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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken slow but cautious steps regarding an exchange-traded product tracking the performance of bitcoin or another cryptocurrency. In the latest development, the organization published guidance detailing regulatory requirements for funds waiting to offer crypto ETPs, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and structured products. The guidance is designed to ensure not only investor protection but also increase...

After another day of enhanced volatility, bitcoin touched $63,000 but has retraced with a few thousand dollars since. Ethereum marked another all-time high above $4,400 before correcting as well, while Binance Coin has surged to north of $500. ETH’s Latest ATH: BNB Up 8% Ever since BTC tapped its new all-time high last week at $67,000, all eyes in the cryptocurrency community were on the second-largest digital asset whether it could do the same. And it took ETH more than a...

In May, Ethereum’s Co-Founder – Vitalik Buterin – burned 410,24 trillion Shiba Inu tokens which would now be equivalent to $27.8 billion. Additionally, he donated 50 trillion SHIB ($3.4 billion calculated at today’s prices) to India, struggling with the COVID-19 infection by that time. Five Months Difference Dogecoin’s success since the beginning of 2021 has led to the rise of many copycats that aimed to steal from its public attention. Arguably the most popular one is Shiba...

The American entertainment company, primarily known for professional wrestling – WWE – joined forces with Blockchain Creative Labs to launch a non-fungible token marketplace. The digital collectibles will capture iconic moments from grand events like Wrestlemania and SummerSlam and will have an eco-friendly focus. ‘If You Smell… What WWE… Is Cooking!’ Despite retracing a bit from the record trading volumes in August, the NFT craze is still a tempting industry in which many...

The business intelligence corporation – MicroStrategy Incorporated – doubled down on its cryptocurrency endeavors during the third quarter of 2021 by purchasing 8,957 BTC in that period. Thus, the company now holds around $7 billion worth of the primary digital asset (calculated at today’s prices). MicroStrategy: The Bitcoin Whale MicroStrategy announced the results in its Q3 earnings report. According to it, the firm acquired 8,957 BTC between July and October this year at...

There are no boring days in crypto. This week was the definitive proof of this. We saw something insane happen literally every day from the past seven, so let’s start with Bitcoin. This time last week, there were already some signs of indecisiveness in bitcoin’s price, which was approaching $60K. On Sunday, though, bulls stepped in and pushed the price up to $64K, where it stayed for about a day. On Wednesday, we saw two consecutive drops, which led to the price testing the...

The American TV personality Jim Cramer advised crypto investors to beware of the risks related to the digital asset industry. According to him, investments in bitcoin and the altcoins rests on the “greater fool theory,” where speculation is not absent. Furthermore, Cramer admitted he is not a crypto hodler because of inflationary reasons, instead, he was “simply gambling.” ‘There Could Be Millions of Greater Fools out There’ CNBC’s Jim Cramer shared yet another controversial...

Following the decision made by the American multinational tech company, Facebook, to change its parent company name to Meta Platforms Inc, the prices of several metaverse gaming cryptocurrencies have experienced a significant increase. Facebook Rebrands to Meta The California-based company officially changed its corporate name to Meta Platforms Inc. yesterday, to move beyond the social media business concept. Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, noted the company is trying to...

Bankers and government officials around the world are proving more welcoming to crypto than ever before. Tharman Shanmugaratnam – Singapore’s Central Bank Chairman – recently stated that cryptocurrency has a place in the country’s financial sector. All it needs are some regulations around illicit finance. A Place For Stablecoins The chairman showed his support at the Asia Financial Markets Forum on Wednesday. He said that the technology’s financial use-cases could extend...

The United States will aim for clear regulatory rules to enable banks and their customers to hold and operate with cryptocurrencies, said the FDIC chair, Jelena McWilliams. As such, the positive developments coming from the world’s largest economy continue as the nation recently had its first Bitcoin Futures ETF. US Banks to Hold Crypto? Up until a year ago, banks and cryptocurrencies were two mutually exclusive terms as the former refused to acknowledge even the mere...