Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the exchange’s goal is to list every crypto asset, as long as it is legal to do so.
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Quick Take
- The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority issued a notice on June 26 barring Binance from engaging in “regulated” activities in the U.K.
- Crypto industry sources say the action is likely to have little or no consequence for the business that Binance does in the U.K.
Quick Take
- IOSG Ventures is an investment and research firm focused on the blockchain/crypto sector with offices in Singapore and Shenzhen, China
- The firm recently raised $60 million during its first closing of a second fund that will focus on DeFi, NFTs/Social tokens, as well as layer-2 technologies
- In total, the firm’s active portfolio consists of at least 64 startups and protocols across twelve verticals, which The Block has mapped out
Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, announced the approval of Coinbase Germany’s custody business on Monday.
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The exchange has prohibited its users in China from accessing derivatives markets, having already reduced the amount of leverage available.
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Quick Take
- DeFi protocols’ losses for the second six months of DeFi attacks reached $100M+
- Whitehat hackers’ and some exploiters returned another $30M
- Despite the similarity of most of the attacks, their complexity has grown much stronger
A spokesperson for the event has confirmed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will share a stage with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey next month.
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The planned vehicle, called Metaversal, which will serve as both a way for investors to bet on the market and as a development studio.
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The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered crypto exchange Binance to stop operating in the country.
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The difficulty and hash rate drop are on-chain reflections of the magnitude of China’s recent orders that bitcoin miners shut down.
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