Tracked crypto donations to Ukraine surge to $108M as Kraken, Bored Ape joins in

Tracked crypto donations to Ukraine surge to $108M as Kraken, Bored Ape joins in

On Wednesday, total crypto donations across Ukrainian government wallet addresses, charities, and relief efforts tracked by Cointelegraph has reached $108 million. The top three recipients of such funds included the official Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum(ETH) wallet addresses of the Ukrainian government, and a BTC donations address for Come Back Alive.  The same day, Kraken announced…

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Global council adds DeFi banking firm Scallop to help secure payment data

Global council adds DeFi banking firm Scallop to help secure payment data

A council formed by traditional finance conglomerates American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard welcomes a decentralized finance (DeFi) banking firm to a forum of participating organizations that help toimprove payment data security worldwide. Scallop, a regulated DeFi banking app recently announced its entry to the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global community with…

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BTC, XRP, NEAR, XMR, WAVES

BTC, XRP, NEAR, XMR, WAVES

Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below $40,000 on March 4 and has been trading below the level throughout the weekend. Although the crypto price action has been volatile in the past few days, Glassnode data shows that institutional investors have been gradually accumulating Bitcoin through the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares since December 2021. Another positive sign…

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Crypto industry seeks to educate, influence US lawmakers as it faces increasing regulation

Crypto industry seeks to educate, influence US lawmakers as it faces increasing regulation

Interaction between the cryptocurrency industry and Capitol Hill is becoming ever more intensive as efforts to regulate crypto grow in tandem with its popularity. The surge in crypto industry lobbying last year was given some concrete parameters in February by crypto analytics startup Crypto Head. It released a report showing that the crypto companies that…

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