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Circle CEO Allaire to Congress: Treat Crypto as a New Asset Class
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire calls for Congress to treat digital assets as their own asset class in testimony for Tuesday's Senate Banking hearing.
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Crypto-Focused Finance App Aximetria Wins License From Swiss Regulator
Aximetria, a firm offering a personal finance app for fiat and cryptocurrencies, has been awarded a financial intermediary license in Switzerland.
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200-Year-Old Passport Printing Firm Launches Hardware Crypto Wallet
An Austrian printing company that has history going back to the early 1800s has launched a secure bitcoin storage device.
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Croatian Post Trials Crypto Exchange Service Before Possible Wider Rollout
While post offices sometimes offer banking services, Croatian Post is looking at launching a nationwide cryptocurrency exchange service.
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Abra App to Restrict Services for US Users Over Regulatory Issues
Crypto investment app Abra is cutting back the crypto options for U.S. customers citing "regulatory uncertainty and restrictions" in the country.
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Coincheck-Owner Monex Group Moves to Join Facebook Libra
Monex Group, the Japanese financial services company that owns the Coincheck crypto exchange, has applied to join Facebook's Libra project.
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MIT Fellow Says Facebook 'Lifted' His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency
MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.
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Norwegian Air to Accept Bitcoin Through Exchange Set up By Founder
Business magnate Bjørn Kjos and his family have reportedly set up a crypto exchange and plan to offer bitcoin payments at Norwegian Air Shuttle.
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PUBG Players Can Get Crypto Rewards for Winning Games This Summer
Refereum says a partnership with Fortnite competitor PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will reward players with the startup's RFR tokens.
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Tech Retailer Newegg Expands Bitcoin Payments to Another 73 Nations
Online electronics and software retail giant Newegg has expanded bitcoin payments to nearly all of its served countries in partnership with BitPay.
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