NEM Group confirmed that Snapshot and Symbol mainnet launch will take place on 14 January 2021.

Launch: 14th January (exact time TBC)
Snapshot Block: 3,025,200
Snapshot Date: 14th January (approx 11:07am UTC from block height)
Pre Launch Opt-In closes: 9th January

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Data from on-chain tracking firm Glassnode shows miner revenues are back at pre-halving levels, i.e. before May 12 of this year. These are the same as when block rewards were double those of today.

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OKEx will reopen unrestricted withdrawals on or before Nov. 27, 2020. Prior to withdrawals reopening, team will conduct strict security checks to resume normal operations of the hot wallet system and ensure the safety of users’ funds.

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The number of Ethereum addresses holding at least one ETH ($476) today hit an all-time high, according to data from metrics site Glassnode. Glassnode today tallied up 1,170,598 addresses.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest banking institutions in Japan, is set to launch its high-speed blockchain payment network with the U.S.-based tech firm Akamai in 2021.

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ETH has crossed the $500 mark today, for the first time since July 18, 2018. The world's second-largest cryptocurrency is currently trading below $500 on Coinbase, according to tracker TradingView.

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Winning Poker Network, which operates a number of online poker sites, said has been forced to buy millions in bitcoin a day to meet the demands of exiting players.

As reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, 90–95% of Winning Poker’s payouts are in bitcoin because of the recent price rises, said the company’s CEO, Phil Nagy. “We are constantly having to go out and buy bitcoin, lots. Lots. More than we’ve even had to before.”

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Rick Rieder, CIO of Fixed Income at investment management giant BlackRock, has said that bitcoin and cryptocurrency are “here to stay.”

"Do I think it's a durable mechanism that ... could take the place of gold to a large extent, yeah I do, because it's so much more functional than passing a bar of gold around," Rieder said.

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Gate .io has added the following ETFs: QTUM3L and QTUM3S, XLM3L and XLM3S， XRP3L and XRP3S with leverage . 3L is a long position while 3S is a short position, which tracks the price change range of the underlying asset and changes with amplified range percentage.

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President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, is urging G20 nations to support the emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

In his opening remarks to the international forum, Xi called on world leaders to create a set of standards and principles supporting digital forms of fiat currency.

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Binance Futures will launch a ALPHAUSDT perpetual contract with trading opening at 2020/11/23 7:00 AM (UTC). Users will be able to select between 1-50x leverage.

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Crypto exchange OKEx has just successfully tested a withdrawal transaction, suggesting that the service could indeed resume by November 27, as previously announced.

On-chain data analytics platform CryptoQuant first noticed the transaction, where OKEx withdrew 0.02 bitcoin (worth about $370) from one of its wallets.

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Coinbase has seen a $14 billion increase in institutional assets under custody since April, its head of institutional coverage at Coinbase said in a YouTube interview published on Friday.

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Gazprombank Switzerland, a subsidiary of one of the largest banks in Russia, has piloted its Bitcoin (BTC) transaction service following regulatory approval by Swiss regulators.

Bank will provide its new cryptocurrency solution in collaboration with its long-running partners like fintech firm Avaloq and crypto custody provider Metaco.

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PayPal’s chief executive believes cryptocurrencies are on the verge of mainstream adoption as more businesses and consumers flock to “digital payments and digital forms of currency.”

In an interview with CNBC, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital forms of payments.

Schulman said the “use of cash has declined precipitously” amid the pandemic, adding that “40 to 70% of consumers no longer want to handle cash.”

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Binance Futures will launch a ZENUSDT perpetual contract with trading opening at 2020/11/24 7:00 AM (UTC). Users will be able to select between 1-50x leverage.

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Japanese financial giant SBI Group has announced a cryptocurrency lending service. It will be offered through the company’s cryptocurrency-oriented arm SBI VC Trade.

The new crypto lending platform will allow users to lend their crypto to SBI and earn interest at a rate of 1% with taxes included.

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Ethereum users has staked more than 524,288 ETH. Ethereum 2.0 phase will launch on December 1.

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Pendal Group, an Australian Securities Exchange-listed investment manager with over A$100 billion (US$73.6 billion) in assets under management, is getting into bitcoin.

As reported by the Australian Financial Review on Monday, Vimal Gor, Pendal’s head of bond, income and defensive strategies, said with the cryptocurrency “entering the realm of mainstream,” the company is now investing in bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

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Bitcoin breaks $19.000!

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Ripple is naming Bank of America as a leading member of RippleNet, which is the umbrella term for the company’s global network of banks and financial institutions.

Also Ripple features Standard Chartered, Santander, MoneyNetint, SBC and Nium as leading financial institutions in the network.

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