FROM January 1, 2022, Cardano ADA will no longer be listed on eToro for customers in the US.
Wallets will effectively be in withdraw-mode only in the first quarter of 2022.
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Why is Cardano ADA being delisted by eToro?
eToro said it delisted Cardano ADA because of regulatory concerns about the crypto.
The Israeli crypto exchange said it would also delist Tron (TRX).
The move comes as a surprise given the currency has not typically on regulators’ radars.
ADA shot up in value this year and currently ranks among the top 10 cryptos by market capitalization, according to cointelegraph.
Months earlier, Charles Hoskinson, Cardano’s founder, announced the company was working with blockchain analytics provider Confirm to ensure the currency complied with financial laws, such as anti-money laundering regulations.
What is Cardano (ADA)?
Cardano, which was launched in 2015, is a private blockchain platform created by Hoskinson, a co-founder of popular crypto Ethereum.
ADA, which was launched in 2017, is Cardano’s cryptocurrency.
Cardano is a proof-of-stake platform that runs on the Ouroboros consensus protocol.
The platform has tried to position itself as an alternative to Ethereum, according to Investopedia.
It hopes to provide banking services to the crypto community and is widely seen as an updated version of Ethereum.
In August, 2021, ADA reached an all-time high of $2.56 following a 154 per cent boom that started in mid-July.
The pricing had flown in the face of pundits who predicted its downfall.
It comes as India proposed legislation that would make private cryptos illegal.
The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency bill will hand responsibility of regulating cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum to the Reserve Bank of India.
New Delhi introduced a new bill banning all private cryptos on Tuesday, November 23.
It comes as Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister, said all democratic nations must work together to ensure crypto “does not end up in the wrong hands, which can spoil out youth”.
The new law – set to pass through parliament next session – will make some exceptions to promote the blockchain technology that underpins much of the currency.
The government is also looking to classify crypto as an asset class rather than a currency, two sources have told Reuters.
