Wirex, the London-based cryptocurrency card issuer, has been made a Visa principal member in Europe.
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Quick Take
- The following is the final excerpt from the ‘2020 Macro Overview’ section of the Block Research’s forthcoming year-end report.
- We examine both digital and traditional asset market performance, the labor market, real gross domestic product, monetary policy, and more economic data throughout the last three quarters of 2020.
Quick Take
- In USD performance terms, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Dash have returned 760%, 165%, 6% and -40% respectively since August 1, 2017 — the date of the Bitcoin Cash hard fork.
- Moreover, despite Bitcoin recently breaking past its 2017 high, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Dash are all still trading 68%, 91% and 92% respectively below their 2017 USD all-time highs.
- Bitcoin is also leading its forks from a price performance perspective in 2020.
Crypto exchange FTX has listed futures contracts of Coinbase ahead of its initial public offering (IPO).
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Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has raised $13.9 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Block.one, with participation from Temasek, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, and others.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to sue Ripple, the firm said Monday evening.
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In a new letter to the regulator, Coinbase is calling for FinCEN to extend the comment period for its proposed self-hosted wallet rule to the traditional 60 days.
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Congress’s research service says there’s no evidence the dollar is losing its place as the dominant reserve currency.
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Former LinkedIn M&A executive Emilie Choi has been promoted to become president and COO of Coinbase.
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We’re in record-breaking times for Bitcoin
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