Ethereum has reclaimed its position as the primary blockchain for hosting USDT for the first time since 2022. Tether is minting new stablecoins on Ethereum as it expects higher demand.
Sasha MarkevichCurrently, only whitelisted parties can deploy EVM smart contracts on the mainnet. However, anyone can interact with the already deployed smart contracts.
Alexander MardarOnce a promising Layer 1 blockchain, HECO failed to sustain growth, facing declining user interest and security and liquidity issues.
Sasha MarkevichCoinbase and Circle joined forces to offer 4.75% APY for USDC holders. This partnership is expected to attract users to Coinbase’s products, while also boosting the usage of USDC.
Alexander MardarCoinbase delisting of wrapped Bitcoin comes as a surprise and leaves many questions unanswered.
Eva Senzaj PauramEthereum has reclaimed its position as the primary blockchain for hosting USDT for the first time since 2022. Tether is minting new stablecoins on Ethereum as it expects higher demand.
Sasha MarkevichWith Solana’s staking market booming, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are reaping the rewards, leveraging their position to maximize staking and trading revenues.
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
Tether discontinues EURT stablecoin. Tron is the only profitable L1 in 2024. Bitwise files S-1 for ETF holding both Bitcoin and Ether. Japanese firm Remixpoint invests $3,2M in Bitcoin. Brazil introduces bill for national Bitcoin reserve in Chamber of Deputies. Trump administration considers CFTC to lead digital asset regulation.
Shanghai Judge Sun Jie drew a line between personal crypto holdings and banned activities as the underground market thrives.
Riding the memecoin wave to scam inexperienced and busy users, hackers have built “poisoned” repositories of trading bots, from which ChatGTP eventually trained.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered. CBDC Updates 'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Happy Sunday, Observers! Good things come to those who wait, and we waited. Bitcoin was $500 short from $100,000 after the news that the world’s leading anti-crypto crusader, SEC’s chair Gary Gensler, is leaving its post. Now that we are throwing precautions out the window, wild things
The two-hour downtime was due to a bug in the transaction scheduling logic, which led to validators crashing. The incident resulted in a drop in SUI's price and raised doubts about the network’s ability to compete with Solana.
The zero-knowledge privacy application is gaining momentum on Farcaster, which has been grappling with a 96% decline in monthly revenue since February.
Notcoin faced some challenges at launch but generally proved that the team has managed to literally create something from "Probably Nothing (c)".
Sasha MarkevichThe risk associated with cryptocurrencies hasn't stopped some of the largest banks in America, wealth management funds, or even pension funds from adding Bitcoin ETFs to their portfolios.
Eva Senzaj PauramDespite repeated attempts to resist further questioning, Elon Musk will have to answer the SEC's questions about his Twitter takeover.
Sasha MarkevichMicroStrategy's ascendancy to the MSCI rankings marks another subtle milestone in the crypto world's quest for mass adoption.
ObserversOpenAI's CEO proposes a resource-based UBI system in which everyone gets access to powerful AI tools instead of money. While the concept of Universal Basic Services is not new, combining it with AI is revolutionary but adventurous.
Mathilde AdamRussian President Vladimir Putin, and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, have both spoken of their ambition for BRICS to launch its own global currency — potentially cutting the dollar out of the picture.
ObserversSupported by industry giants, Symbiotic aims to disrupt Eigenlayer's dominance by accepting a wide range of ERC-20 tokens for staking, unlike Eigenlayer’s ETH-only support.
Alexander MardarUrbit explores a future of self-owned data and applications through its newly launched technical journal and developer conference talks, fostering innovation and delving into the technical intricacies of the unique ecosystem.
Mathilde AdamWith Solana’s staking market booming, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are reaping the rewards, leveraging their position to maximize staking and trading revenues.
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
Tether discontinues EURT stablecoin. Tron is the only profitable L1 in 2024. Bitwise files S-1 for ETF holding both Bitcoin and Ether. Japanese firm Remixpoint invests $3,2M in Bitcoin. Brazil introduces bill for national Bitcoin reserve in Chamber of Deputies. Trump administration considers CFTC to lead digital asset regulation.
Shanghai Judge Sun Jie drew a line between personal crypto holdings and banned activities as the underground market thrives.
Riding the memecoin wave to scam inexperienced and busy users, hackers have built “poisoned” repositories of trading bots, from which ChatGTP eventually trained.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered. CBDC Updates 'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Happy Sunday, Observers! Good things come to those who wait, and we waited. Bitcoin was $500 short from $100,000 after the news that the world’s leading anti-crypto crusader, SEC’s chair Gary Gensler, is leaving its post. Now that we are throwing precautions out the window, wild things
The two-hour downtime was due to a bug in the transaction scheduling logic, which led to validators crashing. The incident resulted in a drop in SUI's price and raised doubts about the network’s ability to compete with Solana.