British-based fintech company Revolut plans to expand its staff by 20% across different regions, including the UK, US, and Europe. The company plans to add these new employees to its crypto team over the next six months. Revolut is hiring employees across various positions, including crypto legal experts, software engineers, crime prevention experts, and financial…
India’s Enforcement Directorate has frozen WazirX’s bank balances with around $8 million worth. WazirX faced scrutiny for its alleged money laundering. Meanwhile, Binance’s CEO said the company never completed the acquisition of WazirX, which it had announced in November 2019. India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), a law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes, has frozen bank…
Nigeria and the UAE remain the most cryptocurrency-obsessed markets, CoinGecko’s new study said based on Google Trends search data. Analysts suggest that top-list countries seem more interested in buying the dip, reflecting their long-term outlook for cryptocurrencies. CoinGecko, the leading cryptocurrency tracker, has compiled a ranking of countries by interest concerning digital currencies via Google…
Leading derivatives marketplace CME Group is set to offer its first euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures on August 29 after its crypto derivatives posted record open interest volumes in Q2 2022. CME Group executive revealed that Europe, the Middle East and Africa region accounts for 28% of total BTC and ETH futures contracts traded. As…
Social media giant Meta has started to roll out NFT support on Instagram across 100 countries after integrating with Coinbase Wallet and Dapper, as well as it will also add support for NFT-focused blockchain Flow. The price of the FLOW token has surged nearly 44% over the day following Meta’s announcement. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO…
Coinbase’s stock soared over 18% following the crypto exchange signing a deal with BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager cumulatively manages about $20 trillion. Meantime, Meta announced that it integrated Coinbase’s crypto wallet into the Instagram platform. According to an announcement published Thursday, the US-based exchange had partnered with BlackRock to provide its clients with…