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BRICS Bank Official Discusses Common Currency as Reports of Gold-Backed BRICS Currency Gain Attention
9.7.2023
The BRICS Bank’s vice president and chief financial officer has shed light on the economic bloc’s aspiration to develop a common BRICS currency. His remarks followed recent reports suggesting that Russia has confirmed the BRICS’ plan to introduce a gold-backed common currency, with...
Report: Zimbabwe Central Bank Begins Gold-Backed Digital Currency ‘Dry Run’
8.7.2023
According to a report, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has commenced trials, or the “dry run” test, for the viability of launching a gold-backed digital currency. Nelson Mupunga, the director of economic research at the central bank, reportedly said the digital currency will act as...
Sam Bankman-Fried backed out of FTX sponsorship deal with Taylor Swift: Report
6.7.2023
The report contradicts the narrative from many media outlets that Taylor Swift’s team had done its due diligence in considering the FTX deal before pulling out
AI-Backed Blockchain Data Startup Web3Go Raises $4M
5.7.2023
Binance Labs led the round with HashKey Capital, NGC and Shima Capital among the other backers
Sun Sets on Venezuela’s Petro – Is the State-backed Crypto Now ‘Dead?’
4.7.2023
The sun may have set on Venezuela’s crypto dream, experts say – with some claiming that the nation’s oil-pegged Petro coin may be “dead.”
The coin was launched in October 2018, and made headlines when its masterminds claimed it was the first state-backed cryptoasset.
The government said that...
Change the Code Blasts Wall Street for Propping Up Bitcoin Initiatives
30.6.2023
Change The Code, a Greenpeace-backed initiative that seeks to change Bitcoin’s consensus algorithm, has blasted Wall Street companies for the support they are showing to Bitcoin-related activities. On social media, it has called out companies like Fidelity, Blackrock, JPMorgan, and Goldman...
Gary Vaynerchuk-Backed Candy Digital and Web3 Production Company Palm NFT Studio Announce Merger
29.6.2023
Working together under the Candy Digital name, the two startups will bring their digital experiences within sports, entertainment, arts and culture across major brands including MLB, NASCAR, Netflix and more
IFC-Backed Carbon Opportunities Fund Uses Chia Network to Settle Tokenized Carbon Credits
28.6.2023
Investment company Sumitomo Corporation of Americas purchased a batch of tokenized carbon offsets from the Carbon Opportunities Fund
Biggest Movers: BCH Hits 1-Year High, as EDX Markets Rally Intensifies
27.6.2023
Bitcoin cash rose to a one-year high on Tuesday, as traders continued to buy the token following last week’s EDX markets listing. The newly formed exchange, which is backed by the likes of Citadel, Sequoia Capital and Fidelity, listed the coin in its offering. Litecoin was another token...
Avalanche-Backed Web3 Gaming Studio Pixion Games Closes $5.5M Seed Round
27.6.2023
The funds will go towards building out Fableborne, the studio’s flagship Web3 game
Zimbabwe's Gold-Backed Digital Token Won't Fix the Country's Currency Woes, Economists Say
27.6.2023
Sound macroeconomic policies like raising interest rates and bringing down the country's deficit could dampen Zimbabwe's currency instability, economists said
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire: ‘Other Governments Are Regulating Digital Dollars Before the US’
26.6.2023
Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, the company behind the issuance of usd coin (USDC), has expressed his worries about the state of stablecoin regulation in the U.S. In a congressional hearing, Allaire stated that other governments were already regulating the issuance of digital dollars (dollar-backed...
Crypto Market Rises by $30B in 48 Hours — Bitcoin Cash Leads With 88% Weekly Gain
25.6.2023
On Sunday, June 25, the cryptocurrency market experienced a modest increase in value, climbing from $1.21 trillion two days prior to its current value of $1.24 trillion. Bitcoin has surged 15% in the past week, while ethereum has risen over 10% against the U.S. dollar. Furthermore, numerous other...
Garlinghouse: SEC Official Received ‘Millions’ From Vested Interests, Tradfi Heavyweight Crypto Exchange EDX Launches, Peter Schiff on USD Decline — Week in Review
25.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently asserted that former SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman “received millions of dollars of payments from his law firm” which had a vested interest in a well-known 2018 speech given by the then SEC official. In other news, crypto exchange...
Venezuela to Integrate Russian Mir Payments System in De-Dollarization Push
24.6.2023
The government of Venezuela has announced that it is currently working to integrate Mir, a Russian electronic card and transfer payments system. President Nicolas Maduro backed this integration, stating that this move is part of a de-dollarization push. More than 40,000 payment terminals are being...
Today in Crypto: Citadel & Fidelity-Backed EDX Launches Trading, Core Scientific Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan, Canadian Securities Administrators Warns About Fraudulent Crypto Companies
21.6.2023
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Galaxy-Backed Investment Platform Truvius Taps CoinDesk Indices for Digital Asset Portfolios
21.6.2023
The sectors Truvius will offer on its platform include currency, DeFi, smart contracts, and others based on CDI's Digital Asset Classification Standard
Crypto Exchange Backed by Fidelity, Schwab, Citadel Launches With Trading of 4 Cryptocurrencies
21.6.2023
The cryptocurrency exchange backed by Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital Assets, Paradigm, Sequoia Capital, and Virtu Financial has launched and completed a new funding round. The platform offers the trading of four cryptocurrencies. EDX Crypto Exchange Launches EDX Markets...
Crypto Exchange Backed by Fidelity, Schwab and Citadel Launches With Additional Investors
20.6.2023
EDX Markets (EDX), which is backed by Fidelity Digital Assets, Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities has launched in the U.S. after building out its technology for the past nine months, the company announced Tuesday
Global Crypto Regulations for DeFi Backed by France's Markets Regulator
20.6.2023
France's markets watchdog, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), said it fully supports globally coordinated, clear regulation for decentralized finance (DeFi) in order to protect users while fostering the novel and innovative sector's growth.
The AMF published its paper on DeFi on Monday...