme project, Shiba Inu, more than $1.5 billion worth of assets have been locked on the exchange. ShibaSwap Records $1.5 in TVL As with many DeFi projects, ShibaSwap also introduced a yield farming program that allows users to stake their tokens for rewards. The project’s pseudonymous “Top Dog,” Shytoshi Kusama, noted in a Medium post that the Shiba Inu army can stake either...

Fan Yifei – a deputy governor of China’s central bank – expressed concerns that digital currencies, particularly stablecoins, could negatively impact the global financial system. Furthermore, he described the assets as “speculation tools.” PBoC Is ‘Quite Worried’ In a recent interview, the ex-Chairman of Shanghai Bank and a current deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China – Fan Yifei – opined that stablecoins may harm the global financial stability and the present...

In a bid to equip decentralized application (dApp) developers with the necessary tools for maximum production, Ethereum blockchain developer platform Alchemy has announced a partnership with Polygon to enhance the network’s capabilities.  Alchemy Integrates Polygon The firm made the announcement today, stating that the move would supercharge the development of Polygon and the Ethereum network.  Furthermore, the partnership would also provide the necessary tools to dApp...

Guests of the Pavilions Hotels & Resorts can now pay for their accommodation with over 40 cryptocurrencies, including BTC and ETH. The service will be available from today – July 7th. An Exotic Adventure in Exchange for Crypto According to a recent press release, The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts partnered up with the cryptocurrency trading platform Coindirect to provide its clients the option of digital asset payments. The hotel group guests can choose among more than...

While a slew of DeFi tokens are surging in value, the ‘Dogecoin Killer’ Shiba Inu has topped the Ethereum network in terms of gas usage, suggesting a strong connection between the two. Shiba Swap and the ensuing DeFi Wave Earlier yesterday, SHIB (the official Twitter account for the SHIBA ecosystem) announced that Shiba Swap had gone live. Shiba Swap is a decentralized exchange developed by the anonymous Shiba Inu team, which also allows traders to stake their SHIB tokens and...

Shortly after announcing a collaboration with Formula 1, CryptoCom has become an official partner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As a result, the popular exchange’s branding will appear on the fighters’ kit. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the giant sports brand UFC has agreed to a fight kit deal with the cryptocurrency exchange CryptoCom. Consequently, it will enable the trading venue’s brand to appear on fight apparel (shorts, shirts, hoodies)...

The Knesset, Israel’s unicameral legislative body, could become the world’s first government entity to employ blockchain technology, and more specifically – NFTs. The incoming President Isaac Herzog will reportedly receive an NFT of the original oath signed by his late father – the nation’s sixth President. Born in 1960, Isaac Herzog is the President-elect of Israel who could go down in history as the first head of a country to receive a non-fungible token on his inauguration...

A Maltese man is currently facing several charges alleging that he had fraudulently taken about $700,000 worth of crypto from his drinking companion. According to a Tuesday report by a local media outlet, several police officers testified against the suspect during the hearing of the case which took place before magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech. He faces the following charges: money laundering, misappropriation, theft of cryptocurrency, violently resisting arrest, being in...

The Brazilian authorities have arrested the president of the Bitcoin Banco Group – Claudio Oliveira. According to them, he was responsible for swiping 7,000 bitcoins from customers worth $250 million today. ‘The Bitcoin King’ Got Busted In a recent online press release, the Brazilian officials reported the arrest of Claudio Oliveira. He was the man in charge of the Bitcoin Banco Group – a company promising high returns for clients who invest their bitcoins with it. Following...