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Crypto.com’s Dubai Entity Receives Full Operational Approval

Crypto.com Exchange for Institutional Investors Launches as First Operational Milestone April 9, 2024, Dubai - Crypto.com, trusted by more than 80 million customers worldwide and the industry leader in regulatory compliance, security and privacy, announced today that its Dubai entity, CRO DAX Middle East FZE, has received full operational approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and is launching the Crypto.com Exchange for institutional investors as its first operational milestone. This operational approval follows Crypto.com’s fulfillment of the pre-operational conditions stipulated in the Virtual Asset Service Provider Licence granted

Analyzing Token Sale Models

Note: I mention the names of various projects below only to compare and contrast their token sale mechanisms; this should NOT be taken as an endorsement or criticism of any specific project as a whole. It's entirely possible for any given project to be total trash as a whole and yet still have an awesome token sale model. The last few months have seen an increasing amount of innovation in token sale models. Two years ago, the space was simple: there were capped sales, which sold a fixed number of

Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion

One of the important arguments in the blockchain space is that of whether hard forks or soft forks are the preferred protocol upgrade mechanism. The basic difference between the two is that soft forks change the rules of a protocol by strictly reducing the set of transactions that is valid, so nodes following the old rules will still get on the new chain (provided that the majority of miners/validators implements the fork), whereas hard forks allow previously invalid transactions and blocks to become valid, so clients must upgrade their clients

Zumo first to launch platform built to meet the tech requirements of the FCA’s new Financial Promotions Regime for Crypto Assets

  The award-winning platform has set a new benchmark in consumer protection and regulatory alignment With some UK operators having to pause activity, Zumo’s financial promotions technical flow is now also available through its B2B API to support unregistered firms with remaining compliant after the 8 October deadline [London/Edinburgh - Friday 29 September 2023] Zumo, the UK-based digital-asset-as-a-service platform, has announced a significant industry milestone as it becomes the first digital asset platform to have integrated tech based requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) new financial promotions regime for

Ex-Singapore Parliamentarian’s Swiss Company Launches Swiss Franc and Euro Stablecoins

Singapore investor and former parliamentarian Calvin Cheng's newly rebranded Swiss company, Anchored Coins, was granted membership in the Swiss VQF in early 2023. VQF is the largest and oldest cross-industry self-regulatory organisation in Switzerland and is officially recognised by FINMA, the country's financial services watchdog. Anchored Coins is launching a Swiss Franc-backed stablecoin (ACHF) and a Euro-backed stablecoin (AEUR), and will be issued on the Ethereum and BNB Chain blockchains. DCS Card Centre in Singapore is planning to issue credit cards collateralised by AEUR and ACHF. ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Aug 16,

BingX Introduces Zero Fee For Spot Trading

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 8 September 2022 - BingX, the leading social trading crypto exchange, is proud to announce that it has eliminated fees on spot trading. All maker, taker, and grid robot transactions in spot trading will enjoy the benefit of zero transaction fees. Zero-fee trading took effect from Wednesday, Sep 7, 2022, at 2 pm (UTC +8), applicable across all spot trading volumes, and is subject to further notice. It facilitates traders to align their positions with popular coins like BTC, ETH, MATIC, PSG, ADA, SHIB, LUNC, OP, STG,

Government & Financial Institutions Talk Crypto and Governance

Washington, DC (January 27-28, 2022) International government leaders, finance officers, and NGO administrators come to Washington DC to discuss The Future of Money, Governance, & the Law, strategizing next steps. According to a Chainalysis report in October of 2021, the Global Crypto adoption worldwide increased by over 880% last year. These numbers are not driven by a few crypto whales, but more likely reflect the actions of over one billion people who, without an address or official identity, do not have access to a bank account. Cryptocurrency will allow anyone