SEC Cashed in Big from Crypto ICOs in 2020
With the fine from Telegram making the bulk of the charge on ICOs by the SEC, other projects also bowed to the SEC’s pressures and collectively coughed out about 40 million dollars in fines.
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With the fine from Telegram making the bulk of the charge on ICOs by the SEC, other projects also bowed to the SEC’s pressures and collectively coughed out about 40 million dollars in fines.
Rune Christensen, MakerDAO’s founder said that it is a huge milestone for the DAI ecosystem to surpass the $1 billion level.
The new Bitfinex Borrow platform will allow users to get access to peer-to-peer lending and borrowing by putting their Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) holdings as collateral.
The $IBFK token will be built on the Socios platform, a blockchain tokenization entity that has already done the same for some top clubs such as Paris Saint Germain, Juventus, FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid among others.
Despite the total deposits accrued thus far, the 52,801 ETH represents just about 10% of the total amount needed, and the full required deposits are needed to trigger the Beacon Chain.
In Q3 2020, Ripple pulled in $35.84 million in total XRP sales. This is more than a $3 million increase over the $32.55 million made in Q2.
Binance, as well as a handful of non-US exchanges, has continued to come under the regulatory oversight of US regulators.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that Joe Biden will take climate change issues seriously.
Stablecoins have seen their utility climb dramatically in recent months, partially thanks to the explosion of innovation in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry.
Catherine Coley said that Binance.US has successfully integrated its API with SEN and conducted tests with some of its clients.
Amber Group is reported to have a daily trading volume of between $100 to $200 million.
Nouriel Roubini said due to the lapses of existing digital currencies bordering on scalability and security most importantly, they cannot be the future of digital payments, but CBDCs will.
The only exception to this is if such businesses have obtained a ‘reciprocal’ license from another state that is deemed appropriate for authorization to operate cryptocurrency services in the state of New Jersey.
Due to the way its consensus protocol operates, EOS is considered far more centralized than Ethereum.
Bitmax’s recent expansion to the DeFi landscape is an accurate representation of the prevailing trend of the centralized crypto exchange market.