German online bank N26, revealed its plans to launch crypto trading service this year and add equities brokerage after that.

N26 is one of the biggest European fintechs, with over $7.8 billion in valuation.

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Binance announced the 26th project on Binance Launchpad - League of Kingdoms (LOKA). Binance will record user BNB balances for 8 days from 2022-01-12 00:00 AM (UTC) to 2022-01-20 00:00 AM (UTC).

- Hard Cap Per User: 15,000 USD (93,750 LOKA)
- Total Token Supply: 500,000,000 LOKA
- Total Tokens Allocated to Binance Launchpad: 25,000,000 LOKA (5% of Total Token Supply)
- Public Sale Token Price: 1 LOKA = 0.16 USD (price in BNB will be determined prior to subscription)
- Supported Sessions: BNB only

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Binance has added FTM and NEAR as collateral assets on the Binance Loans platform.

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Former Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey has announced plans to create a “Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund”.

The announcement stated the fund will help provide a legal defense for Bitcoin developers, who are “currently the subject of multi-front litigation.”

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Bitfinex will list Pangolin (PNG) and KardiaChain (KAI). Deposits of PNG (Avalanche c-chain) and KAI (mainnet) are now open as of 10/01/22 at 10:00 AM UTC.

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Iran’s central bank and the country’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade have agreed to a deal that will enable local merchants to begin using cryptocurrencies for foreign trade settlements, according to local media reports.

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Binance will open trading for ATOM/BIDR, DYDX/ETH, FARM/ETH, FOR/BNB, ICP/TRY, JASMY/ETH, LINA/BNB, OOKI/ETH, ROSE/ETH, UMA/BUSD, UNI/ETH and XTZ/ETH trading pairs at 2022-01-14 09:00 AM (UTC).

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USDC printed more than $207 million tokens

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U.S inflation rate just hit 7% — the highest in 40 years.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the likes with over 160% value growth in 2021, now stand a better chance as a suitable alternative against fiat value loss for the average American investor.

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In late 2021, Lira (TRY) began to plunge against the USD with trading volumes involving Lira soaring to $1.8 billion per day on average on three crypto exchanges, as per data by Chainalysis. Back in 2019, this volume was a lot higher—approximately $71 billion worth of Lira spent on crypto per day.

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Customers can buy Tesla merch with Dodge now.

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OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, has surpassed the one million mark in terms of active user wallets on the platform.

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Eduardo Paes – the mayor of Rio de Janeiro – intends to allocate 1% of the city’s Treasury in bitcoin. If he proceeds, the megapolis will become the first Brazilian city to purchase the primary cryptocurrency as a store of value.

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A judge ruling has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hand over an email containing a draft of former director William Hinman's statement on whether Ethereum was deemed a security. Hinman gave the speech in June 2018, telling a conference audience that Ether was not a security in his opinion.

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Walmart might be looking to enter the metaverse space, according to patent filings that were made in December 2021. Details are scarce, but the company may implement a virtual currency and NFTs to facilitate the initiative.

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Cratos (CRTS) has been listed on Gate exchange

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The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), the government agency responsible for the financial regulation of the securities markets in Spain, issued a release on Monday defining the new rules.

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Binance has teamed up with Gulf Innova Company — a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thailand billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi's Gulf Energy Development Public Company — to set up a crypto exchange in the country.

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Huobi will list Secret (SCRT)

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Crypto .com, the most prominent digital bank in the Asia-Pacific region, was hacked, leaving some customers reporting losses between 2-5 ETH.

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