CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain-Based Immunity Passports Don’t Resolve Core Privacy Issues: Report

Proposals for immunity or vaccine passes have resurfaced with promising news about vaccines, but the web standards they’re based on contain flaws.

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CryptoCurrency News: How One Bitcoin Options Trader Turned $638K Into $4.4M in 5 Weeks

As bitcoin rallied from $13,400 to over $19,000, a trader who bought the $36,000-strike January expiry call saw a paper profit of more than $4 million.

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CryptoCurrency News: China’s Latest Digital Currency Trial Is Its Most Important Yet

More money, more participants, more participating banks and merchants – a look inside the latest DC/EP trial in Suzhou.

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CryptoCurrency News: Rebranded Libra Still a ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’: German Finance Minister

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz took aim at the rebranded lDiem and said it would take more than cosmetic changes to smoothen regulatory concerns.

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CryptoCurrency News: Biden Administration Will ‘Ultimately Be Supportive’ of Crypto: Circle CEO

Oon CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ on Monday, Allaire spoke about the regulatory attitudes toward stablecoins and how the incoming administration may treat crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: Spain’s Second-Largest Bank Will Soon Launch Crypto Services: Sources

BBVA is poised to enter the cryptocurrency trading and custody space, according to two people familiar with the plans.

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CryptoCurrency News: Fiat-to-Crypto Partnerships Expand Abra’s Footprint to 150+ Countries

Abra is expanding its crypto marketplace to dozens more countries through partnerships with four fiat-to-crypto gateways.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: $187M Blockchain Bond, $522M BTC Mining Revenue and ‘Ethereum-First’ Institutional Investors

Singapore is funding blockchain R&D. Germany's second-largest stock exchange's crypto app saw $1.21 billion in trading volumes this year. Grayscale is seeing a growing number of "Ethereum-first" institutional buyers.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockstack’s Stacks Tokens Could Be Tradable in US Amid New Blockchain Launch

Blockstack's Stacks tokens could soon no longer be a security in the US and become available to US investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: G7 Officials Stress Need to Regulate Digital Currencies: US Treasury

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement following a virtual call with other G7 members.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cryptocurrency Advised by Signal Founder Goes Live, Begins Trading on FTX

MobileCoin, which has been a bit of a white whale since the initial coin offering (ICO) era of 2017, announced a mainnet launch on Monday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bit Digital Completes $13.9M Deal for New Mining Machines

The company acquired nearly 18,000 new ASICs in an all-stock transaction.

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CryptoCurrency News: SIX Stock Exchange Joins Venture Opening Up Digital Assets to Swiss Banks

SIX will join Swisscom and Sygnum in a new venture aimed to enable Swiss banks to offer digital assets to their customers.

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CryptoCurrency News: BTC-e Operator Vinnik Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison on Money Laundering Charges

Alexander Vinnik, an alleged BTC-e operator, was found guilty of money laundering in France and sentenced to five years in prison.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Exchange Bittrex Lists Tokenized Apple, Amazon, Tesla Stocks for Trading

Bittrex's tokenized shares can be bought in fractions, rather than whole shares.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Why Mohamed El-Erian Might Have Held Bitcoin at $19K

This year's rapid price gains are unnerving some investors, but NYDIG's Greg Cipolaro argues that bitcoin's growing network could justify $52K in five years.

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CryptoCurrency News: Boerse Stuttgart Group Says Its Crypto Trading App Has Hit €1B Volume in 2020

Germany’s second-largest stock exchange says its trading app Bison exceeded its expectations this year.

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CryptoCurrency News: We Don’t Need the OCC’s ‘Political Discrimination’ Rule

A proposed OCC rule would stop banks from using political criteria in lending. But we don't need it, says our columnist.

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CryptoCurrency News: Singapore’s National Research Foundation Invests $9M in Blockchain Innovation

The government-backed foundation is funding research and development of commercial use cases for blockchain technology.

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CryptoCurrency News: Standard Chartered, Philippines Bank Issue $187M Blockchain Bond

The proof-of-concept issuance of tokenized bonds was carried out on a blockchain platform built by Standard Chartered's fintech investment unit.

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CryptoCurrency News: Thai Excise Department Will Deploy Blockchain Tech to Boost Tax Collection

All three of Thailand's tax departments reportedly aim to improve tax revenue collection using blockchain technology.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japanese City to Trial Blockchain Voting System

Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, is looking at blockchain tech to solve problems in the city, starting with an e-voting system.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bequant, Global Digital Finance Look to Create Best Practices for DeFi

A working group wants to create some best practices for decentralized finance in an effort to improve adoption while warding off potential regulations.

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