Category: Breaking

Bitpanda’s crypto offering in partnership with Raiffeisen Bank has been extended beyond Vienna to 55 bank branches across Austria

Last month, Ethereum incubator ConsenSys sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an injunction asking a federal court to block the regulator from investigating its MetaMask offering or from declaring Ether (ETH) a security. It’s the latest company to follow a growing trend of preemptive litigation against the SEC.

Major stakeholders in the U.S. financial sector, including Citi, JPMorgan, Mastercard, Swift and Deloitte, are teaming up to explore sharing ledger technology by simulating multiasset transactions in dollars.

The platform being issued a Wells Notice by the SEC is surprising given the company’s conservative approach to digital assets listings, the report said.

The syndicate had been operating for six months before being apprehended last week.

“We are in an AI super cycle right now,” one market observer said.

As it gears up for its token launch, Galaxis, a Singapore-based Web3 platform, has raised $10 million with participation from Chainlink, Ethereum Name Services (ENS), Rarestone Capital, Taisu Ventures and ENS co-founder Nick Johnson, it announced Tuesday.

QCP said in April it was setting up shop in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with Further Ventures

As U.S. politicians continue to wrestle with how to approach crypto issues, about 21% of voters in vital swing states consider cryptocurrency policies as a topic important enough to sway their support, according to a Harris Poll survey commissioned by the industry, though it leaves some uncertainty about what the voters may end up clamoring for.

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