Coinhouse Blog: Archives of Past Articles

Weekly News 9/28/2021: China bans crypto-assets again

Banks and Institutions For the seventh time since 2013, China bans Bitcoin he People’s Bank of China (PBC) has declared crypto exchanges as well as any derivatives will now be considered illegal activities. CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and TradingView have become inaccessible, e-commerce giant Alibaba has stopped selling hardware for crypto mining, and the USDT price against […]

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Weekly News 22/09/2021: cryptocurrency offering expands on German stock exchange

Banks and Institutions Solana and Polkadot enter the German stock exchange Global fund manager VanEck is adding Solana and Polkadot’s tokens, SOL and DOT. These will be tradable as ETNs, exchange-traded products, and can therefore be traded by investors. Trading will take place on the Xetra exchange, part of the Deutsche Borse. VanEck is also […]

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Weekly News 09/14/2021: mining becomes fashionable in the US

Banks and Institutions Mastercard acquires CipherTrace The battle rages on between VISA and Mastercard in the cryptoasset space. After testing USDC on its network, Mastercard has just acquired CipherTrace, a company specializing in blockchain transaction analysis. In a context of increased competition with its rival Visa, this purchase would allow Mastercard an opportunity to bring […]

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Historical: Bitcoin becomes official currency in El Salvador

Banks and Institutions SEC reportedly opens investigation on Uniswap Uniswap Labs’ developers have confirmed the US Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a close interest in their activities, particularly how the platform is used. However, it is still in the process of gathering information. Other DeFi platforms have also received letters asking for data regarding […]

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Finance and Businesses Control $57 Billion in Bitcoin

Banks and Institutions Ontario bans USDT stablecoin from trading Canada is tightening its restrictions on cryptocurrency exchanges. While Ontario’s regulator has completed an initial round of registrations for trading platforms, they have been notified that transactions involving the stablecoin Tether (USDT) are now prohibited. There are two possible reasons for this: lack of confidence in […]

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Bank of America validates the Bitcoin strategy of El Salvador

Banks and Institutions Towards tighter regulation of stablecoins in the US? US Congressmen are currently debating a proposed law, the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act. The legislation proposes to treat crypto assets as “monetary instruments”, which would effectively bring them under the purview of anti-money laundering and transaction monitoring laws. Stablecoins would […]

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Bitcoin mining becomes greener and more decentralized

Banks and Institutions The US authorities are launching an investigation against the Directors of Tether. The investigation may relate to a period in 2017 when the USDTs in the market were allegedly not backed by sufficient dollars, as the corresponding collateral was held by a related entity. Goldman Sachs announces the creation of an ETF […]

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Soon a regulatory framework for stablecoins in the United States?

Table of content Banks and InstitutionsCrypto EcosystemTechnologySome figures Banks and Institutions A majority of institutional investors ready to buy digital assets New data shows that institutional investor interest in cryptocurrencies continues to grow. Fidelity Digital Assets commissioned Coalition Greenwich to survey 1,100 institutional investors to understand their expectations for investing in digital assets. The majority […]

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Long-term investors no longer sell their bitcoins

Table of contents Banks and InstitutionsCrypto ecosystemTechnologySome figures Banks and Institutions New setbacks for the Binance platform UK payment provider ClearJunction announces the end of its collaboration with Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Binance. This is an important announcement in the sense that ClearJunction is the equivalent of the SEPA instant transfer in the UK. This follows […]

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