Welcome to The Daily Forkast, August 6th, 2021, presented by Angie Lau. For the latest in blockchain & crypto news. On today’s show: It is officially live! The hotly anticipated Ethereum hard fork dubbed the London upgrade took effect yesterday and has already had a massive impact on the markets including the price of Ether.
Over in Hong Kong Binance announced that users there would no longer be able to trade derivatives or futures products but would have a 90 day grace period in order to get their digital houses in order. This step-up in compliance comes amid increased scrutiny from regulators.
And finally, Indian Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been promised to get more than just the precious metals that their medals are made from as BitBNS has promised them both Bitcoin and Ethereum in the form of an SIP should they make the podium.
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00:00 Introduction
00:24 Binance Bans Derivatives Products in HK
01:30 Ethereum Fork Boosts Trading
02:47 Cryptocurrency market update
03:10 India’s Olympians Get More Than Medals
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