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UAE ranks 4th among the most crypto-ready countries, while Hong Kong takes 1th place. The US and Switzerland follow Hong Kong, taking the 2nd and 3rd spots, respectively. Hong Kong also ranks 3rd among the countries with the most crypto ATMs per 100,000 people. Hong Kong, the USA, Switzerland, and the UAE rank high among…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (July 16 – 22, 2022): July 17: Yuga Labs, a creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), released the litepaper for its Otherside, a “starter guide” to its “world-building metaverse platform,” which is in development with software company Improbable. The document supports open development, user-generated content, and interoperability…

The majority of the top 100 DeFi tokens traded in green, with many registering double-digit gains over the past week, resumes Prashant Jha in Finance Redefined digest on Cointeleptaph. This past week, the DeFi ecosystem saw several new developments related to the DeFi lending crisis as Celsius filed for bankruptcy. At a time when bears…

Coinbase is on the verge of losing its dominance in the crypto market. Uniswap, one of the biggest decentralized exchanges, is almost surpassing Coinbase’s trading volume, as the recent data shows. Meanwhile, Binance has overtaken Coinbase in Bitcoin balances. According to a report by Kaiko, the market share of trading volumes for Uniswap against Coinbase…

Dubai Metaverse Strategy has been officially launched, aiming to create more than 40,000 new jobs and 4,000 new companies in the sector. There are currently 1,000 companies in Dubai engaged in the crypto and metaverse sector, contributing $500 million to the national economy. On July 18, The Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the…

On Monday, the total crypto market capitalization climbed above $1 trillion for the first time in five weeks. The milestone comes amid three key crypto bankruptcy proceedings getting underway and investor expectations for Ethereum’s long-awaited The Merge upgrade. Crypto’s move to regain the $1 trillion dollar market cap follows a catastrophic Q2 2022 for the…