Eric Nkando
Reporting for The Distributed.
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Trump Appoints Crypto Advocate Miran As Chair Of Council Of Economic Advisors
Stephen Miran, a former Treasury official, will chair the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) after appointment by President-elect Donald Trump. Miran has…
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Highly Anticipated Ripple Stablecoin RLUSD Launches On December 17
Ripple will launch its US dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD on December 17. The launch follows the stablecoin’s “final approval” from the New York…
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El Salvador To Drop Law Requiring Businesses To Accept BTC In Deal With IMF
El Salvador is expected to drop a legal requirement mandating businesses to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as a form of payment. The rule…
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Marathon Digital Bought Over $618M In Bitcoin In October And November
Crypto mining company Marathon Digital bought Bitcoins worth $618.3 million between October 1 and November 30. An SEC filing shows the company…
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MicroStrategy Buys Massive $5.4 Billion Bitcoin As Price Approaches $100K
MicroStrategy bought another 55,000 Bitcoin for $5.4 billion this month as the price of the largest cryptocurrency hovered near 100,000. The latest…
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Goldman Sachs Reportedly Wants To Spin Its Crypto Platform
Investment bank Goldman Sachs is set to spin its cryptocurrency platform in favour of a separate industry-owned company. The new company to…
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FTX Seeks $1.8B Against Binance And Former CEO Zhao In New Dramatic Lawsuit
Collapsed crypto exchange FTX has sued Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao, for the alleged fraudulent repurchase of shares by its…
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Kraken Expands Into Australia With A Licensed Crypto Derivatives Product
Cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken, has launched crypto-based derivatives trading for its Australian clients. The new licensed service targets institutional and large-scale Australian investors.…
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Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing To Debut A Crypto Index In November
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is set to debut a virtual asset index series on November 15. The Index Series…
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European Investments Into US Bitcoin ETFs Hits A Record $105 Billion
European investors have poured a record over $105 billion of investments in US spot Bitcoin ETFs year-to-date. Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst Eric…