As the U.S. election looms, World Liberty Financial's whitelist goes live with a firm Donald Trump endorsement.
Rebecca DentonHowever, the new venture raises many concerns, given the founders’ dubious reputations and the failures of their previous projects.
Alexander MardarEllison gets two years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried shares a cell block with Sean "Diddy" Combs, while other FTX execs await their final fates.
Rebecca DentonUSDC's Circle has been making bold moves at home and abroad to secure the SEC's approval of its IPO. The combination of the digital dollar and going public strategy means this major stablecoin issuer introduces a new paradigm to money technology - a public seigniorage.
Eva Senzaj PauramThe patented blockchain is open-source, now been rebranded as "Hiero". Hedera has also launched a new Asset Tokenization Studio, an open-source toolkit that allows tokenized bonds and equities to be configured, issued, and managed on its network.
ObserversAs the U.S. election looms, World Liberty Financial's whitelist goes live with a firm Donald Trump endorsement.
Rebecca DentonBitcoin ETFs face $243M outflow as Middle East tensions escalate. Binance gets VASP license in Argentina. Bitwise submits filing for XRP ETF. Canary Funds launches Canary HBAR Trust in the US for institutional investors. Ripple obtains financial services license approval in Dubai. Binance Kazakhstan secures first full trading license. Robinhood
The project will distribute approximately 12% of its supply to early users.
What do a famous vampire, TikTok, blockchain, high-end on-chain UX, $DEGEN, Base, and a guy who tokenized himself in 2020 have in common?
An ECB research paper on CBDC adoption strategies and cross border CBDC projects in Asia. Another digital note from HSBC as a new report on the state of tokenization reveals surging trading volumes and a spike in experimentation.
Happy Sunday Observers! Hamster Kombat’s “largest crypto airdrop ever” turned out to be one of the worst airdrops in crypto history. Users were disappointed, as everything that could fail failed, and the rewards of months of tapping turned out much smaller than users anticipated. Things started going south when
TUSD has always raised concerns among DeFi insiders. Now that the SEC's investigation results have become public, its survival is on the line.
The Open Network (formerly Telegram Open Network) team informed validators that the network might face overloads due to the Hamster Kombat airdrop.
Swiss nonprofit BIO Association plans to launch BIO tokens for its biotech network. Ohio state senator introduces bill requiring Ohio to accept Bitcoin for taxes. Ocean launches decentralized mining protocol to combat Bitcoin centralization. FTX restructuring hearing set for October 7. Taiwan's FSC permits pro investors to invest
Leading NFT marketplace Blur rolled out a a peer-to-peer NFT lending protocol that allows collectors to buy blue-chip NFTs with a smaller upfront payment. And it has surpassed all of its peers in loan volume over the past week.
Alex HarutunianThe online payment processor is now holding almost half a billion dollars worth of bitcoin on behalf of its customers, along with ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash.
Jack MartinThe crypto industry has lost over $100 million due to scams and hacks. Apart from that, exploiting the recent popularity of meme-coins, someone single-handedly created 114 scam meme tokens.
Alex HarutunianBank of Japan is advancing with its CBDC project. The central bank reported on the Phase 2 and moved to the pilot experiments.
Alex HarutunianAmid the growth of TrueUSD stablecoin, the community is puzzled by its ongoing support from Binance. Also, rumors are spread about the project's possible connections with Tron's Justin Sun. TrueUSD says the latter is not True.
Alex HarutunianThe Central Bank of Russian Federation has been developing the country's first central bank digital currency – the Digital Ruble for several years. There have been announcements by authorities that it might be launched soon.
Alex HarutunianTether continues to expand the list of exchanges where users can access gold-referenced XAUT and Euro-referenced EURT. BitMart and MEXC Global exchanges have announced the listing of stablecoins.
Alex HarutunianA new blockchain called Sui performed token distribution on Binance’s crypto crowdfunding platform. It would probably have gone unnoticed if there had not been an incident with Justin Sun.
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