Cryptocurrency wallets Wasabi and Phoenix have suspended their services in the United States, after authorities announced measures against Consensys and Samourai.

“Both Acinq and zkSNACKs have raised concerns about whether self-custody wallet providers can be viewed as legitimate money services businesses following recent action by US regulatory agencies against Metamask creator Consensys and cryptocurrency mixer Samourai. Wallet”.

The situation has become stricter after the SEC indicated that Consensys was operating as an unregistered broker-dealer. On the other hand, Keonne Rodríguez, CEO of Samourai Wallet, and William Hill, chief technology officer, have been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, as well as conspiracy to operate a money transmission business without a license, charges for which They would receive 20 and five years in prison in each case.

For now, crypto wallet users were warned to empty their funds without forcing closure, because the fees could be very high.

M.Pino

Source: cointelegraph

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La entrada Wasabi and Phoenix crypto wallets suspended services in the United States apareció primero en Bitfinance.

The Metamask web wallet announced that it will allow US residents to make cryptocurrency purchases with bank transfers instantly.

ConsenSys, the person in charge of the tool, published on his official blog that this new function is possible thanks to an alliance with the payment processor Sardine.

Although Metamask already supported payments through its products for the purchase of cryptocurrencies, this new integration comes in place to address some of the open spaces that still remain for this task, opening the door to an option that is perhaps much more popular than the traditional ones mentioned in many services.

The company said that this option can be much more attractive than the use of credit cards, since there is no risk that the transaction may be rejected, and it also admits much higher limits, which will depend on the entities involved.

K. Tovar

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La entrada Metamask enables crypto purchases with transfers apareció primero en Bitfinance.

MetaMask, known as the ethereum wallet and browser extension has presented an increase in the list of its followers of 5 million monthly active users, a figure that generates an impact on the growth of decentralized applications.

Since 2020, the platform has presented a progressive increase of 5 times the number of accumulated users, which means that the last six months MetaMask has highlighted the strength of the crypto market. At the end of last year, the company registered its first million active users, as reflected in the following chart:

For its part, the blockchain company ConsenSys explained that more and more people “use MetaMask to obtain a supplementary income or to make long-term investments. Many people cannot access their local banking system and therefore need an alternative technology to act as a savings account.”

It is important to mention that MetaMask is one of the companies that since its inception contributed to the strengthening not only of DeFi but also of exchanges, at a time when decentralized finance was a very attractive option for investors in financing the purchase. of tokens.

DeFi remains one of the most popular trends in the cryptocurrency market, with a total locked value, or TVL, of approximately $ 114 billion. TVL peaked at $ 123 billion earlier this month, according to industry data.

K.Villarroel

Source: cointelegraph

La entrada MetaMask active users reached 5 million apareció primero en Bitfinance.