BlackRock Buys BTC Mining Stocks – Is This Really Bitcoin ‘Exposure’?

Neither the author, Kai Morris, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The institutional investment firm, BlackRock, has revealed via a SEC filing they have invested in two Bitcoin mining companies. One of BlackRock’s aims by doing this is to gain exposure to BTC via indirect, […]

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Is Binance Giving In to Regulatory Pressure to Raise Funds?

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Binance has been witnessing worldwide regulatory pressure lately. Numerous jurisdictions accused the cryptocurrency exchange of operating unlicensed businesses, with dozens of regulatory bodies filing non-compliance complaints. To counter these regulatory concerns, Binance announced that […]

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Polygon Continues Expansion Play With DeFi Focus, Forming A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

Ethereum infrastructure developer Polygon is making some big moves as it seeks to appeal to the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. On Thursday, the company announced that it would increase its focus on DeFi as it looks to capture the space. First on its agenda is the formation of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). Polygon’s blog […]

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Bloomberg and Galaxy Digital Launches DeFi Index; SEC Chair Gary Gensler says DeFi is “A Bit of A Misnomer”

Bloomberg and Galaxy Digital have collaborated to launch the Bloomberg Galaxy DeFi Index (ticker: DEFI). The benchmark owned and administered by Bloomberg Index Services Limited and co-branded with Galaxy will measure the performance of the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol by market value. “Decentralized finance is growing as the next major investment theme within crypto,” […]

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“Bitcoin Fixes This.” OnlyFans Banning Sexual Content Due to Pressure from Banking Partners

OnlyFans is banning porn in an attempt to protect its partnerships with banks and payments providers. On Thursday, the special media platform announced that it will still allow creators to post nude posts and videos provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy, but not “sexually explicit conduct” with effect from October 1, 2021. “Legal content, a […]

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