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.
Dogizen launches first-ever ICO on Telegram. 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
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.
Yuga Labs, the company behind the popular NFT collection BAYC, has announced the launch of their new blockchain game, Dookey Dash.
Alex HarutunianThe authorities in Russia and Iran are discussing the creation of a stablecoin tied to gold. The "Token of the Persian Gulf region" will be used for cross-border payments, but first a legislative framework for regulating cryptocurrencies is required.
Alex HarutunianMVRV, a ratio that compares the market capitalization of an asset to its realized capitalization, indicates the beginning of the accumulation phase.
Sasha MarkevichThe Central Bank of Nigeria has slightly eased the cash withdrawal limits policy announced earlier. Nigeria is still on route to a full non-cash economy
Alex HarutunianAs we wrote earlier, 2022 was quite a difficult year for stablecoins, but they managed to reach a record settlement volume, exceeding $7 trillion. Then, Peter Johnson predicted that the total settlement volume of stablecoins in 2023 would bypass Visa.
Alex HarutunianEthereum developers are removing unnecessary elements from the Shanghai Upgrade to allow users to withdraw stacked ETH as soon as possible.
Alex Harutunian“Game of Thrones” Build Your Realm NFT cards sold out in 7 hours, but some buyers were rightfully unhappy with what they got.
Alex HarutunianSo far January sales total for Trump’s NFTs has reduced over 99%, much lower than peak day in December, which makes us think that the demand was just a bubble.
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