The UK’s Metropolitan Police has seized $400 million worth of cryptocurrency in two hauls. It has arrested a 39-year-old woman on suspicion of money laundering.


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The world’s largest digital asset manager, Grayscale Investments, has partnered with America’s oldest bank BNY Mellon. As a result, the banking giant will provide the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust with fund accounting and administration starting later this year.

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S&P Dow Jones Indices, the leading index provider of some of the world’s largest equity benchmarks, has launched a new cryptocurrency index that tracks the performance of the broader digital asset market.

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Bitcoin`s correlation with the S&P500 turned negative for the first time in 2021.

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Crazy Horse 3, one of the largest strip clubs in Las Vegas, has partnered with Lightning Network-powered payment processor OpenNode to accept Bitcoin.

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Binance has reportedly suspended withdrawals in Pound Sterling as of July 13.

The suspension is likely due to Binance losing its partnership with payments solutions provider Clear Junction.

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During his Wednesday appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that buying Bitcoin was "perfectly fine."

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Mask (MASK) has been listed on Coinbase Pro.

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The Biden administration intends to crack down on the use of cryptocurrencies in ransomware attacks.

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The co-founder of the memecoin DOGE, Jackson Palmer:

“I believe that cryptocurrency is an inherently right-wing, hyper-capitalistic technology built primarily to amplify the wealth of its proponents through a combination of tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity.”

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Italy's securities market regulator, the Italian Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB), has issued a statement stating that Binance Group and affiliated companies are not authorized to provide investment services and operate in Italy.

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China’s largest exchange Huobi’s revenue in June fell by 64%, and USDT reserves fell by 500 million from April.

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Thorchain has been struck by an attack that has drained millions in assets from the protocol.

Estimates of the theft vary between $7.6 and $25.1 million.

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BUSD printed more than $555 million new stablecoins.

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Input Output Hong Kong, one of the companies behind the Cardano blockchain, announced the successful upgrade of its Alonzo testnet to the Alonzo White network.

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Clover (CLV) has been listed on Gate io

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Crypto exchange Binance is ceasing its stock tokens trading offering.

The move comes after regulatory scrutiny from Germany and other European countries.

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A dive into one of Mark Cuban’s publicly known Ethereum wallets shows the Shark Tank star added 75 Olympus (OHM) to his portfolio on Saturday.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will convene top U.S. financial-market and bank regulators on Monday to discuss rules for so-called stablecoins.

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“Bitcoin may have dropped to [$31,000] Thursday, but the BTC ‘millionaire tier’ of addresses holding between 100 and 10,000 keeps climbing.

The cumulative amount of holdings for these whales has increased by 100,000 BTC since May 21st.”

The 100,000 BTC held by the millionaire cohort is worth over $3.21 billion.

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