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Coinbase Launches Stablecoin Payments Service for E-Commerce
Coinbase is launching a platform designed to make stablecoins a go-to payment method for online transactions. The payments initiative could help add new sources of revenue, according to Mark Palmer, analyst at Benchmark.
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Explained: How Bitcoin Strategies Will Impact Market Dynamics
Certain public companies, including one founded by President Donald Trump, have been going on a cryptocurrency buying spree, capitalizing on higher token prices and a softening regulatory environment to load up on the attention-grabbing investment.
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South Korea’s Ruling Party Unveils Plan to Allow Stablecoins
South Korea's newly elected President, Lee Jae-myung plans to permit local companies to issue stablecoins in South Korea. The country is already a hotbed for crypto activity. More than a third of the population, or around 18 million people, participate in digital-asset markets.
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Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Identification Tech Expands to UK
Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity is rolling out its eyeball-scanning Orb devices to the UK. The spherical Orbs will be at dedicated premises in shopping malls and on high streets, said Damien Kieran, chief legal and privacy officer at Tools for Humanity.
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SEC Dropping Enforcement Case Against Binance Crypto Exchange
The US SEC has moved to end its legal battle against Binance. The regulator and the exchange’s co-founder Changpeng Zhao filed a joint motion on Thursday to stay the case in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
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BlackRock Said to Plan to Buy Shares in Circle Internet IPO
BlackRock plans to acquire about 10 percent of the shares offered in Circle. The stablecoin issuer and some of its shareholders including co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire are seeking to raise as much as $624 million (roughly Rs. 5,333 crore) in the offering.
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Probe Agency Attaches Assets Worth Rs 2.34 Crore In J&K Crypto Scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Srinagar said on Wednesday that it has attached two bank accounts and immovable property worth Rs 2.34 crore in a bogus cryptocurrency scam.
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How A Cigarette In A London Uber Cost This US Man Rs 1 Crore
A US techie was allegedly drugged and robbed of over Rs 1 crore worth of cryptocurrency in London by a man posing as an Uber driver.
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Elon Musk Changes Name And Display Pic On X Again. Here's What 'Kekius Maximus' Means
Days after changing his display name to "Gorklon Rust" on his social media platform X, Elon Musk has updated his name yet again, this time to "Kekius Maximus".
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Deal In Pakistan With Links To Donald Trump, Asim Munir Under Scrutiny: Report
A deal signed in Pakistan days before the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam and India's military response to it, Operation Sindoor, has reportedly come under scrutiny both in New Delhi and Washington over links to Donald Trump's family.
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Ripple Offered to Buy Stablecoin Rival Circle or Up to $5 Billion
Ripple has offered to acquire USDC-issuer Circle for $4 billion (roughly Rs. 33,843 crore) to $5 billion (roughly Rs. 42,300 crore) but the offer was deemed too low and rejected. While Ripple remains interested in Circle, it hasn’t decided whether to make another offer.
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Who Is Tiffany Fong, Crypto Whistleblower Who Refused To Carry Elon Musk's Baby
Tiffany Fong, a cryptocurrency influencer, reportedly refused to bear Tesla CEO Elon Musk's baby, according to a new report.
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Elon Musk Asked Influencer To Carry His Child, She Worried About Earnings: Report
Elon Musk is believed to have asked a cryptocurrency influencer if she would have his child in his effort to build a "legion" of children, according to a report in a major American daily.
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US SEC Says Stablecoins Aren’t Securities That Require Registration
US SEC has determined that the assets, generally, aren’t securities. The determination applies as long as a crypto asset is backed by a stable currency such as the US dollar, a commodity like gold or a pool of other assets.
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Fake Elon Musk's Mother Asks Retired Captain To Invest, Cleans Rs 72 Lakh
A gang of fraudsters duped a retired army Captain of Rs 72.16 lakh after promising to invest in Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla, and cryptocurrency, the police in Haryana's Faridabad said.
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Coinbase Launches Stablecoin Payments Service for E-Commerce
Coinbase is launching a platform designed to make stablecoins a go-to payment method for online transactions. The payments initiative could help add new sources of revenue, according to Mark Palmer, analyst at Benchmark.
-
Explained: How Bitcoin Strategies Will Impact Market Dynamics
Certain public companies, including one founded by President Donald Trump, have been going on a cryptocurrency buying spree, capitalizing on higher token prices and a softening regulatory environment to load up on the attention-grabbing investment.
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South Korea’s Ruling Party Unveils Plan to Allow Stablecoins
South Korea's newly elected President, Lee Jae-myung plans to permit local companies to issue stablecoins in South Korea. The country is already a hotbed for crypto activity. More than a third of the population, or around 18 million people, participate in digital-asset markets.
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Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Identification Tech Expands to UK
Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity is rolling out its eyeball-scanning Orb devices to the UK. The spherical Orbs will be at dedicated premises in shopping malls and on high streets, said Damien Kieran, chief legal and privacy officer at Tools for Humanity.
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SEC Dropping Enforcement Case Against Binance Crypto Exchange
The US SEC has moved to end its legal battle against Binance. The regulator and the exchange’s co-founder Changpeng Zhao filed a joint motion on Thursday to stay the case in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
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BlackRock Said to Plan to Buy Shares in Circle Internet IPO
BlackRock plans to acquire about 10 percent of the shares offered in Circle. The stablecoin issuer and some of its shareholders including co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire are seeking to raise as much as $624 million (roughly Rs. 5,333 crore) in the offering.
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Probe Agency Attaches Assets Worth Rs 2.34 Crore In J&K Crypto Scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Srinagar said on Wednesday that it has attached two bank accounts and immovable property worth Rs 2.34 crore in a bogus cryptocurrency scam.
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How A Cigarette In A London Uber Cost This US Man Rs 1 Crore
A US techie was allegedly drugged and robbed of over Rs 1 crore worth of cryptocurrency in London by a man posing as an Uber driver.
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Elon Musk Changes Name And Display Pic On X Again. Here's What 'Kekius Maximus' Means
Days after changing his display name to "Gorklon Rust" on his social media platform X, Elon Musk has updated his name yet again, this time to "Kekius Maximus".
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Deal In Pakistan With Links To Donald Trump, Asim Munir Under Scrutiny: Report
A deal signed in Pakistan days before the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam and India's military response to it, Operation Sindoor, has reportedly come under scrutiny both in New Delhi and Washington over links to Donald Trump's family.
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Ripple Offered to Buy Stablecoin Rival Circle or Up to $5 Billion
Ripple has offered to acquire USDC-issuer Circle for $4 billion (roughly Rs. 33,843 crore) to $5 billion (roughly Rs. 42,300 crore) but the offer was deemed too low and rejected. While Ripple remains interested in Circle, it hasn’t decided whether to make another offer.
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Who Is Tiffany Fong, Crypto Whistleblower Who Refused To Carry Elon Musk's Baby
Tiffany Fong, a cryptocurrency influencer, reportedly refused to bear Tesla CEO Elon Musk's baby, according to a new report.
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Elon Musk Asked Influencer To Carry His Child, She Worried About Earnings: Report
Elon Musk is believed to have asked a cryptocurrency influencer if she would have his child in his effort to build a "legion" of children, according to a report in a major American daily.
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US SEC Says Stablecoins Aren’t Securities That Require Registration
US SEC has determined that the assets, generally, aren’t securities. The determination applies as long as a crypto asset is backed by a stable currency such as the US dollar, a commodity like gold or a pool of other assets.
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Fake Elon Musk's Mother Asks Retired Captain To Invest, Cleans Rs 72 Lakh
A gang of fraudsters duped a retired army Captain of Rs 72.16 lakh after promising to invest in Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla, and cryptocurrency, the police in Haryana's Faridabad said.
