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China’s Uber DiDi To Test PBOC’s Central Bank Digital Currency

July 8, 2020

China's Uber, Didi to test PBOC's central bank digital currency. Uber 's Chinese equivalent, DiDi, is forming a task force on its transportation platform to design and implement a trial of China's central ban...

Dogecoin Volumes Spike 1,900% In 2 Days Following Viral TikTok Videos

July 8, 2020

Dogecoin volumes spike 1,900% in 2 days following viral TikTok videos. Trading volumes for meme-based cryptocurrency Shiba Inu have soared nearly 2,000 percent in the last two days, according to Messari data,...

Ride-Hailing Giant DiDi Chuxing to Test China’s Digital Yuan

July 8, 2020

DiDi Chuxing, a major Chinese ride-hailing platform, is going to implement a trial for China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the company announced on Wednesday. The ride-sharing platform has entered ...

Iran Crypto Miners Given One Month To Register With The State

July 7, 2020

Iran crypto miners given one month to register with the state. On Monday, Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri announced that the country’s cryptocurrency miners will soon have to register their rigs with t...

Binance Acquires Crypto Wallet App

July 7, 2020

Binance acquires crypto wallet app. The acquisition allows Swipe users to buy cryptocurrencies from within the app and automatically converts cryptocurrencies into fiat currency, using the Visa payment networ...

Brazil Regulator Orders Binance to Cease Offering Crypto Derivatives

July 7, 2020

Brazil’s financial markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), has banned the influential crypto exchange Binance from offering derivative products in the country. The Brazilian commissi...

Binance Buys Crypto Card Issuer Swipe for an “Undisclosed” Sum

July 7, 2020

Binance, one of the leading digital currency exchanges, has announced on Tuesday the acquisition of Swipe, a crypto payments platform, for an undisclosed amount. The confirmation came after a crypto media al...

Binance Partners with Etana to Add 15 Fiat On-Ramps

July 7, 2020

Binance has announced on Tuesday its partnership with Etana Custody, a digital asset custodian platform, thus enabling a new fiat gateway with the deposit capabilities of 15 fiat currencies. With this, the l...

Food And Cash Shortages Push Cubans Toward Permissionless Cryptocurrencies

July 6, 2020

Food and cash shortages push Cubans toward permissionless cryptocurrencies. The country's dealings with the coronavirus outbreak caused considerable suffering to the island and Venezuela has recently stopped ...

Blockchain Founder Brock Pierce Runs For US Presidency

July 6, 2020

Blockchain founder Brock Pierce runs for US presidency. On July 5th, Pierce took to Twitter to announce his run for President of the United States of America. He will run as an Independent in the November 3,...