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New Feature Enables Nigerian Metamask Wallet Users to Buy Crypto Assets Within the App
Metamask users in Nigeria can now directly and instantly buy crypto assets within the mobile app, Consensys and its Web3 infrastructure partner Moonpay have said. According to a Consensys executive, rolling out this feature helps to reduce…
Multichain Wallet Bitkeep Raises $30 Million From Bitget to Strengthen Links Between Defi and Cefi
On Wednesday, the multichain wallet Bitkeep announced it raised $30 million from the crypto derivatives platform Bitget. Bitkeep now has an overall valuation of $300 million, with goals aimed at strengthening the links between decentralized…
US Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Direct-to-Consumer Central Bank Digital Currency
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has introduced “legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from developing a direct-to-consumer” central bank digital currency (CBDC). The lawmaker warned that it “could be used as a financial…
ARB Token Airdrop: Anticipation Spurs IOU Markets for Arbitrum’s Native Cryptocurrency Asset
A week ago, the Ethereum layer two scaling solution Arbitrum announced the launch of its native token called ARB, and since then IOU markets have launched giving some indication of how much the token may be worth. ARB claiming begins March…
Texas Lawmaker Launches Resolution to Protect Bitcoin Investors, Support BTC Economy
A legislative proposal has been introduced to support the bitcoin economy in the U.S. state of Texas. “The individuals who own bitcoin should be protected” under the Texas Constitution, the proposal describes. “No citizen of…
First Mover Asia: Blockchain-Enabled SIM Card for Crypto Investors Fuels Conflux Growth; Bitcoin…
ALSO: The SIM card offers the security of a hardware crypto wallet but with more convenience, says Conflux’s chief technology officer in a Q&A with CoinDesk's Shaurya Malwa.
Bitcoin Supercycle May Be Happening, Says Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone
Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone has explained that a supercycle may be happening in bitcoin, noting that the cryptocurrency is beating gold by almost 10 times so far this year. The strategist added that if…
SEC Informs Crypto Exchange Coinbase of Potential Securities Law Violations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent Coinbase a “Wells notice” about potential violations of securities law. The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange noted that, unlike what SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said,…
Binance Curb on Zero-Fee Trading May Cost Market Share, Boost TrueUSD Stablecoin: Kaiko Research…
Binance abolished almost all zero fee trading pairs from its platform after nine months, only keeping the promotion for the TUSD-bitcoin pair.