Australia’s first Bitcoin ETF is reportedly to go live next week

    Australia’s first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, Cosmos Asset Management’s Bitcoin ETF, will be listed on the Cboe equities trading platform next week, Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday. The report suggested the country’s clearinghouse, ASX Clear, confirmed that four market participants agreed to meet its stringent margin requirements. According to a report, an Australian clearinghouse controlling…

    IMF report warns of rising cryptocurrency risks and calls for regulatory action

    On Tuesday, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a report on global financial stability, detailing how a spike in crypto trading could disrupt the global financial system and demanding “strengthening macroeconomic policies.” Also, the war in Ukraine is revealing the risks of crypto payment systems, the IMF said. The IMF has published the “Global Financial…

    DeFi project Beanstalk Farms has lost $182 million after a hacker attack

    Credit-based stablecoin DeFi protocol Beanstalk Farms built on Ethereum has lost $182 million as a result of a flash loan attack on Sunday. As Bloomberg reported, the hacker got away with $80 million in crypto tokens. The hacker got away with $80 million that was funneled through Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer protocol allowing private…

    Crypto market plunges amid macroeconomy fears

    Poor macroeconomic sentiment and increasing fears of a recession in the West laid the backdrop for cryptocurrencies to lose 4% of their market capitalization on Monday, with several major tokens taking hits of up to 8%. Bitcoin traded below pivotal support of $40,000 during European trading hours, reaching its nearly lowest price in a month….

    UAE to see rapid growth in crypto activities

    The UAE will see rapid growth in crypto activities, Sandhya D’Mello predicts in Khaleej Times. Meanwhile, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has already 11 fully licensed and approved in-principle virtual asset players in its community. The UAE known to be at forefront of innovation and emerging technologies will witness more global players descend on…

    Crypto firms constitute 16% of DMCC free zone’s Q1 company registrations

    Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has revealed crypto and blockchain firms constituted 16% of the 655 new company registrations that were recorded in Q1 of 2022. The surge in crypto-related registrations also coincided with a quarterly period in which the DMCC is reported to have recorded its highest quarterly performance since inception. One of the…