Binance Russia users will have slightly more than two months to withdraw their rubles from the exchange or until Jan. 31, 2024. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is progressing with its exit from Russia and is preparing to terminate local currency deposits next week. Binance will stop accepting deposits in Russian rubles (RUB) starting Nov. 15, 2023,...Continue Reading

BlackRock has previously also filed for a Bitcoin ETF, for which the SEC approval window is currently open until Nov. 17. The world’s largest asset manager filed for a spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Nov. 9, four months after filing for a spot Bitcoin ETF. BlackRock’s filing helped ETH prices soar past $2,000...Continue Reading

The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework is the new international standard for the automatic exchange of information between tax authorities. Just under 50 national governments have issued a joint pledge to “swiftly transpose” the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), the new international standard on automatic exchange of information between tax authorities, into their domestic law systems. The statement...Continue Reading

AI startup Humane launched the wearable virtual assistant AI Pin that is embedded with technology from OpenAI and cloud computing services from Microsoft. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup Humane released a physical device on Nov. 10 that serves as a wearable AI virtual assistant.  The AI Pin is a lapel pin-style device that the user...Continue Reading

Bitwise Asset Management stresses it has no relationship with the startup Bitwise Industries whose founders have been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud. Crypto index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has stressed that it has no relationship with the failed technology startup Bitwise Industries, which is currently facing charges from the United States Securities...Continue Reading

Bitcoin is in line to benefit from a tsunami of institutional capital, says Dan Tapiero, while Ethereum is also due an ETF boost. Bitcoin (BTC) faces a “torrent” of institutional inflows in the run-up to a United States exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval. That is the perspective of Dan Tapiero, founder and CEO of 10T Holdings,...Continue Reading

Market analysts weigh in on an intriguing ‘flippening’, as Bitcoin futures open interest on global derivatives marketplace CME overtakes Binance. Binance’s dominance of Bitcoin futures open interest has been toppled by traditional derivatives market place heavyweight Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), following Bitcoin’s first move past the $37,000 mark in over 18 months. A number of...Continue Reading

Turkish Lira accounted for 75% of all fiat volume in early September, which can be tied to the recent influx of crypto investors in the Turkish market. The Turkish Lira (TRY) became the most dominant fiat trading pair on Binance in the month of September, according to the crypto exchange’s research. Turkish Lira accounted for...Continue Reading

Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki expects top brands and celebrities to take charge and play a key role in making the “dream” of cross-platform NFT come true. The frontman of the popular virtual universe game Roblox, David Baszucki, has said he ‘dreams’ of having the ability to move nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and digital objects across...Continue Reading

Hashkey Capital partner of liquids funds and research, Jupiter Zheng, says the crypto sector in Hong Kong is now primed for significant growth over the next four to five years. Hong Kong is “very ready” for the next wave of mass crypto adoption, with an influx of crypto talent that has been spilling into the...Continue Reading