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Binance saw a sharp decline in spot and derivatives trading, marking its lowest market share in four years. Is this the inevitable readjustment as it falls into regulatory line? Or has the company seen too much upheaval?
Sasha MarkevichWhile Ripple pushes forward with its ambitious expansion plans in Dubai and Brazil, and prepares for the launch of its RLUSD stablecoin, the blockchain giant now must prepare to counter the U.S. agency's appeal.
Mathilde AdamThe latest October jobs report by the United States Labour Department exceeded expectations and confirmed the resilience of the world's largest economy.
Eva Senzaj PauramThe oldest U.S. bank received an exemption from the regulator's accounting rule, which was making crypto custody services unprofitable.
Sasha MarkevichAs the U.S. election looms, World Liberty Financial's whitelist goes live with a firm Donald Trump endorsement.
Rebecca DentonBinance saw a sharp decline in spot and derivatives trading, marking its lowest market share in four years. Is this the inevitable readjustment as it falls into regulatory line? Or has the company seen too much upheaval?
Sasha MarkevichSWIFT's take on unified ledgers, IMF's CBDC research and Brazil DREX vision. In the tokenization segment, Visa unveils a new tokenization platform that'll allow central banks and financial institutions to launch their own stablecoins.
Happy Sunday, Observers! The escalation of conflicts in the Middle East is shaking up markets, and crypto is no exception. With panic settling amongst investors, the price of all cryptocurrencies has dipped this week. While it doesn’t curb the blow of the geopolitical tensions unfolding, the news that the
The acquisition serves as a gateway for Aptos, connecting it with key businesses and stakeholders in the Japanese market.
Bahrain’s National Bank launches first Bitcoin investment fund. Bitget wallet integrates Grass AI for passive rewards. Tether and USDT celebrate 10th anniversary. Crypto sponsorships in EPL rise to £130M, signaling industry's push for legitimacy. Ethereum proposal EIP-7781 aims to cut block times from 12 to 8 seconds.
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.
The Merge has recently been successfully completed. Now Ethereum is fully working on Proof-of-Stake. But, there are elements that make us doubt about the decentralization of the Ethereum network.
Alex HarutunianBIS devoted one third of its 2022 Annual Economic Report for the discussion of the Future Monetary System. In their vision, Central Banks will have the core role, adopting innovations of DLT, leading and supervising the ecosystem of banks, PSP and other participants.
Alex HarutunianOnce upon a time one big private company came up with an idea of reinventing money and changing the financial world. It failed. Prof. Dahlia Malkhi, who was working on Facebook's unified digital currency Diem (previously Libra), explained why in an interview with Calcalist. For her, it all
ObserversBoth, SEC and Ripple filed motions for summary judgment – meaning each side declares that they have arguments that can win the case without a trial. XRP price reacted positively but are there any grounds?
Alex HarutunianJust about two weeks ago the Labour Policy Council discussed paying digital salaries to workers instead of traditional cash through bank accounts. Despite the fact that Japanese law permits only cash payments for salaries, businesses are allowed to use accounts at financial institution as recipients of the salary. Now that
ObserversLong time no see: Urbit, an ambitious project of “fixing” the internet that started in 2013 - a decade ago! - could be coming back to the spotlight.
Sasha MarkevichThe Curve developers have posted a JavaScript library on the web, which should help when launching their own stable coin, the Curve stable coin - crvUSD.
Alex HarutunianBitcoin Depot, a crypto ATM company confirmed its plan to go public.
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