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Thursday, December 10, 2020

CryptoCurrency News: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on a Bitcoin ETF, Custody Rules and What’s Next for the SEC



The SEC commissioner explains why the SEC’s approach has been “too slow and too ambiguous” and why she’s optimistic for 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: MassMutual Buys $100M in Bitcoin, Bets on Institutional Adoption With $5M NYDIG Stake



Massachusetts Mutual has made a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake in New York Digital Investments Group.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Enforcement Director to Step Down by End of Year



Enforcement Director Stephanie Avakian led SEC investigations during the heart of its ICO crackdown.

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CryptoCurrency News: Rapper Lil Yachty Sells Out Social Token in 21 Minutes



The token was listed on social money platform Fyooz, where buyers, most likely fans of the rapper, bought $YACHTY for $15 each.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Paxos’ Banking Play, France’s KYC Terreur, FinCEN’s Personal Data Honeypot



U.S. lawmakers are asking the nation's financial guardians to clarify crypto custodianship while France wages war on anonymity.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Chart Views Soared Along With Price in November, TradingView Says



BTCUSD is consistently the most popularly viewed symbol in 2020.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Far Outpaces Bitcoin in Developer Activity in 2020: Electric Capital Report



The number of developers in crypto is ticking up again, and one network remains a clear winner in attracting coders.

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CryptoCurrency News: Will the Next M-Pesa Be a Blockchain App?



A contest for inclusive fintech shows the potential for crypto-related tech to help the world's poor, but also how much it still needs to develop.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto-Friendly CFTC Chairman Tarbert Intends to Resign ‘Early Next Year’



CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert intends to leave the role early in 2021, opening the door for President-elect Joe Biden to name a new top commodities regulator.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Bitcoin Stuck as ECB’s Lagarde Primes Extra €500B Stimulus



The ECB's decision to expand an emergency bond-buying program by €500B may represent the latest installment of years-long balance-sheet increase.

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CryptoCurrency News: Curv Partners With MetaMask to Help Institutions Custody DeFi Assets



Curv is teaming up with MetaMask to allow institutions to invest in DeFi protocols while having institutional-grade custody options.

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CryptoCurrency News: JPMorgan Completes Live Blockchain Repo Trade Ahead of New Product Launch



The live repo trade used a blockchain application built in-house, as well as the bank's JPM Coin.

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CryptoCurrency News: YIELD Raises $4.9M in Bid to Simplify DeFi



YIELD sets out to simplify the process of investing in DeFi products.

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CryptoCurrency News: S&P, State Street Lead $15M Investment in Crypto Data Startup Lukka



Lukka is looking to go mainstream with a strategic investment from three stalwarts of traditional finance.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kenyans Can Now Buy and Sell Crypto Through Paxful’s P2P Marketplace



Paxful has partnered with Kenya-based remittance network BitLipa to allow users to buy and sell bitcoin and the tether stablecoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: ECB Boosts Emergency Bond-Buying Program By 37% to €1.85T Amid Pandemic Resurgence



The ECB says the additional monetary policy actions were needed because of a resurgence in coronavirus cases.

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CryptoCurrency News: How FinCEN Became a Honeypot for Sensitive Personal Data



Financial data records collected by FinCEN are a valuable tool for law enforcement. They’re also a trove of personal data on people who have not committed a crime.

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CryptoCurrency News: SpaceChain Awarded $585K Grant to Co-Develop Decentralized Satellite System



U.K.-based SpaceChain beat 13 other national applicants to secure the funding.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ukrainian Politician Discloses Owning $24M in Privacy Coin Monero



The city council member in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, bought 185,000 XMR in 2015 when the cryptocurrency's price was well below $1.

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CryptoCurrency News: DBS Bank’s Digital Exchange to Begin Trading Crypto ‘Next Week’



The DBS Digital Exchange is 10% owned by Singapore's SGX stock exchange.

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CryptoCurrency News: Airbnb Pre-IPO Derivatives Contract Listed on Crypto Exchange FTX



FTX exchange has listed an Airbnb derivatives product ahead of the home rental giant's initial public offering today.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cryptocurrency Founder Charged With Avoiding Tax to Buy Yachts and Homes



"Bruno Brock" is alleged to have avoided tax on sales of the pearl cryptocurrency as well as minting free tokens for himself.

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