Data from Glassnode shows that Bitcoin Shrimp (holders of less than 1 BTC) continue to aggressively accumulate tokens at a rate of 33.4K BTC per month.
The Bank for International Settlements’ Annual Economic Report 2023 dedicates a significant portion to a ‘Blueprint for the future monetary system’, covering tokenization, CBDCs, smart contracts, and a proposed unified ledger.
The prize for pea-brained narcissistic philistine of the week must surely go to the tourist caught on video carving his name into the Colosseum in Rome, who had nothing to offer but a grin when challenged over his actions. Italian authorities soon identified the culprit, who faces up to 5
Just a month after Ripple acquired Swiss crypto custodian Metaco, Citibank is reportedly reviewing its year-old partnership with the firm and is in talks with other custody providers. It is currently unclear whether the two events are linked.
As part of its work on the digital euro, the European Commission has proposed a definition and regulation for ‘legal tender’ of euro coins and banknotes, as seemingly this has never previously existed in official legislation.
Hong Kong authorities recently implemented a rule that crypto tokens must be included on at least two indices to be retail-tradable. So a Hong Kong rating agency created a new index of tokens including BNB, Dogecoin, XRP and Tron, much to the joy of CZ and Justin Sun.
A long-running study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that overall crypto ownership rose from under 2% of the U.S. population to almost 12% between 2018 and 2022. However, among the most common reason given for not owning crypto was a lack of knowledge on the subject.
CACEIS Bank registered as a crypto custodian with French authorities, just before stricter regulations come into force for digital asset service providers.
