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Alipay, the Chinese leading payment solution, wants to make something clear. The company will not allow the usage of cryptocurrencies on its platform. Alipay made this announcement in a twitter thread. The story goes like this: first Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) responded to a question on twitter that reads, "Is Binance now accepting fiat on-ramp with #Alipay and #Wechat...

The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint in Manhattan's federal district court against Telegram. In it, it accuses the company of violating the Securities Act.  Gram might not be launched. In an official announcement,  the SEC disclosed it has obtained temporary restraint orders against Telegram and its wholly-owned subsidiary TON Issuer Inc. Particularly, because of the unregistered...

As the relentless regulatory scrutiny of Libra continues, the major players quit Libra. On Friday, Mastercard and Visa made an official announcement about their association with Facebook's Libra. And the news is not good. This happens exactly a week after PayPal bid goodbye to Libra, an ambitious project. Following suit eBay, Stripe and Mercado Pago exited the Libra's support group.   Facebook's...

Coinbase Pro has finally catered to Apple users. The company has released an iOS Mobile App. Coinbase Pro has launched a completely new platform. It has turned the wallet with chart statistics into a full-fledged trading platform with a complete set of trading tools. This platform is exactly the same as the desktop version. The application provides access to more than 50...

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Stryking Entertainment, has signed a licensing partnership with the German powerhouse, FC Bayern Munich. From now on, you can "turn" Bayern’s actual team players into digital collectibles. Famous stars like Manuel Neuer, Robert Lewandowski, Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Hernández will all be part of this. Stryking Entertainment aims to be a global platform for crypto collectibles....

FOAM, a company that brings geospatial data to blockchains, invites you to map the city of Osaka. For this, you'll receive rewards. In a recent tweet, the company announced a preview of "FOAM-IN" for @EFDevcon Map Osaka. https://twitter.com/foamspace/status/1181228190255079424   The team invites users to preview their progress on the FOAM-IN platform and get some bonuses for active participation. Currently, users have access to...

Binance.US, the American arm of Binance, is listing new coins. This time they include Chainlink (LINK) and Ravencoin (RVN). This is according to an official announcement by Binance. In it, it disclosed that interested users can now trade USD/LINK and USD/RVN. However, it is important to note that only the deposit feature is currently available on the exchange. For ACH USD deposits,...

Leading crypto exchange, Coinbase, announced that it'll provide custodial services for Telegram's proposed cryptocurrency, GRAM. In a blog post, the San Francisco-based company announced its support for Telegram's crypto project. Accordingly, Coinbase Custody, the company’s custodian for institutional investors would provide secure storage for the GRAM token after its release. Additionally, the custodial service will support two cryptocurrencies, which are Solana...

Digital currency trading platform Bitcoin.com has announced that it is joining resources with Bravio technologies on global lotteries. The collaboration between the trading platform and Bravio tech aims to develop a fully decentralized digital lottery platform for Bitcoin.com. This is according to a press release by the Canadian gaming giant Bravio Tech. It disclosed that the partnership will see the...

CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse became the latest to voice concerns about Facebook's cryptocurrency plans. Speaking to Fortune’s Balancing the Ledger, Garlinghouse admitted that Facebook will be unable to launch its Libra project anywhere soon if at all. He believes regulatory constraints will serve as a stumbling block. "No," he said when asked if he was bullish about Facebook meeting upon...