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Kraken will cancel open orders on 176 trading pairs

Open orders on 176 Kraken pairs are to be cancelled and must be placed again, and the replacement markets charge taker fees on limit orders.

The Defiant 24 hours ago · 5 min read
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Visa is reportedly in talks to buy Fireblocks for about $2.5bn

Axios reports Visa is in talks to buy Fireblocks, the custody firm behind many bank crypto desks, for about $2.5bn. Nobody has confirmed it yet.

The Defiant, reporting on Axios 4 days ago · 4 min read
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Kraken drops the Monero questions but keeps the $1,500 cap

Kraken's co-CEO says no rule required the questions about intended use. The $1,500 rolling 30-day withdrawal limit on XMR is untouched.

CryptoSlate and The Defiant 5 days ago · 5 min read
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HSBC’s new stablecoin is a Hong Kong dollar token, and UK customers can’t use it

HSBC's RedCoin is a Hong Kong dollar token inside PayMe, licensed in Hong Kong. British HSBC customers get no access to it, and no date for one.

CoinDesk and CryptoSlate 6 days ago · 4 min read
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Coinbase fined €3.25m in Ireland over five years of safeguarding failures

Ireland's central bank fined Coinbase Ireland €3.25m over safeguarding and outsourcing breaches spanning nearly five years, from 2020 to 2025.

CoinDesk and the Central Bank of Ireland 7 days ago · 5 min read
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Dogecoin’s wallet, app and payments teams merge into one company

MyDoge, DogeOS and Such App are merging into Dogecoin Labs. The app layer is still on testnet and the merchant payments link is only planned.

CoinDesk, Decrypt and GlobeNewswire 1 week ago · 6 min read
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Mesh and Visa plan to let wallets spend crypto without a card

Mesh and Visa have announced a tie-up, not a launch: no date, no markets, no named wallets. And in the UK, spending crypto is a taxable disposal.

The Block, with regulatory context from the FCA 1 week ago · 4 min read
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Securitize puts Apple and Nvidia shares on Solana. Not for UK buyers

Securitize has tokenised 12 US stocks on Solana with dividends and USDC settlement. Access is limited to eligible US and EU investors, not UK retail.

The Block and Cointelegraph 3 weeks ago · 4 min read