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.
Ubisoft to launch 10,000-piece NFT collection on Arbitrum via Magic Eden. EigenLayer probes unapproved 1M EIGEN token sale on MetaMask. Tether to launch new tech solution for Europe's evolving regulations. Dogizen launches first-ever ICO on Telegram. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives market, plans to launch
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.
The Marshall Islands, where DAOs were previously recognized as legal entities, have now passed a law making DAOs limited liability companies.
Sasha MarkevichThe President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., spoke about the upcoming launch of a national stablecoin pegged to the dollar. Ripple will help the island state to implement its plans.
Alex HarutunianFrom 2023, the Financial Services Agency of Japan will legalize the distribution of foreign stablecoins in the country. At the same time, Kraken crypto exchange is shutting down work on the Japanese crypto market.
Alex HarutunianBinance.US is to purchase Voyager Digital assets for $1 billion. Previously, FTX US had won the auction for the assets of Voyager Digital.
Alex HarutunianIn this year-end post we want to pay tribute to the single most important trigger in #moneytech development of the last decade - Bitcoin.
Alex HarutunianThe BitKeep crypto trading platform has been attacked by hackers. Hackers managed to embed malicious code in the APK application of BitKeep. The total losses of the platform's users amounted to about $8 million.
Alex HarutunianKarl Sebastian Greenwood – co-founder of OneCoin – pleaded guilty for fraud and money laundering in a Manhattan Federal Court. He will be prisoned for 60 years.
Alex HarutunianThe government has approved the release of its own stablecoin for the province of San Luis, which will be pegged to the US dollar, as well as fully backed by liquid assets of the province.
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