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Ex-Meta Engineer’s Layer-1 Blockchain Linera Raises $6M in New Funding
16.8.2023
The layer-1 blockchain’s initial seed funding round was led by a16z crypto and has now raised $12 million in total
BitGo Raises $100M After Scrapping Prime Trust Deal: Bloomberg
16.8.2023
The raises comes nearly two months after BitGo ended its plan to buy beleaguered rival Prime Trust
Coinbase Finally Wins Approval to List Crypto Futures in U.S.
16.8.2023
The approval makes Coinbase the first crypto-first platform to offer regulated and leveraged crypto futures alongside alongside traditional spot trading
Binance to Shut Down Crypto Payments Service Amid Refocus On Core Products
15.8.2023
Crypto exchange Binance has decided to shut down its buy-and-sell service Binance Connect, formerly known as Bifinity, just one year after its launch, the company said in a statement
G20 Set to Crystalize Global Crypto Rules as India Wraps Up Presidency
15.8.2023
G20 nations are set to crystalize crypto policies, the closest we may have come to globally coordinated rules for the industry. India has been at the helm of the efforts as the current president of the G20 and is likely to celebrate the progress during the Leaders' Summit in September
Dinari Raises $7.5M for Decentralized Stock Trading Platform
15.8.2023
Backers for the dShares platform, which will be available ex-US, included a Susquehanna subsidiary
Artificial Intelligence Trend is Accelerating With ‘Lion’s Share’ in the U.S.: Morgan Stanley
15.8.2023
The banking giant said in a report that around 15% of companies quantified a revenue or cost-benefit from applying machine learning in the first half of the year
Europe's First Spot Bitcoin ETF Lists in Amsterdam
15.8.2023
Jacobi first won approval for the fund in October 2021 with plans to list it in 2022. However the firm opted to push back its plans due to inopportune circumstances elsewhere in the digital asset market
Ex-FTX exec Salame won’t testify in alleged illegal campaign donation case
15.8.2023
Ryan Salame plans to plead the Fifth if he is asked to testify at Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial, according to United States prosecutors
‘Green Finance’ Options Emerge for China’s Digital Yuan
15.8.2023
More Chinese firms are using the digital yuan, the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), to access funding for “green” business projects.
Per Nanfang Daily News (via SouthCN), an electronics firm in Guangdong Province, Southeast China, became the first company in the province to access...
Latest superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried includes campaign finance allegations
14.8.2023
The U.S. Justice Department dropped a campaign finance violations charge on Sam Bankman-Fried's indictment in July, but said it will consider the alleged scheme in other counts
Report: Embracer's $2 Billion Deal That Blew Up Was With Saudi Arabia
14.8.2023
Embracer Group, the Swedish holding company that’s been buying up everything from Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment to the rights to The Lord of the Rings, saw its stock plummet earlier this year when a mystery $2 billion deal collapsed at the last minute. Axios now reports that the partner...
BRICS Is No Joke, Bloc Could Become G7 Counterpart, Experts Say
14.8.2023
The BRICS challenge to the world’s established economic order is not a joke, according to experts in the field of international relations. Now that the bloc, which unites leading emerging markets, accounts for over a quarter of the global gross domestic product (GDP), it could become a counterpart...
Defi Market Rebounds: Value Locked Rises to Nearly $42 Billion, Token Market Swells
13.8.2023
On the verge of dipping below the $40 billion mark on August 2, the overall value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has made a comeback, rising to over $41 billion. Additionally, the defi crypto sector has swelled to $45.08 billion, reflecting a 6.17% rise in just a day. Defi Resurgence:...
Redefining Possibilities in RWAs: BG Trade Gears Up for 2 Exchange Listings and IDO Debut
12.8.2023
PRESS RELEASE. In the ever-evolving landscape of finance and investments, BG Trade has emerged as a trailblazing platform that reshapes real-world assets (RWA) issuance and trading. The company’s innovative approach introduces a groundbreaking concept known as the “Meta-Asset...
Curve Finance vows to reimburse users after $62 million hack
12.8.2023
The platform further emphasizes its current priority, which revolves around assessing the proportional portions of each impacted user
Curve Finance vows to reimburse users after $62M hack
12.8.2023
The platform said it would assess each impacted user for reimbursement
Russia to Test Digital Ruble in 11 Cities, Moscow Subway
12.8.2023
Russia’s capital Moscow and 10 other cities will host pilot tests for the digital ruble, Bank of Russia Deputy Governor Olga Skorobogatova announced. Over a dozen Russian banks are going to take part in the trials with real transactions and users scheduled to commence in mid-August. Russia Prepares...
DeFi tries to recover from Curve hack, but exploits continue: Finance Redefined
12.8.2023
Binance jumped in with a $5 million Curve token investment to help with efforts to minimize the risk of contagion
DeFi tries to recover from Curve hack, but exploits continue: Finance Redefined
12.8.2023
Binance jumped in with a $5 million Curve token investment to help with efforts to minimize the risk of contagion