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As Taiwan regulators prepare to lay out a crypto regulation framework in September, Taiwan’s digital asset platforms have announced the establishment of an industry association.  MaiCoin Group, BitoGroup and Ace Exchange became the first three founders of the Taiwan Virtual Asset Platform and Transaction Business Association. The preparatory group for the association was formed in early …

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The lawyer representing Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) in his upcoming case against the United States Department of Justice submitted a renewed request for his temporary release from jail in order to prepare for the trial.  On Sept. 25 Mark Cohen requested that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who is presiding over the case, allow SBF temporary release …

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Hours after the crypto exchange HTX (rebranded from Huobi) reported a hack that resulted in a loss of $8 million, Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao offered the help of the exchange’s security team in investigating the attack. Timely intervention is key to tracking down and retrieving stolen cryptocurrencies, as hackers attempt to hide their tracks …

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The inventor of Bitcoin Ordinals is proposing a new Bitcoin-based fungible token protocol as a potential alternative to the BRC-20 token standard. The BRC-20 standard was launched in March by anonymous developer “Domo.” Within two months, the BRC-20 market cap reached $1 billion, with PEPE and ORDI among the most notable BRC-20 tokens created on Bitcoin. …

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The Dollar Strength Index (DXY) achieved its highest level in nearly 10 months on Sep. 22, indicating growing confidence in the U.S. dollar compared to other fiat currencies like the British pound, euro, Japanese yen, and Swiss franc. DXY “golden cross” confir Moreover, investors are concerned that this surge in demand for the U.S. dollar …

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Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, previously known as BitBoy, has been arrested while live-streaming outside the house of a former business associate, who he alleges is in possession of his Lamborghini.  Before the YouTube stream, he posted that he was “going live soon from a very special location.” I’ll be going live soon from a very …

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Crypto exchange Binance is teaming up with Japan’s largest bank, the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB), to explore the issuance of stablecoins in Japan. On Sept. 25, Binance Japan announced a joint study that aims to see the companies issue yen and other fiat stablecoins to accelerate Web3 adoption in Japan. The pair …

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This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. Chaumian ecash, a privacy-preserving payment system, was conceptualized in the early ’80s and known to be the first cryptocurrency ever invented. Although this technology experienced a period of dormancy, the advent …

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The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its partners Lonestar, a computing startup based in Florida, and the Isle of Man will send a payload to the Moon containing “data cubes” in February 2024. The data secured in these cubes will be verified back on Earth using blockchain technology. If all goes …

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By now, most of the cryptosphere has heard of Privacy Pools — a project launched this year by Ameen Soleimani, a well-known developer and founder. As a former contributor to Tornado Cash, Soleimani aimed to “fix” the popular open-source solution for anonymising Ethereum transactions in order to make it regulator-friendly. The original teaser, shown in …

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The creditors involved in the Celsius bankruptcy case have voted in favor of a plan that will see funds returned to them as well as distributing equity through a new company. According to a Sept. 25 filing from bankruptcy firm Stretto, most of the classes voted in favor of the plan by more than 98%. …

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Crypto exchange Binance has reopened registrations and access to its products and services for its Belgian crypto users again —  three months after the exchange was ordered by Belgium’s finance regulator to cease cryptocurrency-related services. “New registrations of Belgian residents are welcome on our platform once again,” Binance confirmed in a Sept. 25 post on …

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