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Gemini Continues European Expansion With New Institutional Sales Role

Gemini is hiring a new director for institutional sales in its European office.

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New Wallet From Stablecoin Issuer STASIS Syncs With Financial Institutions

STASIS said Tuesday its new wallet would offer regulated financial institutions a new gateway into cryptocurrencies.

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Seed CX Expands European Presence With Euro-Crypto Order Books

Seed CX is adding eight euro-denominated order books to its spot exchange, including bitcoin, ether and the U.S. dollar.

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Finance

BitGo Grows Crypto Custody Options With New Swiss and Germany Entities

The U.S.-based custodian is expanding its crypto custody service to Europe with the launch of two entities in Switzerland and Germany.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Finance

Fidelity to Expand Institutional Crypto Business to Europe

Fidelity Investment, one of the world's largest asset managers, is setting up a new entity to serve European institutional investors in digital assets.

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Gemini Hires Former Starling Bank Founder as Managing Director of Europe

The exchange hired Julian Sawyer, former co-founder and chief operating officer of a U.K. digital bank, to shape the exchange’s strategy in the region and manage European hiring.

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Markets

OneCoin Founder's Brother Faces 90-Year Jail Term After Plea Deal

The brother of OneCoin's infamous "Cryptoqueen," Konstantin Ignatov has reached a plea deal with U.S. authorities.

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Coinbase Expands Reach of Visa Card in Europe, Adds 5 New Cryptos

The exchange has added new crypto options to its Visa debit card, including XRP, XLM and REP, and also expanded availability to 10 more nations.

The Coinbase Card is coming to U.S. customers in 2021.

Markets

Tunisia's Central Bank Denies Reports Claiming It Issued an E-Dinar

In a sweeping rejection, the central bank quashed "unfounded" rumors that it had become the first monetary authority to issue a CBDC.

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BnkToTheFuture CEO: 50 Percent of Funding Will Be Through Security Tokens in 2020

BnkToTheFuture invested in a SEC-registered broker dealer to enable U.S. investors participate in security token offerings.

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