Crypto-news

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Apr. 23 – 29, 2022): Apr. 23: Crypto assets are tracing a path back onto investors’ radar, notes Fred Pye, CEO and Chairman of Canadian investment fund 3iQ Corp. Anticipating the further pivot to crypto, he suggests that what’s happening at the present moment is only accelerating the…

The country of Canada is generally quite welcoming of new and unconventional enterprises, and the cryptocurrency business was no exception, enjoying significant freedoms in the Great White North. However, the “excessive financial freedom” it creates concerns the Canadian authorities no less than it does their American neighbors. You may have missed it, but Canada, over…

Three Arrows Capital, a crypto hedge fund, moves its headquarters from Singapore to Dubai as the UAE is gradually replacing Singapore as a crypto mecca. Bybit, Binance, Kraken, and FTX are setting up offices in the UAE as crypto migrates from traditional far eastern financial centers. Lately, the UAE continues to market itself as a…

Panama’s National Assembly passed a bill to regulate the use and commercialization of crypto assets in the country. The bill will also make it possible for people to pay their taxes in crypto. Now, it only needs to be signed by President Laurentino Cortizo to become law. The bill, which was approved in the assembly…

CCTF, the largest hacker competition for blockchain hackers, is returning to Dubai in May, the UAE is emerging as a regional hub for crypto activities. The finalists of the CCTF, which purports to be the world’s largest “legal” crypto hacking competition, will compete on a yacht in the Emirati city for a $15,000 prize. The…

Goldman Sachs offered its first-ever lending facility backed by Bitcoin, a significant step for a major U.S. bank that shows an increased interest in crypto from traditional financial institutions. It allows crypto owners to receive fiat by using their crypto assets as collateral, which is the first case for Wall Street banks. According to Bloomberg,…