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👀 Financial Times: HKMA urges HSBC and Standard Chartered to accept crypto exchanges as clients ft.com
🇭🇰 At least two global banks based in Hong Kong have moved away from crypto transactions due to concerns that crypto is being used for money laundering and it will take time to upgrade systems to adapt to AML procedures.
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Hong Kong Is Bullish on Crypto. Its Banks Aren’t So Sure.
Crypto CEOs used to talk about disrupting the financial system. Now some of them are struggling to find a bank.
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🕹 The G20 body has issued 9 regulatory recommendations to curb the crypto industry. decrypt.com
🕹🗣 Indian Finance Minister: G20 members welcome FSB recommendations on crypto asset transactions and global stablecoin arrangements.
👀 #AXL Axelar has introduced the Interchain Token Service (ITS), which aims to improve the interoperability of tokens on networks compatible with Ethereum. the block
💰 The new fund of the venture capital company CoinFund raised $158 million. bloomberg.com
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👀 The Valkyrie Spot Bitcoin ETF application has been confirmed by the SEC and the selected trading symbol is “BRRR”. twitter.com
⏳ #BTC #ETF Spot BTC ETF Approval Hours run Tomorrow.
Bloomberg Intelligence ETF Analyst James Seiffart: If the remaining entries are not added to the roster today, there will be no "common hours". Thus, applications will be rejected/approved in the order in which they were submitted, which may not be a good thing. "We and many others felt that if the SEC launched a common clock for all recent filings, that could mean positive news for approval because the SEC was preparing to approve everything on the same day."
Bloomberg Intelligence ETF Analyst James Seiffart: If the remaining entries are not added to the roster today, there will be no "common hours". Thus, applications will be rejected/approved in the order in which they were submitted, which may not be a good thing. "We and many others felt that if the SEC launched a common clock for all recent filings, that could mean positive news for approval because the SEC was preparing to approve everything on the same day."
💰 DeFi mortgage startup PWN raises $2M in funding and plans to create a DAO. theblock.com
🔝 The top three largest cryptocurrencies on Upbit in terms of trading volume over the past 24 hours are #XRP (almost $400M), #SUI (~$175M) and #GMT (~$133M). Over the past 7 days, their growth has reached 60%, 11.7% and 13.1%, respectively.
At the same time, #BTC trading volume took fourth place with ~$87 million
At the same time, #BTC trading volume took fourth place with ~$87 million
🤝 FalconX has partnered with UK-based crypto index provider CF Benchmarks. the block
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🇧🇬🥶 The Brazilian government has built in the ability to freeze funds and adjust balances in their #CBDC. decrypt
🇧🇬🕹 Brazilian Central Bank Prepares Public Consultation on Crypto Regulation
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📊In the past week, 9,004 MKR was transferred to Coinbase from a16z-linked addresses. twitter.com
🕵 a16z transferred another 1500 #MKR to Coinbase half an hour ago. twitter.com