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Huobi to permanently shut crypto operations in Thailand

[ad_1] Huobi’s Thailand unit is set to wind down operations by July 1, after its operating license was revoked by the Thai Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC).The Thai SEC revoked Huobi’s license in May after it failed to comply with the local regulations. The permanent closure orders come nearly eight months after the regulators suspended the exchange’s services in September.The exchange claimed it has tried to fix the regulatory issues
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Experts on why bear markets are good for Bitcoin

[ad_1] The crisis has triggered a wave of panic in the community, with the Bitcoin miners’ selling activity surging to seven-month highs as the BTC mining profitability has dropped to October 2020 levels.Bitcoin’s Fear and Greed Index fell posted the lowest records since pre-pandemic times in Q3 2019, dropping to seven and indicating “Extreme Fear” on June 15.These and other recent events in the industry do not look good, but
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Kazakhstan to let crypto exchanges open bank accounts

[ad_1] In addition to its swift advances toward regulating crypto mining, Kazakhstan will launch a pilot project for crypto exchanges in the special economic zone of Astana International Finance Centre. The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Republic announced on Thursday a pilot project of cooperation between the crypto exchanges and some of the local banks. The working group formulated the guidelines for that cooperation, consisting of the
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KCC Opens Validator Election, 100% of the KCC Gas Fee Allocated To Active Validators

[ad_1] Advertisment Singapore, June 16, 2022 – KuCoin Community Chain (KCC), the public chain project initiated and built by the developer community of KCS and KuCoin, announced that KCC Validator Election officially kicked off on June 16, 2022. According to the announcement of KCC, KCC Validator Election will select at most 29 nodes to become active validators based on the amount of KCS that nodes staked. The active validator owns
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Metaverse could be worth $5 trillion by 2030: McKinsey report

[ad_1] Global spending in the metaverse could reach $5 trillion by 2030, according to a new report from international consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Published yesterday, the 77-page report titled “Value Creation in the Metaverse” analyzed current adoption trends and drew additional insight from two global surveys; one gathered data from 3,104 consumers across 11 countries, while the other polled a range of executives from 448 companies across 15 industries in
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Liquidity provider asks platforms to freeze 3AC funds to recover assets after litigation

[ad_1] Danny Yuan, the CEO of trading firm 8 Blocks Capital, called out to platforms that are holding funds owned by 3AC to freeze the assets, as rumors of 3AC’s insolvency stay afloat. In a Twitter thread, Yuan explained their company’s involvement with 3AC, noting that they are paying the company to use the trading accounts that they own. The agreement included the ability to withdraw funds at any given time.
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CAR president urges citizens to understand Bitcoin to bring long-term prosperity

[ad_1] Despite the cryptocurrency market's prolonged bearish trend, some of its most ardent supporters have not been discouraged. This includes the president of the Central African Republic (CAR), who remains bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto.Understanding #Bitcoin is crucial to acknowledge its disruptive power to bring long term prosperity. Mathematics don't account for human emotions.Future generations will look behind at these very moments to our strength & unity in choosing
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These 3 metrics suggest the Bitcoin price crash is not over

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) near $20,000 is worrying the market, but after narrowly avoiding breaking support, is the worst really over?According to multiple on-chain indicators, it seems that max pain has yet to arrive this cycle.The stakes are high for many hodlers this week — almost 50% of the supply is being held at a loss and miners are upping their shipments of BTC to exchanges.Even some of Bitcoin's biggest investors,