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In an attempt to block funding of the Freedom Convoy protest in Canada, the Canadian police RCMP have sent letters to crypto exchanges effectively ordering them to stop donations to the protesters.

Canadian authorities close the net on protestors with sweeping powers to restrict financial transactions.

The Canadian government has invoked the Emergencies Act to expands its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules to cover cryptocurrencies and crowdfuding as a counter measure against the "Freedom Convoy" protests.

KPMG in Canada adds both bitcoin and ether to its corporate treasury. The crypto asset allocation is a first-of-its-kind investment for the accounting and advisory company.

Censorship resistant Bitcoin steps in where GoFundMe falls apart, demonstrating its utility in times of crisis.

The acquisition is expected to close during the first half of 2022

Binance announces registration in Canada, as well as being greenlighted in the Kingdom of Bahrain, while Turkish authorities issue a hefty fine for the crypto exchange’s local unit over failing to comply with the country’s new regulations. 

One of America's most prominent names in investing decided not to wait around for the SEC to start approving Bitcoin spot-based ETFs and took its product North.

Canadian developer Daymak announces the world’s first electric car designed for mining crypto.

Meme projects are everywhere in crypto. Some want to be more serious than others, however.

The acquisition would allow Canadian payments company Nuvei to issue crypto banking accounts and Visa cards.

Stephen Harper sees Bitcoin alongside gold and the US dollar as a viable global reserve asset. Bitcoin to the moon Bitcoin proponents must be so excited after a blockbuster year. The asset saw widespread adoption by investment funds, traditional finance participants, family offices, and tech funds, and set new all-time highs in December, a figure […]

Bank of Canada analysts raised concerns over the use of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as countries around the world weight the use of digital tokens instead of paper-based money. Titled the “Security and convenience of a central bank digital currency,” the bank said CBDC users are likely to face three major risks from storing […]

It’s been an explosive past few days for Ethereum. After altcoins based on that blockchain surged, ETH is taking over. According to CryptoSlate data, the second-largest cryptocurrency and largest altcoin has gained 35.31 percent in the past week, outpacing Bitcoin and a swath of other digital assets. In the past day alone, ETH has gained […]

Atomic Loans has been given a boost to develop a decentralized lending protocol for Bitcoin. Non-custodial Bitcoin-backed loans are coming soon Atomic Loans, a startup focused on developing peer-to-peer Bitcoin-backed loans, announced that it has raised $2.45 million in seed round funding led by Initialized Capital. The funds will be used to continue research and […]

Derrick Foote is a Canadian web 3.0 entrepreneur dedicated to helping build Web 3.0 with trust and transparency, giving back data freedom and control online to the users. Actively involved in the Blockchain space since 2013 and a graduate of Oxford University Blockchain Strategy program, Derrick has spent years educating people on blockchain technology, managing […]

The winner of this year’s Ethereum hackathon, Sheetcoin, is a bold project that turned Google Sheets into an Ethereum wallet, enabling users to send ERC20 tokens to any Gmail address directly from their browser. The project, which is essentially a Google Sheets sidechain, secures the transactions with OAuth. Google Sheets Ethereum wallet wins this year’s […]

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has ruled to allow crypto fund manager 3iQ to issue a prospectus for its prospective exchange-traded Bitcoin fund, signaling that Canada’s top securities regulator may be about to approve the launch of the nation’s first Bitcoin ETF. Toronto-based 3iQ said in a press release Wednesday that its planned closed-end BTC […]