BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin’s Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates
27.1.2021
Bitcoin maximalists cried foul at the central banker's prognostications
IoT growth, partnerships, ease of mining drive Helium (HNT) price higher
27.1.2021
Helium token soared to a new all-time high as the number of active nodes increases and the community begins making key governance decisions
DoJ, Chainalysis work to break up ransomware network that targets hospitals
27.1.2021
The Department of Justice has seized half a million dollars in crypto from NetWalker, in an operation that also involved Bulgarian authorities
The mayor of Reno appears to be a LINK Marine
27.1.2021
It would seem that Mayor Hillary Schieve of Reno, Nevada is a supporter of Chainlink's blockchain oracle project
Massive Gamestop Short Squeeze Highlights the Fragility of Today’s Financial System
27.1.2021
The bigwigs trading stocks on Wall Street have been upset this week as billion-dollar hedge funds have been crippled by Redditors and memes. Not too long ago, the firm Gamestop’s shares were plummeting, and Wall Street veterans lined up a mountain of short bets against the company’s...
Geopolitics at Stake in US Response to China’s Digital Yuan: Report
27.1.2021
From privacy to political power, China’s digital yuan will have far-reaching implications
BIS: CBDC Research Gaining Steam but Widespread Issuance Years Away
27.1.2021
Central banks remained adamant cryptocurrency does not factor into their CBDC calculus
Bitcoin Doesn’t Care About Your Politics: Why Bitcoin Has More Ideological Flexibility Than We Think
27.1.2021
NLW is joined by three philosophy professors for a discussion of bitcoin, ethics and politics
86% Of Surveyed Central Banks Now Engage In CBDC Work - BIS
27.1.2021
As the world’s central banks are increasingly looking into central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, their focus is shifting into more advanced stages of CBDC engagement, with more banks moving from conceptual work to experimentation, according to a new report by the Bank for International...
Central banks representing a fifth of world’s population likely to issue CBDC in 3 years: BIS
27.1.2021
Many nations are moving to advanced stages of CBDC engagement, according to the Bank for International Settlements
Decentralized Finance’s UNI Token Jumps 92% in One Week, Passes $15
27.1.2021
Uniswap's UNI token has nearly doubled its price in 7 days. The decentralized exchange is seeing volumes higher than last summer, too
Second-Generation Lending Protocol Lendefi Is Coming for Compound’s Crown
27.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Lendefi is a brand-new protocol aiming to provide opportunities such as lending and borrowing, leveraging and investing. Lendefi is an innovative second-generation DeFi lending protocol that allows lenders to earn interest on stablecoin deposits, and for borrowers to obtain...