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French AMF Slaps €300K Fine on Polish Broker XTB

The Sanctions Commission of the French financial markets regulator, the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF), has issued a warning against X-Trade Brokers (XTB) and also imposed a penalty of EUR 300,000 on the broker for breaches of its professional obligations in France.XTB is a Poland-headquartered broker and operates in France by passporting its Polish license. According to the regulator’s announcement, the breaches were made under the activity of XTB’s French branch between November 2013 and February 2020.Major BreachesThe Commission penalized the broker for three major breaches: shortcomings in service promotion,

Livepeer Price Hits New ATH Amid Mist Acquisition and Upcoming Hackathon

Livepeer price is up over 54% today making it the biggest gainer on Crypto.com, followed by Loopring (+32.63%) and Basic Attention Token (+31.93%). With the recent price hike, the crypto also set a new all time high of $61. Let’s take a closer look at Livepeer and its LPT token and see what all the hype is about.What Is Livepeer? Launched in 2017, Livepeer is the first decentralized live video streaming network that allows users to transcode video using their GPUs in exchange for ETH and LPT rewards. LPT is

Livepeer Price Hits New ATH Amid Mist Acquisition and Upcoming Hackathon

Livepeer price is up over 54% today making it the biggest gainer on Crypto.com, followed by Loopring (+32.63%) and Basic Attention Token (+31.93%). With the recent price hike, the crypto also set a new all time high of $61. Let’s take a closer look at Livepeer and its LPT token and see what all the hype is about. What Is Livepeer? Launched in 2017, Livepeer is the first decentralized live video streaming network that allows users to transcode video using their GPUs in exchange for ETH and LPT rewards. LPT

Basic Attention Token Price Up 32% After Solana Partnership Announcement

Basic Attention Token is up 32%, making it the second biggest gainer today on Crypto.com. Currently trading at $1.33, Basic Attention Token price is close to breaking its previous all time high of $1.52, which it hit back in April. Let’s take a closer look at BAT and see what all the hype is about. What Is Basic Attention Token? Basic Attention Token is the cryptocurrency that powers the popular Brave Browser’s blockchain-based advertising platform. The Brave browser works to reward user attention in BAT tokens, and offers a competitive

Facebook’s ‘Meta’ rebrand and how it can affect MANA & other alts

MANA-mania swept the crypto-verse off of its feet after the token charted some unexpected gains on the back of Facebook’s ‘Meta’ rebrand. Decentraland, a decentralized 3-D virtual reality platform supported by the Ethereum blockchain, saw its native token MANA soar to an all-time high of $4.11 on 31 October.  With the crypto surging by 164% in just half a day, once again, the significant role played by bigger players in pumping cryptos was at the fore. So, how exactly did Facebook announcing its name change to Meta push the price

1INCH Explodes Over 100% As Crypto Exchange Upbit Announces Listing

1INCH has exploded over 100% in price following an announcement from Korean crypto exchange Upbit that it would be launching support for the altcoin. At the time of writing, 1INCH is trading at $5.59, up 35% in the last 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap. However, at one point, 1INCH had reached as far as $8.65 after running all the way up from $4.11 for a 110% rally. 1inch is a decentralized exchange aggregator (DEX) that uses an algorithm to help users find the best possible trading prices for tokens. Rather

Grayscale adds Solana, Uniswap to its Digital Large Cap Fund

Grayscale Investments has added two new assets to its large-cap crypto fund for the first time on Friday. The addition of rapidly growing Solana [SOL] and prominent decentralized finance token Uniswap [UNI] was part of a quarterly rebalancing, as noted by the investment firm. As per the statement, “This announcement follows the July 2021 news that Grayscale adjusted the Digital Large Cap Fund’s portfolio and purchased Cardano (ADA), and (this) is the first time Solana (SOL) will be included in a Grayscale investment vehicle.” Solana displayed massive growth over time

AXS has gained by >150% in 12 days, but is this rally too good to last

Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice To say that Axie Infinity has been on a bull run is an understatement. Its price rose from $48 to an all-time high of $120, marking a jump of over 150% in just 12 days. Spot volumes across exchanges clocked in at $5.6 billion, making AXS the fifth most-traded crypto (excluding USDT) over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the play-to-earn giant has been building its community presence via huge

MassMutual-owned fintech Flourish launches a new service to connect financial advisory clients with bitcoin

A fintech company owned by MassMutual is launching a service that lets registered investment advisors (RIAs) and their clients tap into bitcoin investments.Flourish’s new service, dubbed Flourish Crypto, reflects the growing intersection between traditional finance and the digital asset space, and it’s a bet on what the company says is growing demand among financial advisory clients for bitcoin. The offering is being launched in partnership with Paxos, which is supporting the execution and custody side of things. The New York-based startup has inked key relationships with payments and financial services

Visa working on blockchain interoperability hub for crypto payments

Global payments giant Visa has introduced a project that aims to be a “universal adapter” of blockchains that can connect multiple cryptocurrencies, stablecoins as well as central bank digital currencies (CBDC).According to an official announcement on Thursday, Visa’s research team is working on a “Universal Payment Channel” (UPC) initiative, a blockchain interoperability hub connecting multiple blockchain networks and enabling transfers of digital assets from different protocols and wallets.“Imagine splitting the check with your friends, when everyone at the table is using a different type of money — some using CBDC like

Switzerland national postal service to debut crypto stamp on Polygon

The national postal service of Switzerland is working to bridge the gap between physical stamps and the digital cryptocurrency industry by introducing tradable digital stamps.On Sept. 20, the Swiss Post officially announced the upcoming launch of the “Swiss crypto stamp,” a digital collectible linked to a physical stamp issued by the postal service worth 8.9 Swiss francs.The Swiss crypto stamp will provide a digital representation for a physical stamp and will be stored on a blockchain. “Each design forms a nonfungible token and is stored in the Polygon Blockchain,” a spokesperson