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Layer1-backed Digital Currency Group (DCG) raised $ 50 million from a number of well-known venture capitalists, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. According to The Block, thanks to the successful closure of the Series A financing round, the company's market value reached $ 200 million. Initially, the company focused on supporting the Grin ecosystem of confidential cryptocurrency. However, now the San Francisco-based firm intends to focus on […]

The heads of three US financial regulators in a joint statement warned participants in the cryptocurrency industry about the need to comply with various regulatory requirements. This was reported on the website of the Commission for derivatives trading (CFTC). The statement was signed by CFTC CEO Heath Tarbert, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Kenneth Blanco and Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) […]

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has established a cryptocurrency fund to accept donations in bitcoins and Ethereum. Digital assets will finance open source technologies for children and youth around the world. UNICEF became the first organization in the UN that transacts in cryptocurrency, the fund said in a press release. “If the digital economy and currencies have […]

Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency company, is negotiating the purchase of the Omni rental business p2p platform. This was reported by TechCrunch with reference to informed sources. Omni offers users the opportunity to rent various physical goods. Despite the $ 25 million raised last year from Ripple, the startup is currently going through difficult times and is forced to cut staff. In May, Omni sold […]