Pakistan ends seven-year crypto restriction, allows banks to serve licensed providers

Pakistan’s central bank notified all banks and financial institutions in the country that the ban on providing crypto services has been lifted. However, according to the new state bank rules, banks are banned from investing, trading or holding crypto assets using their own funds or customer deposits. The State Bank of Pakistan’s move follows the…

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Bitcoin’s ‘your keys, your coins’ promise just got an expiry date from a new developer proposal

Bitcoin BTC$73,796.66 was built on a promise that no one can touch your coins without your private key. No government, no bank, nobody. That promise is now, for the first time in Bitcoin’s 16-year history, being challenged from the developer community itself, as a part of measures to build defenses against future quantum computers that…

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SOL, ADA, DOGE pullback, bitcoin holds above $74,000 as Asia recoups Iran war losses

Bitcoin held above $74,000 on Wednesday as a wave of risk appetite swept through global markets, with Asian equities joining Wall Street benchmarks in fully recouping losses sustained since the US-Iran conflict began in late February. Ether gained 4% on the week to trade near $2,325, outpacing bitcoin’s 3.9% move. Solana dropped 1.5% to $83,…

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