Mark Branson, president at German financial watchdog BaFin, remains aggressively anti-Bitcoin despite the cryptocurrency’s great progress in terms of adoption

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Top German Regulator Warns Against Buying Bitcoin

儘管比特幣在普及方面取得了巨大進步，但德國金融監管機構 BaFin 主席馬克·布蘭森 (Mark Branson) 仍然強烈反對比特幣

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德國最高監管機構警告不要購買比特幣

這一令人驚訝的舉動發生在 9 月 4 日 World Liberty Financial 的 WLFI代幣價格下降之背景。
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World Liberty 在 WLFI 存款交易後封鎖了孫宇晨的錢包

電動汽車充電領域正在經歷重大變革。納斯達克上市公司 Blink Charging 宣佈，計劃接受加密貨幣支付，此舉具有開創性意義。

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PANews 9月4日消息，據Deribit公告，北京時間9月5日16:00將有超45億美元加密期權到期。比特幣期權名義價值達32.8億美元，Put/Call比為1.38，最大痛點價位為11.2萬美元，未平倉量集中於10.5萬至11萬美元區間，偏向看跌。以太坊期權名義價值為12.7億美元，Put/Call比為0.78，最大痛點價位為4400美元，資金流較均衡，但看漲期權集中於4500美元以上。市場...