Coinbase, the U.S.-based crypto exchange, is set to go public in two weeks, according to Bloomberg.
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The UK’s new initiative to target unregistered crypto businesses is picking up steam.
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The status of stablecoins may face a rough time as Russia’s central bank looks to issue its own digital ruble.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker that also serves bitcoin miner manufacturers, plans to invest $100 billion over three years to grow its capacity.
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Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley said in a Thursday regulatory filing that a number of its institutional funds may gain exposure to bitcoin in the form of cash-settled futures or a Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust.
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Quick Take
- Several metrics recorded record numbers in March. In all cases, spot and derivatives volume for Q1 2021 surpassed the total 2020 volume.
- Total adjusted on-chain volume saw a slight decline of 2.2% to $577.2 billion in March.
- Adjusted on-chain volume of stablecoins plateaued at an all-time high of $384.3 billion in March.
- Centralized exchange spot trading volumes decreased by 7.8% to $1.06 trillion in March.
- Besides Binance, FTX was one of the only major exchanges to increase its spot market share in March.
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended its annual financial crime reporting framework to cryptocurrency businesses.
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Executives of listed bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain now plan to list their new NFT investment firm in London.
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The project launched its second collection of “LPs” or tracks on Monday, with the auction ending today at noon EST.
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Integrating Immutable X will give OpenSea users a “gas-free trading experience without sacrificing the security of the Ethereum network.”
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