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New Ripple president says her job is to continue to scale amid crypto winter
27.1.2023
Veteran Ripple executive and former general manager Monica Long said the company has seen record growth in recent months despite crypto winter
Crypto Lender Nexo Under Investigation for Alleged Money Laundering, Russian Sanction Violations in Bulgaria
12.1.2023
According to several reports, Bulgarian law enforcement officials are investigating crypto lender Nexo for alleged money laundering and sanctions violations. Siika Mileva, a spokesperson for Bulgaria’s attorney general, said the probe into Nexo is a large-scale operation involving...
Amazon Web Services Taps Avalanche to Scale Enterprise and Government Solutions
11.1.2023
Ava Labs is the first blockchain to partner with Amazon’s cloud computing platform
Korean VC Firm Daesung Private Equity Announces $83 Million Metaverse Fund
3.12.2022
Daesung Private Equity, a Korean venture capital firm, has announced the launch of a metaverse fund of 110 billion won ($83.5 million). The fund, which will have the participation of the Korean state represented by Korea Venture Investment Corporation’s Korea Fund of Funds, aims to...
Ghana Takes Steps to Operationalize Gold-for-Oil Scheme — Move Expected to Help Halt Cedi’s Depreciation
27.11.2022
According to directives issued by Samuel A. Jinapor, the Ghanaian minister for lands and natural resources, large-scale gold mining companies will be required to “sell 20% of all refined gold at their refineries to the Bank of Ghana.” A gold-for-oil scheme is part of the Ghanaian...
Estonia, US Arrest 2 Suspects in $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
23.11.2022
Law enforcement officers from Estonia and the United States have arrested two men for allegedly committing a large-scale cryptocurrency fraud. The Estonian nationals, who ran a crypto mining service and a fake virtual currency bank, laundered their proceeds, spent on cars and real estate,...
Edward Snowden says he feels 'itch to scale back in' to $16.5K Bitcoin
14.11.2022
Snowden draws attention to buying Bitcoin after the March 2020 crash as BTC price action consolidates below $17,000
Meta reportedly plans 'large-scale layoffs,' but what of its metaverse division?
7.11.2022
As of the end of September, Meta had more than 87,000 employees — a large proportion of which is said to work in the Reality Labs division
Huobi Global denies ‘large-scale layoffs’ and key exec resignations
1.11.2022
A spokesperson from Huobi Global says rumours of layoffs are "untrue" and the "senior management team is performing their duties as per normal."
Conflicting Opinions on Future of US Economy, Bitcoin Added to Guinness World Records, and More — Week in Review
23.10.2022
Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has warned that the United States Federal Reserve’s actions to rein in inflation could lead to a “massive financial crisis” or flight away from the dollar on a global scale. Meanwhile, Joe Biden says the economy is “strong as hell,”...
US Charges Russians, Venezuelans for Sanctions Evasion Using Cryptocurrency
20.10.2022
A group of Russian and Venezuelan nationals have been charged by U.S. authorities for their roles in a scheme to circumvent Western sanctions and launder money on a global scale. They have been accused of obtaining military technologies from American companies, smuggling oil, and disguising money...
Everyrealm Eyes Communities of Scale in the Metaverse
11.10.2022
Everyrealm, a speaker at CoinDesk's IDEAS event, started by investing in metaverse real estate. Now that's only a small part of its portfolio
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Believes Decentralization Is Part of a ‘Gradient Scale’
10.10.2022
Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange by volumes traded, pondered the importance of decentralization and the relation it has with security and freedom. Zhao stated that there are several aspects of decentralization and that this is part of a gradient scale...
Russian Companies Are Using Crypto in Trade Despite Lack of Regulation, Officials Admit
10.10.2022
With limited access to global finances, Russian businesses have begun settling in cryptocurrency with their partners abroad. Although these are still small-scale payments, government officials have noted their increase, which comes even before authorities have decided how to regulate these...
Adding Fluid Typography Support to WordPress Block Themes
7.10.2022
Fluid typography is a fancy way of “describing font properties, such as size or line height, that scale fluidly according to the size of the viewport”. It’s also known by other names, like responsive typography, flexible type, fluid type, …
Adding Fluid Typography Support to WordPress Block...
Gofaizen & Sherle to Help Businesses Scale the New Lithuanian Cryptocurrency Regulations
7.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. In light of the strengthened supervision of the cryptocurrency sector by Lithuania, Gofaizen & Sherle, an international legal and management consulting firm based in Europe, has taken the initiative to assist businesses in navigating these new regulations. According...
Top US Regulators Urge Congress to Pass Legislation on Crypto Assets
5.10.2022
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), a group of the country’s top financial regulators, has urged Congress to pass legislation for the regulation of crypto assets. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said: “Crypto-asset activities could pose risks to U.S. financial...
Circle Launches Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, USDC Issuer Acquires Payment Orchestration Firm Elements
30.9.2022
On Thursday, at the Converge22 event in San Francisco, Circle announced the acquisition of the payment orchestration company Elements. Circle explained that the acquisition includes plans to “quickly scale payment offerings.” Circle says the new service will make it easier...
M-Ventures Under MEXC Completes Brand Upgrade, with Capital Scale Reaching $200M
29.9.2022
On Sept. 28, during the Token2049 event in Singapore, MEXC Exchange officially announced at the MEXC afterparty “M&M Launcher” that its fund was officially upgraded to M-Ventures and a new management team. The upgraded M-Ventures is a comprehensive fund committed to empowering innovations...
Chainlink and CF Benchmarks to Bolster Onchain Transparency via CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve Product
29.9.2022
On Wednesday, the decentralized oracle network platform, Chainlink, announced the launch of a market-wide interest rate product for Web3 protocols and the decentralized finance (defi) economy, called the CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve (CF BIRC). Chainlink revealed the new product at Smartcon 2022...