Chainalysis to train UAE state employees for blockchain tech adoption
    12 Jul 2022
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    The UAE has signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The agreement will see Chainalysis train employees of government institutions in the areas of blockchain technology and digital assets. According to a report by UAE’s official news agency Emirates News Agency (WAM), the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Omar bin…

    Grayscale rebalances its funds, removing 5 cryptos from its portfolio
    11 Jul 2022
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    Grayscale, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, has announced rebalancing its Fund Components for the second quarter of 2022. However, the organization revealed it removed some crypto tokens from its portfolio. According to the release, Grayscale mentioned that in accordance with the Large Cap Select Index methodology it has removed Bitcoin Cash, Chainlink, Litecoin,…

    Crypto Trends Weekly July 2 – 8
    11 Jul 2022
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    Breaking crypto news from the last week (July 2 – 8, 2022): July 2: European authorities have reached a milestone deal to regulate the trading of crypto assets in the bloc, to rein in what lawmakers call the “wild west” of financial markets. These standards are designed to protect consumers and increase transparency from companies….

    Crypto is trying out traditional finance’s failures in hyperspeed, but it’s going to be fine
    11 Jul 2022
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    What is going to be most interesting here is seeing what happens to bitcoin and other cryptos during these Hard Times — writes George Kaloudis on CoinDesk. The last time I wrote about a stablecoin, it failed spectacularly. So when a colleague of mine suggested I write about MakerDAO’s proposal to invest in US Treasurys…

    Burn-to-Earn: German entrepreneur in Dubai merges fitness and crypto
    10 Jul 2022
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    Ferhat Kacmaz, a German entrepreneur who moved to Dubai, took the risk of merging fitness and crypto, incentivizing his customers to train with cryptocurrency in his own “burn-to-earn” app Fit Burn. His Fit in Time chain has already spread in the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait, with plans to soon open in Saudi Arabia, reflecting the…

    Central African Republic announced the launch of its own CBDC
    10 Jul 2022
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    President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera announced on July 3 that the country would be launching its own CBDC, Sango Coin. The national-backed cryptocurrency initiative to increase the opportunities to build the digital assets industry in the country was revealed during the ‘Sango Genesis’ online conference. Besides the announcement of a CBDC, speakers…