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Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Finance Minister, names the local authority that will be able to track the sources of origin of crypto funds.

The bulls have held the immediate support level on most major cryptocurrencies, which is a positive sign. This suggests that the sentiment is to buy the dips.

Elon Musk finally revealed his nuanced stance on cryptocurrencies, saying that they could be a valid replacement to cash and its usage in illegal transactions.

The World Economic Forum has created what it claims is the first ever global consortium dedicated to designing a framework for the global governance of digital currencies.

Hawaii senators have introduced a bill authorizing banks to offer custody services to digital asset classes.

Coinbase is by far the biggest exchange hoarder of Bitcoin, with second place Binance having holdings totaling only around 250,000 coins.

The Supreme Court of India has this listened to further hearings in the landmark case against the central bank’s ban on banks’ dealings with crypto-related businesses.

Tether is now offering a gold-backed stablecoin, XAUT, which represents ownership of one troy ounce of gold held in a Swiss vault controlled by the company.

Japan appears to have reversed its earlier stance on CBDCs as Facebook’s Libra and China’s digital yuan pressure decision makers to release a digital yen.

Crypto lending company Celsius will add compounding interest on deposited tokens starting on February 1.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts that initial public offerings will become a more common feature of the cryptocurrency and blockchain space in 2020.

Bitcoin figures continue to highlight the dangers of U.S. economic policy as debt hits record highs of $23 trillion and dollars keep getting printed.

Italian winery adopts NFC-enabled closures to its wines, adding tasting notes, reviews, and blockchain-based authentication.

Ripple’s quarterly sales dropped from $251.51 million in Q2 2019 to just $13.08 million in Q4 2019 due to removal of programmatic sales.

Bitcoin’s consolidation culminated with a downside break below the $8.3K support but bulls are fighting to hold the price above the 200-day moving average.

Modern crypto exchanges often have audited financials, chief compliance officers, and seek out regulators without hesitation. Will insurance be the next step?

According to a Facebook post by Alexander Vinnik’s lawyer, Zoe Konstantopoulou, the alleged BTC-e money launderer has successfully been extradited to France.

The chairman of the securities market regulator of India urges exploration of the best possible usages of blockchain for security markets.

The U.S. SEC has requested that Kik Interactive Inc. provided detailed information about its operations since it released its native token, Kin.

MIT’s crypto research group said the crypto and blockchain space is an experimental playground paving the way for a central bank digital currency.

A Chainalysis report finds more exchange hacks in 2019, but less money stolen than in heists from previous years.

Data shows Litecoin is not “digital silver” but a slight correlation between LTC and silver can provide insight into the digital asset’s future returns.

Major global economists credit Facebook’s Libra with pushing the world to reconsider the U.S. dollar as the world’s anchor currency at WEF panel in Davos.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos at a digital currency-centric panel, Calibra’s David Marcus focused on the issues of the unbanked as the primary use case.

Swiss cryptocurrency financial firm Amun AG launched a derivative giving investors inverse exposure to Bitcoin, called 21Shares Short Bitcoin.

The Bank of International Settlements’s new survey revealed that only 10% of central banks are likely to issue a CBDC for the general public in the short term.

Greece’s Council of State ruled to extradite former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik to France, against the wishes of Russia.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aiding sustainability through supply chain tracking via blockchain is one of the more discussed topics.