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Voyager Completes Merger with LGO Positioning Company with Fully Regulated European Platform

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Voyager Digital  Ltd., a publicly traded, licensed crypto-asset broker that provides investors with a turnkey solution to trade and earn interest on crypto assets, today announced that it has closed on the previously announced merger of its European operations into LGO, SAS, an entity regulated by the AMF, France’s stock market regulatory......
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Global Utility Token OKB Teams Up With Crypto Payments Service NOWPayments

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OKEx , a world-leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange, has joined forces with noncustodial crypto payment services provider NOWPayments.The partnership allows holders of OKB — the global utility token issued by the OK Blockchain Foundation — to make fast and easy payments online using their OKB. Starting on Dec. 15, 2020, users will be able......
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Lukka Closes Series C Led by State Street With Participation From S&P Global and CPA.com

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This fund raise signifies the growing importance of crypto assets in the traditional financial industry Lukka, the leading crypto asset software and data provider, announced it has completed its Series C funding led by State Street Corporation  with participation from S&P Global, and CPA.com, the business and technology subsidiary of......
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Institutional Bitcoin Provider NYDIG Announces Minority Stake Purchase by MassMutual

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NYDIG, a leading provider of institutional investment and technology solutions for Bitcoin, announced today that Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has purchased a minority stake in the company. Read More:RevoluGROUP Canada Inc. RevoluPAY To Pursue Dubai Financial Services Authority PSP License Along with a $5 million equity investment in NYDIG, MassMutual......
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Bitso Leads Latin America into the Future of Currencies with a $62-million Investment from Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors

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Bitso, Latin America’s leading crypto platform, founded in 2014, today announced that it closed a $62 million Series B round led by distinguished investment firms Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors. This reunites two of the most successful venture funds in the fintech industry and in Latin America who have successfully worked together on......
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Fidelity Digital Assets℠ Adds Collateral Agent Capabilities, Will Custody Bitcoin Pledged on Loans Financed by BlockFi

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 New capability brings capital efficiency to institutional clients who can now access risk-managed cash borrowing while maintaining unparalleled asset security Fidelity Digital Assets℠ today announced a new offering that enables clients on Fidelity’s institutional-grade digital assets custody platform to pledge bitcoin as collateral in a transaction. The new capability marks......
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Bitbond and Bankhaus von der Heydt Issue Euro Stablecoin (EURB) on the Stellar Network

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EURB is the first stablecoin issued directly by a banking institution on Stellar and the first of its kind in the crypto market from Europe Bitbond, a tokenization and digital asset custody technology provider, and Bankhaus von der Heydt (BVDH), one of Europe’s oldest banks, have joined forces to issue......
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Elliptic Research Shows a Dramatic Increase in the Use of Privacy Wallets to Launder Proceeds of Crime in Cryptoassets

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Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of criminal proceeds have been sent through privacy wallets such as Wasabi Wallet At least 13% of all criminal proceeds in Bitcoin were sent to privacy wallets in 2020 – up from 2% in 2019  Elliptic, a leading provider of cryptoasset risk management solutions......
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DeFi Innovators From Around the World 

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“We are moving from a centralized understanding of the world to a decentralized understanding of the world – Mike Cernovich” There is no denying that DeFi or decentralized finance has gained traction in the past few years. If you have been dealing with blockchain, DeFi is not a new term......
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ComplyFirst Launches to Support Crypto-Exchange Compliance With Privacy-Preserving Cryptocurrencies

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ComplyFirst, an online resource for anti-money laundering (AML) and other digital assets-related compliance professionals has launched, featuring detailed compliance briefs on Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash, Grin, and Dash. The group also announced its first industry event, a free online webinar titled “Designing a Compliance Program for Privacy-Preserving Cryptocurrencies,” which takes place on Dec. 16,......
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