Fidelity Digital Assets will provide custody services for Bitcoin under London-based crypto investment firm’s management.

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Binance’s fiat gateway partner has raised US$2 million in Series A funding round.

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🇯🇵 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, is set to restrict access to Japanese residents.
via Cointelegraph

♊️ Regulated U.S.-based digital asset trading platform Gemini established its own insurance company.
via CoinDesk

🏀 NBA team Sacramento Kings launched a blockchain-based app for game-worn jersey auctions.
via ccn

🔍 Blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace will provide cryptocurrency scam investigation training to college students.
via Modern Consensus

👩‍⚖️ Craig Wright’s defamation lawsuit against Hodlonaut has been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
via Decrypt

Tx: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/5deca6b2b21eb6bdd7fb5f0be4199d81a65193ac9066ec3579343b21b3eb7037

Source: https://twitter.com/rhythmtrader/status/1217158459629674496

In 2019, cryptocurrency fund manager Grayscale brought in more than US$600 million of investor money.

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♎️ The Libra Association has formed a committee to oversee the network’s technical development.
via Cointelegraph

🇯🇵 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has partnered with Yahoo! Japan subsidiaries to re-enter the Japanese market.
via Decrypt

🇻🇬 The second-largest non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange by market share is moving out of the E.U. due to 5AMLD regulations.
via The Block

💵 Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission officials have called for the creation of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC).
via CoinDesk

🇨🇦 The Canadian Securities Administration published the Guidance on the Application of Securities Legislation to Entities Facilitating the Trading of Crypto Assets.
via Cointelegraph

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CME Open interest for Bitcoin futures up 100% since the start of the year

Source: https://twitter.com/skewdotcom/status/1218201409277059074

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🇨🇳 State-run Xinhua Finance released a 2019 blockchain investment and financing report.
via Decrypt

🇮🇳 India’s supreme court heard the cryptocurrency case in detail over three consecutive days last week.
via Bitcoin.com

🇹🇭 Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has obtained a license in Thailand.
via The Block

🇦🇺 Australia’s financial regulator has greenlighted a Bitcoin fund targeting retail investors.
via CoinDesk

⛏ London Stock Exchange (LSE)-listed mining company Argo Blockchain saw a tenfold increase in revenue for the year 2019.
via Cointelegraph

“Whether or not the communities want it is of course another question.”

https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/01/20/etc-can-be-merged-into-an-ethereum-2-0-shard-says-vitalik-buterin

The Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020 was introduced in Congress last week.

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📈 Quarterly profits of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, are up over 3%.
via Decrypt

👩‍⚖️ Tether and Bitfinex are facing the fourth market manipulation lawsuit.
via Modern Consensus

👨‍⚖️ The Chamber of Digital Commerce has filed an amicus brief in the ongoing court case between Telegram and the SEC.
via Cointelegraph

🇬🇧 The U.K. tax agency has offered a US$130,000 bounty on privacy coin traceability.
via ccn

🇰🇷 Bitcoin Cash is now accessible at over 13,000 ATMs across South Korea.
via Bitcoin.com

The Digix project has voted in favor of the liquidation of DigixDAO, its $64 million treasury.

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Square Crypto announced its first product on Tuesday: a Lightning Development Kit (LDK).

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♎️ British telecom giant Vodafone has withdrawn from Facebook’s Libra Association.
via Decrypt

🖊 The Huobi Group launched a licensed brokerage targeting institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals.
via Modern Consensus

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan is preparing to exempt income obtained in cryptocurrency operations from taxation.
via Bitcoin.com

💵 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced an investment in an open-source personal data monetization solution.
via official blog

👨‍⚖️ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the founder of Opporty with conducting an unregistered sale of securities.
via Cointelegraph

Central banks have launched a joint initiative aimed to explore central bank digital currency (CBDC) use cases.

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Cryptocurrency market data resource CoinMarketCap published a report outlining its 2019 crypto industry overview.

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What did we achieve in 2019?
– Minter Mainnet launched and subsequently tested by a number of teams
– Many interesting projects in various fields utilizing coins in their own economies
– A fully operational U.S.-based entity for the promotion of the network, Minter Development Foundation
– A fully operational E.U.-based broker for exchange operations, Minter Global OÜ
– Minter 1.1 undergoing tests and trials (Texas 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁴󠁸󠁿)
– Minter 2.0 undergoing development (Chili 🌶️)
– An active community of at least 10,000 members
– One of the most visited websites among the networks launched in 2019
– The network itself and its native digital currency listed in numerous catalogs and rankings
– Millions of transactions without a single error; millions of blocks with insignificant issues at the start
– Over 1,600 coins created
– Total reserves at 650M BIP—i.e., half of the free float
– The share of 10-percent-CRR coins in total reserves at 250M BIP
– 15x BIP supply growth. For comparison, in 2020, this figure will be only 2.5
– 2.5x BIP rate drop compared to the starting price and 6x compared to the all-time high (it once peaked at 15 cents apiece)
– Network capitalization: $40M; coins capitalization: $65M
– Numerous improvements to all user products
– Constant updates of the code of key services, SDK, and API
– Infrastructure strengthening
– First Minter Demo Day, 20 presentations, tens of teams, over 100 participants

What goals is it important for us to reach in 2020?
– Design MinterID to increase trust in the network and implement end-to-end verification without revealing personal data
– Launch Minter 1.1
– Launch Minter 2.0 and first services (sidechains) on it
– Start preparing a single API for all services on Minter 2.0
– Launch HUB
– Support games and loyalty systems
– Support merchants (coins -> codes)
– Support Liquidity Providers
– Promote the network and projects across Telegram (300M users) and YouTube (worldwide)
– Launch and develop 10 localized communities
– Obtain a listing on a regulated venue with fiat support
– Introduce a package of measures for the expansion into the U.S. market (types of activity, legal procedures) with maximum cautiousness and concreteness
– Once the SEC v. TON case is resolved, examine it thoroughly and apply for a no-action letter
– Establish a working group to support businesses that use blockchains
– Open bank card gateways for deposits/withdrawals
– Form a team for working with institutional investors
– Start preparing for a European ETF
– Analyze the benefits of entering specific countries/languages
– Analyze the benefits of entering specific markets
– Build up a one-stop knowledge base about the network, its products, and projects & further maintain it
– Update the websites of the network and the foundation
– Publish MIP
– Launch IOMA

What goals is it important for us to reach in 2021?
– Bring BIP to the world’s top 10 utility tokens

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♊️ Major consulting and accounting firm Deloitte has confirmed that regulated U.S.-based digital asset trading platform Gemini has the highest level of security compliance.
via Cointelegraph

🇮🇳 The Supreme Court of India pointed out that the central bank’s ban only hurts businesses but does not stop cryptocurrency trading.
via Bitcoin.com

👮 Two hackers who stole approximately US$700,000 worth of Bitcoin from CoinExchange have been arrested in Japan.
via ccn

📹 Pornhub has added a fourth cryptocurrency payment option (USDT) to its website.
via Decrypt

👨‍⚖️ The Blockchain Association advocacy group filed its amicus brief in the SEC’s case against Telegram, opposing the agency’s efforts to block the launch of TON.
via Modern Consensus

The World Economic Forum (WEF) released a toolkit for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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