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Merrill Lynch Bans Customers From Investing In Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin Investment Trust

A Merrill Lynch memo informs brokers and clients that the Wall Street brokerage has stopped approving orders for the Bitcoin Investment Trust.As reported by...

CFTC To Examine Self-Certification

The self-certification process, used by some trading houses like CBOE and CME, will be examined by regulators after cryptocurrency derivatives come under the spotlight.Remarks...

NASAA Reminder to Crypto Investors Garners SEC Endorsement

A message to cryptocurrency investors that was issued today by NASAA has struck a chord with the SEC, which promptly commended the association for...

The Royal Society Studies Evolution And Cryptocurrencies

The cryptocurrency market is a hyper-volatile ecosystem. A new study attempts to describe it using ecological modeling.Royal Society Open Science, a peer-reviewed open-access scientific...

Vitalik Announces Ethereum Foundation Subsidy Programs To Tackle Scalability

The Ethereum Foundation announced two subsidy programs to spur scalability development.The subsidies will reward teams working on sharding and second layer protocols.Sharding aims to...

Overview Of Ethereum’s Developments In Closing 2017

Ethereum's Q4 developments in 2017 focused on scalability to handle more complex applications and increased transaction volume.Casper, a proof-of-stake mechanism, and sharding were key...

Grand Mufti Of Egypt Issues Fatwā Against Cryptocurrency

The highest ranking Islamic official in Egypt has stated that virtual currencies are incompatible with Sharia Law.Local sources in Cairo are reporting that Egypt's...

Convergence Of Bitcoin And Financial Market Threatens Stability, Says ECB Board Member

Yves Mersch is worried that bitcoin may threaten financial stability as “market infrastructures such as stock exchanges enter this business.”The ex-governor of the Luxembourg...

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Ether Surges Past $4,500, Hits Highest Level Since 2021

Ether rose above $4,500 for the first time since late 2021. Prices increased nearly 40% in August, reaching a high...

OpenEden, BNY Mellon Partner to Custody Tokenized US Treasurys

OpenEden has partnered with BNY Mellon to manage and safeguard the assets behind its tokenized US Treasury product, TBILL.The...

Meta Stock Rises as Threads Hits 400M Monthly Active Users

Meta Platforms shares rose following Facebook’s Threads reaching 400 million monthly active users.The company’s stock increased 3% in the...

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