US House Committees Plan to Hold Hearings Together to Discuss Digital Asset Regulations

US House Committees plan to hold meetings in May to create clear rules for digital assets. The meetings will be held by the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees, the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee, and the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee. The goal is to create a bill that…

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PayPal Improves Crypto Offerings for 60 Million Venmo Users, Allowing Transfers to External Wallets and Exchanges

Paypal, a US-based fintech company, is expanding its crypto services to Venmo users. This new feature allows Venmo customers to transfer money to an external wallet, a Paypal account, or a cryptocurrency exchange. Previously, Paypal introduced the option to pay with cryptocurrencies on its platform. Venmo users can now send cryptocurrency to other Paypal users,…

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Unusual Trading Volumes Observed for 4 Altcoins on South Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Recent data shows that four lesser-known cryptocurrencies have been experiencing increased trading volumes on South Korean exchanges, suggesting a bullish trend for these coins. New data reveals that four not-so-popular cryptocurrencies are getting more trading activity on South Korean exchanges, which could mean that there is optimism around these coins. The four coins are QuarkChain…

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Revolut teams up with Koinly for automated tax reporting services

Koinly and Revolut have partnered to automatically sync tax filings for cryptocurrency transactions. The deal was being discussed since the start of 2023. Revolut has introduced a new tool to help its customers automatically report taxes for their cryptocurrency transactions, in response to increased scrutiny by tax authorities worldwide. Revolut has teamed up with Koinly,…

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Polygon and Google Cloud Partner for Ethereum Scaling Tools

Polygon Labs and Google Cloud have formed a partnership to improve the development of the Ethereum scaling protocol’s infrastructure and tools. The announcement was made during Consensus 2023 and is expected to benefit the Ethereum community. Polygon and Google Cloud have announced a partnership that will make it easier for developers to create Web3 products…

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Binance trying to again enter in Japanese Crypto Market

Binance, which is among the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, intends to re-enter the Japanese cryptocurrency market after buying the licensed cryptocurrency trading platform Sakura trading Bitcoin (SEBC). The acquisition of SEBC by Binance was completed in November 2022, and the firm is expected to rename the SEBC platform as the Japanese version of Binance in…

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Mastercard is set to expand its crypto payment card programme

Mastercard plans to work with more crypto companies to expand its payment card programme for cryptocurrencies. Mastercard, a big company that processes payments, plans to expand its involvement in the cryptocurrency industry by partnering with more crypto companies. They will work on increasing their cryptocurrency payment card initiative. Visa, another company that processes payments, is…

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Hong Kong Mandates Banks to Provide Accounts for Cryptocurrency Companies

Hong Kong’s central bank is telling banks to start providing services to cryptocurrency companies even if they haven’t received their license yet. Hong Kong’s central bank and regulator, the HKMA, has requested that banks offer their services to companies dealing with cryptocurrencies. On April 27, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a document about…

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Binance Will Start Operations After June in Japan

Last November, the biggest website for buying and selling digital money bought a smaller website called Sakura Exchange BitCoin. On Friday, it was announced that Binance, which is the biggest website for buying and selling digital currencies, will soon start working in Japan. Last November, Binance bought a regulated digital currency exchange called Sakura Exchange…

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New bill introduced in Congress would ask the government to research how terrorists use cryptocurrencies.

On Thursday, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Ted Budd, along with Congressmen Zach Nunn and Jim Himes, proposed a new law (bill). A group of politicians from both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced a new law (bill) on Thursday. This law would ask the federal government to research how people might be using…

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