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The oldest U.S. bank received an exemption from the regulator's accounting rule, which was making crypto custody services unprofitable.
Sasha MarkevichBitcoin and Ether ETFs have seen months of trading on traditional exchanges. While the investment vehicles are the same, they influence the underlying assets in significantly different ways.
Eva Senzaj PauramEven if Worldcoin identification manages to distinguish people from bots, they might not be able to distinguish people from people.
Eva Senzaj PauramAs the U.S. election looms, World Liberty Financial's whitelist goes live with a firm Donald Trump endorsement.
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 oldest U.S. bank received an exemption from the regulator's accounting rule, which was making crypto custody services unprofitable.
Sasha MarkevichThe acquisition serves as a gateway for Aptos, connecting it with key businesses and stakeholders in the Japanese market.
CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives market, plans to launch a 'physical' Bitcoin product. Kraken secures BMA license to launch regulated derivatives platform in Bermuda. Coinbase plans to delist unauthorized stablecoins from its platform by December 2024. Polymarket launches betting market on Satoshi Nakamoto's identity.
The project has launched its testnet and is nearing a solution to Ethereum’s long-term data availability problem.
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.
Ordinals, an NFT-like project on the Bitcoin blockchain, has gained momentum over the past month, signalling an opportunity for the biggest cryptocurrency. But its accessibility and security still needs to be improved.
Alex HarutunianAlthough the European Central Bank is still undertaking its investigative stages concerning a potential Euro-Zone CBDC, it already seems to be tying itself in knots trying to limit potential disruption to the status quo as far as commercial banks are concerned.
Jack MartinYuga Labs donated CryptoPunk #110 and Larva Labs donated Autoglyph #25 NFTs to the Centre Pompidou for its exhibition scheduled for this coming spring.
Alex HarutunianLast month Brazilian president Inácio Lula da Silva and his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernandez, reignited the idea of a common currency as a means towards an economically independent future.
ObserversThe European Parliament has released a legal draft that confirms the implementation of strict rules for European banks' involvement with crypto assets. Under the proposed rules, crypto assets would be treated as the riskiest type of asset.
ObserversAs part of cooperating with the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), Paxos Trust should stop issuing Binance USD.
Alex HarutunianThe world’s largest decentralized crypto exchange extends its reach into the Binance-backed BNB ecosystem, patches its governance system along the way.
ObserversLoopring and Protocol: Gemini companies have teamed up to work together on the implementation of “immersive Web3 games” to Ethereum Layer 2 (L2).
Alex Harutunian