Author: The Global Blockchain

With new funding, Metal Pay plans to add traditional banking features.
Source: Coin Desk

Congresswoman Maxine Waters and other U.S. lawmakers will discuss Facebook’s crypto project with the Swiss data privacy chief this week.
Source: Coin Desk

Bitcoin has gained $1,000 since the Bakkt exchange announced it has the green light to offer bitcoin futures, but key resistance still lies ahead.
Source: Coin Desk

The Japanese e-commerce giant’s Rakuten Wallet exchange has gone live for spot trading of bitcoin, ether and bitcoin cash against the yen.
Source: Coin Desk

Silvergate Bank, one of the cryptocurrency industry’s few go-to financial service providers, is planning to become a crypto lender.
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Telegram forbade investors from selling their gram tokens before launch. Yet the secondary market for grams is lively – and rife with risk.
Source: Coin Desk

The crypto exchange has announced that it’s launching Venus, a project that will develop “localized” stablecoins around the world.
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The shuttering comes as Korea’s third-largest exchange shores up its local business.
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Spanish banking giant Santander is expanding its use of Ripple’s xCurrent payments technology to include Latin American markets.
Source: Coin Desk

Fidelity Charitable reported receiving more than $106 million in crypto donations since accepting bitcoin in 2015.
Source: Coin Desk