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Huobi Global Co-founder Reportedly Planning To Sell 60% Stake

In order to sell his majority ownership in the cryptocurrency exchange for a price between $2 billion and $3 billion, Huobi Group co-founder Leon Li is in discussions with a group of investors, according to a Bloomberg report. Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, and Justin Sun, founder of Tron, are

August 14, 2022 1 min read

Crypto ATMs Make a Comeback in Japan After a Brief Pause

Crypto ATMs are returning to Japan after a four-year absence. Initial installations will be made in Tokyo and Osaka. Two of Japan’s most famous crypto advocacy organizations have pushed for lower taxation on individual crypto investors. Requests for tax reform have been made by Japan’s crypto-asset business associations JCBA and

August 4, 2022 1 min read

Meta Owned Instagram to Now Offer Digital Collectibles Feature

Digital items may also be minted on the Flow blockchain as per the announcement. MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and Rainbow are among the third-party wallets supported. It was stated by Meta in May that they will be launching a digital collectibles feature. For a while, the feature was restricted to a

August 4, 2022 2 mins read

Major Crypto Exchange Acquires Full Regulatory Approval in Dubai

FTX has received approval to enter Dubai’s MVP for VARA. Earlier this year, FTX started a transfer procedure for its operational MVP license. The region’s cryptocurrency regulator, the Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority, has approved FTX Exchange FZE (FTX) to participate in Dubai’s “Minimum Viable Product” (MVP) program for Virtual Assets

July 30, 2022 2 mins read

Voyager Digital Rejects FTX’s Restructure Plan Proposal

Loans to the troubled hedge firm Three Arrows Capital would be immune from this. Customers who don’t want to use FTX may nonetheless file bankruptcy claims. Alameda Research and its affiliate FTX have offered to purchase Voyager Digital, but Voyager Digital has rejected the deal, calling it a “low-ball bid.”

July 25, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Lending Firm Vauld Owes Creditors Over $400 Million

$34 million is apparently owing to Vauld’s biggest individual retail creditor.  Based on court records and an affidavit, Vauld possesses $287.7 million. Singapore-based Vauld, a cryptocurrency lending, and trading company owe its debtors $402 million, according to The Block. Vauld CEO Darshan Bathija submitted a statement to Singapore’s High Court

July 22, 2022 2 mins read

Binance Will Not Offer Stock Trading as per CEO Changpeng Zhao

Customers of FTX may now trade equities in stablecoin-funded accounts. CZ said he’d rather see Binance concentrate on developing more Web3 products. Binance isn’t interested in allowing its customers to trade equities, no matter how many new ones they could bring in. It’s neither right nor wrong for cryptocurrency exchanges

July 18, 2022 2 mins read

Filing Reveals Alameda Research Owes $337M to Voyager Digital

Currently, Alameda Research owes Voyager $377 million. Voyager issued a default notice recently because 3AC could no longer pay. A borrower bailing out its lender for hundreds of millions of dollars is rare. According to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition by crypto broker Voyager Digital, Sam Bankman- Fried’s Alameda Research,

July 7, 2022 1 min read

CoinShares Acquires Napoleon Group in The French Markets

CoinShares is the first platform licenced with AIFM On July 4 nearly $200 million was pulled from the Vauld platform CoinShares, the European largest digital asset investment platform July 4, Monday, announced that they have acquired Napoleon assets management with approval from Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and it is

July 5, 2022 2 mins read

FTX Exchange and BlockFi Agree on Mutual Acquisition Terms

FTX US has inked a term sheet that allows for a takeover of the ailing crypto lender. BlockFi would take care of its customers before it had to make good on its debt to FTX. FTX US, the U.S. section of the crypto exchange run by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, has

July 2, 2022 2 mins read