The biggest news in the cryptoverse for Sept. 12 includes Bitcoin maximalist Pierre Poilievre being elected as the new leader of the Canadian Conservative Party; Tether USDT’s integration with the NEAR Protocol; and seven privacy tokens that got delisted from Huobi.
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Bitcoin maxis bullish on new leader of Canada’s Conservative Party
Bitcoin maximalist Pierre Poilievre was elected as the new leader of the Canadian Conservative Party. Poilievre captured the spotlight in early 2022 and polished his image with a pro-crypto doctrine afterward.
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Become a party member, so you can vote for me as leader, and let’s make Canada the blockchain capital of the world: https://t.co/d9I1ky9w2t pic.twitter.com/S1IcVETmZF
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) March 29, 2022
His embracing attitude towards Bitcoin has helped him a great deal in winning the elections. He seems like he’ll leverage the Bitcoin card even more since he stated that he wants to make Canada “the blockchain capital of the world” if elected as prime minister.
Tether USDT launches on NEAR as protocol launches $100M Web3 fund
Tether has successfully integrated USDT into the NEAR Protocol. With the new integration, NEAR became Tether’s eleventh partner.
Tether stated that the new integration will bring more stability to NEAR ecosystem and reduce volatility.
At the same time, Tether also inked a new $100 million partnership with Caerus Ventures to fund creators in the Web3 space. Caerus Ventures is an already active investment firm that supports creators in the blockchain space. Tether decided to back Caerus up with another $100 million to support more creators.
Huobi delists seven privacy tokens, citing compliance policies
Huobi is delisting Monero, Dash, Decred, Firo, Verge, ZCash, ZenCash as of Sept. 12.
The exchange said that it is canceling these privacy tokens because they’re not compliant with some regions’ financial regulations.
South Korea sentences metaverse sexual abuser to 4 years imprisonment
A 30-year-old unnamed man got sentenced to 4 years in prison for sexually assaulting underaged individuals on the metaverse.
Local news sources reported that the man met minors in a South Korean Metaverse and induced tried to convince them to send videos and images in exchange for virtual gifts.
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