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Apple and Google Remove Several Major Crypto Exchanges From App Stores in India Following Regulatory Crackdown

Apple and Google have removed several major crypto exchanges from their app stores in India after the Indian Financial Intelligence Unit flagged nine crypto service providers as operating illegally in the country. Various telecom networks and…

SEC Chair Gary Gensler Sees Irony in Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval — ‘This Was About Centralization’

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler sees irony in the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). “This was about centralization and traditional means of finance,” said Gensler, warning…

IMF Chief Sees Crypto as Asset Class — Says Bitcoin Won’t Dethrone US Dollar as Dominant Currency

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva sees crypto as an asset class, not money. She dismissed concerns of bitcoin potentially displacing the U.S. dollar as the world’s dominant currency, citing the size of the U.S…

By The Numbers: How Many Altcoins Died In The Past 10 Years, Report Shows

CoinGecko’s most recent report details the failure rate of cryptocurrencies in the last 10 years. Exhibiting the increasing number of “dead” altcoins over the years as projects deactivate, rebrand, lose trading activity, or are revealed…

Court Uses Bitcoin Blockchain for Legal Summons, Revolutionizing Defendant Notification

A federal court in the U.S. has accepted the validity of using information contained in a Bitcoin transaction to notify a defendant about a civil action. The case, believed to be the first where this method is accepted, might help solve hundreds of…

Chainlink (LINK) Breakout: Accumulation Zone Points To Upside Potential, $20 In Sight

The decentralized Oracle network Chainlink and its native token LINK have grown impressively in the past month. Despite experiencing a correction since late December, where LINK reached a 20-month high of $17.6, the token has shown signs of renewed…

South Korea’s Crypto Volumes Peak in 2024 as Upbit and Bithumb Dominate Local Market

In the last 100 days, South Korea’s crypto trading activity has experienced a significant upswing. The country’s leading crypto exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, recorded their highest trading volumes in the initial week of January 2024…