VanEck Files Amended Application for Bitcoin ETF with SEC ✅
📣 New York-based asset management firm VanEck has taken a significant step towards launching a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by submitting an amended application to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
➡️ In a notable departure from the strategies followed by other applicants seeking approval for spot ETFs, VanEck opted to submit amended filings related to its fund seeding on October 27. This distinctive approach distinguishes VanEck from other contenders in the spot Bitcoin ETF arena.
🔔 Notably, the US SEC had previously rejected VanEck’s proposal to list and trade shares of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust on March 10. This marked the third time the regulator had denied VanEck’s bid for a spot Bitcoin ETF.
📣 This decision aligns with the broader trend of the SEC consistently rejecting various ETFs designed to track digital assets, including VanEck’s prior applications in June of the previous year and in November 2021. These rejections primarily revolve around concerns regarding potential market manipulation within the underlying digital asset market.
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♾ Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup Modulus Labs, a project that integrates AI and crypto, has raised $6.3 million in seed funding.
📌 The project announced the launch of its formal debut on Wednesday, following the funding round, led by key crypto investors. The platform is backed by crypto venture funds Variant and 1kx and participation from Bankless, Blockchain Builders Fund and Inflection.
➡️ The funding round also saw inflow from angel investors including Ethereum Foundation, Worldcoin, Polygon, Solana, and Microsoft, among others.
📌 Modulus utilizes zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) to offer scalability and security enhancements for AI models. According to the project’s co-founder Daniel Shorr, the funding will be utilized to build the Modulus product. “Our audience is basically smart contract devs or on-chain services who want to add AI,” Shorr told CoinDesk.
💬 “But up until now anyways, to add AI into your smart contract, means throwing away this whole blockchain security.”
⚠️ The company explained that when applied to AI, ZK cryptography allows to verify that an AI model was executed “correctly.” “By verifying this ‘proof of correctness’, on-chain, we get blockchain-equivalent security at a fraction of the cost,” it added.
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⚠️ According to an official report published by the blockchain security firm, KandyKorn relies on social engineering tactics, deceiving victims into installing a malicious ZIP file named “Cross-platform Bridgeszip.”
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Crypto ATM Expansion Continues with Bitgamo Set to Install 90 More in 2024 ⚡️
➡️ Crypto ATMs are continuing to expand globally with over 32,500 installed so far, Financial Times reported. Crypto ATMs allow everyday individuals to convert traditional fiat money into cryptocurrencies and vice versa, offering a level of convenience akin to standard bank ATMs.
✅ European operator “Shitcoins Club” boldly states that its mission is to enable people to bypass traditional banking systems, underlining the sector’s unconventional approach.
⚡️ Although regulators in the US and UK, including the Financial Conduct Authority, have made efforts to curtail the expansion of these machines, the number of crypto ATMs has continued to rise.
♾ As of October 2023, there are over 32,500 crypto ATMs deployed worldwide, a figure that has been steadily increasing since the summer, according to data from AltIndex. Intriguingly, some operators have embraced an anti-banking ethos, emphasizing a desire to break free from the traditional financial system’s grip.
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🔔 Indeed, following Bitcoin’s rise to $36,000 on Thursday, new data suggests that saving in the asset over the long term has proven profitable starting at almost any point in its history.
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✅ This decision, announced by Han Byung-do, the chairman of the Democratic Party’s Strategic Planning Committee, follows discussions within the party’s general election planning team. The party aims to ensure that candidates uphold the highest moral standards and avoid potential conflicts of interest related to digital asset holdings.
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➡️ The 2024 United States presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, has disclosed his plans to curb the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) control and government involvement in the crypto space if elected.
➡️ In an exclusive interview with CoinDesktv earlier today, Ramaswamy stated his commitment to ousting most SEC officials and facilitating an environment for digital assets to thrive as commodities.
📌 Ramaswamy, representing the Republican party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is currently the only candidate with a comprehensive crypto policy framework.
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China Asset Management Signs MoU with Hashkey Exchange to Promote Web3 in Hong Kong ⚡️
🟥 China Asset Management’s Hong Kong branch has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Hashkey exchange and HamsaTech Hong Kong. The collaboration aims to jointly foster and develop Web 3.0 initiatives within the asset management sector in Hong Kong.
➡️ The importance of seizing the “golden opportunity” of Web 3.0 was emphasized in the 2023-2024 Budget by the Government of Hong Kong.
‼️ The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) announced significant initiatives for fintech development during the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023, including a focus on real economy applications and innovations in the digital assets and Web3.0 sector.
🔔 The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) introduced new regulations to protect investors and encourage innovation in the virtual assets sector.
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➡️ Decentralized crypto exchange Pancakeswap has launched a new voting system called “Gauges” and “veCAKE,” a new vote-escrowed system that allows users to vote on governance proposals and determine CAKE emissions allocations.
➡️ According to a Nov. 22 blog post, PancakeSwap, the third-largest decentralized exchange by total value locked (TVL), has unveiled two new features, Gauges Voting and veCAKE, designed to enhance governance influence for CAKE holders. These features aim to stimulate liquidity across pools and increase rewards for CAKE staker.
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Hong Kong’s Victory Securities to Offer Digital Asset Services in Retail Markets 📣
🔔 Hong Kong’s investment management firm, Victory Securities has obtained approval to offer digital asset services to retail clients expanding the country’s number of cryptocurrency licences.
♾ In a Nov 24 press release, the company made the announcement that it obtained a license from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer digital asset services adding that this development makes it the first licensed corporation to offer those associated services to clients.
💬 “Victory Securities… which has been rooted in Hong Kong for 50 years, has made significant progress in the field of virtual assets and became the first company in Hong Kong to obtain approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) to provide retail investors with A licensed corporation for virtual asset trading and advisory services.”
📌 According to the statement, Victory Securities will integrate virtual assets with the traditional finance ecosystem and allow retail clients to participate in the model getting and trading assets seamlessly.
✅ The company also hailed the commitment of the Hong Kong authority as it sets itself to become the destination of the International Virtual Asset Center.
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Ukrainian Lawmakers Mull Two Crypto Tax Bills 🟢
🟥 Ukrainian lawmakers are set to debate two crypto tax bills, as Kyiv looks to raise money from crypto traders. Per Minfin and PSM7, Yuriy Boyko, a member of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, confirmed that the regulator was the author of one of the bills.
🔔 Boyko said he assumed that “specialists from the Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Service worked on” the second bill. This bill’s author is MP Anton Shvachko, and the text was drafted, at least in part, by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
✅ Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, said:
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⚡️ Meanwhile, the regulator, which is yet to reveal the full details of its own proposal, said that it had worked with EY (Ernst & Young) and the USAID Financial Sector Reform Project on the draft. The bills are now in the consultation stage. Boyko noted that “almost 200 comments” had been made on the commission’s draft law.
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➡️ AXA Investment Managers and Generali Investments have recently joined the growing bandwagon of companies purchasing tokenized green bonds as the digitalization of real-world assets (RWAs) gains momentum.
➡️ According to a press release by French banking giant Societe Generale, it issued its first digital green bond as a security token on the Ethereum blockchain. The tokenized security token registered as SG-FORGE came with a 10 million Euro ($10.8 million) price peg during its official launch on November 30, 2023.
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🔴 Binance has officially withdrawn its application for a financial license in Abu Dhabi, according to Reuters. This move is indicative of the exchange’s ongoing reassessment of its global operations and licensing requirements.
📌 The application, submitted by BV Investment Management, a Binance unit, aimed to manage collective investment funds as per the details on the regulator’s website. According to a spokesperson for Binance, the move to retract the application was a strategic decision to align with the company’s reassessed compliance needs.
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