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🇬🇧 Coinbase to Ramp Up UK Expansion: Plans for Hiring and Crypto Regulation in 2025 🚀 Coinbase is making big moves in the UK, with plans to hire extensively and deepen investment as the country gears up for a new regulatory landscape for digital assets. Keith Grose, Coinbase's UK lead, shared exciting details with City AM, emphasising London's role as one of the company's largest global hubs. As the UK finalises its comprehensive crypto regulatory framework, 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the sector. The government's thoughtful approach to regulation, particularly with stablecoins, positions the UK to be a leader in the digital asset space. Coinbase’s expansion comes at a time when the UK's crypto confidence is growing, with firms betting on London’s long-standing financial expertise to shape the future of crypto. While adoption remains in early stages, Coinbase believes crypto can deliver economic growth, job creation, and solidify London’s place as a global financial powerhouse. Read the full interview 👉 https://buff.ly/at6tWUA

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CoinMarketCap featured an article about Ouinex this week, highlighting the fact that we're bringing crypto and TradFi under one roof. For the full details, read the article: https://taap.it/9QwMpL   Feeling lazy? Here's an extract we particularly like:   Ouinex’s proposition isn’t just about access to more markets. It’s about rethinking how exchanges function. It offers a unified trading experience through its multi-asset wallet, allowing users to seamlessly trade crypto derivatives, forex, stocks, indices, and commodities - all collateralized with digital assets. This integration simplifies portfolio management and expands access to diverse financial instruments within a single interface. Departing from traditional models, Ouinex employs a no-CLOB (central limit order book) execution framework. This approach mitigates the risks of market manipulation by fostering transparent price competition among institutional players, while safeguarding retail participants from predatory practices. The platform also features an integrated launchpad, enabling traders to engage in token pre-sales and access early-stage investment opportunities directly. This creates a streamlined path from discovery to participation in emerging digital assets. To further incentivize engagement, Ouinex introduces SocialFi rewards through its NEX Points system. Users earn points for trading activity, referrals, and content sharing, which can be converted into cryptocurrency—transforming platform participation into tangible financial value. It’s a holistic design - a blend of financial infrastructure and community-driven growth - that aims to make Ouinex more than “just another exchange.”  

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Following the Chancellor’s recent Mansion House and Leeds Reform speeches, Quant, alongside a coalition of leading financial institutions and industry participants, has signed a letter urging the UK to adopt a national stablecoin strategy. As the letter highlights, stablecoins are not just ‘crypto assets’, they are emerging as core financial infrastructure that could: ✅ Reinforce Sterling’s international role ✅ Diversify demand for UK government debt ✅ Drive investment, jobs, and innovation in fintech ✅ Boost efficiency in cross-border trade & settlement The message is clear: while other jurisdictions race ahead, the UK risks missing a transformative moment. With the right regulatory clarity and political will, Britain can cement its position as the global hub for digital assets - turning stablecoins from a risk to contain into an opportunity to lead. #Stablecoins #Fintech #DigitalAssets #Payments

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🔐 Crypto giant Coinbase is moving its European hub from Ireland to the Grand Duchy, calling Luxembourg a "highly compelling option" thanks to its clear crypto regulations and blockchain-friendly policies. 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/3TvD0Kq Coinbase recently secured its MiCA licence from Luxembourg’s CSSF and plans to hire 22 people locally by the end of the year.

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Casper Network has joined the ERC3643 Association, the leading framework for compliant and regulated asset tokenization. Developed by Tokeny, an Apex Group company, ERC-3643 is a globally recognized standard for permissioned token issuance that embeds compliance features such as KYC and AML directly into the token itself. By aligning with this framework, Casper enables institutions, developers, and enterprises to issue and manage tokenized assets that meet evolving regulatory requirements. As part of the ERC-3643 ecosystem, Casper Network will:     •    Enable the issuance of ERC-3643-compliant assets directly on Casper.     •    Leverage upgradeable smart contracts to adapt to changing compliance needs.     •    Support future cross-chain interoperability with Ethereum and beyond. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dX9ecQwT

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Verified. Validated. Secured. The first step in decentralisation of POGE - to ensure integrity of data and equitable distribution of value on-chain. We're kicking off with MARBLEX, a partnership that’s about to take things global With our blockchain tech, we’re powering smarter rewards, stronger reputation systems and solving for data reliability, ownership and security at scale. Read more about the partnership here: 👇 https://lnkd.in/gxBGexRG

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In a recent interview with CoinDesk's Jeff Wilser, MFSA CEO Kenneth Farrugia discussed how Malta became a pioneer in crypto regulation by implementing the Virtual Financial Assets framework in 2019, ahead of other jurisdictions. This early regulatory foresight positions Malta's financial services industry advantageously as the new EU regulations take effect. Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/dpsYqvMu.

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