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US Fed Wants Answers To 22 Questions About Digital Dollar
21.1.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has released its digital dollar whitepaper, and is seeking answers to 22 questions related to its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project from a wide range of stakeholders....
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Dan Larimer Returns With a 'Multi-Year Plan to Revitalize EOS'
20.1.2022
After rebelling against Block.one, the developer of EOSIO, an open-sourced blockchain software, the EOS community is once again teaming up with Dan Larimer, the former chief technology officer of Block.one, as they're preparing for the "shortest path to EOS independence."...
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CRO Jumps as Crypto.com Releases USD 34M Hack Report
20.1.2022
CRO, the native token of major crypto exchange Crypto.com, is moving up today, as the company published a report detailing the recent attack and the loss of almost USD 34m -- adding that it has reimbursed the affected users.
"The incident affected 483 Crypto.com users. Unauthorized withdrawals...
Abandoned TON Crypto Project Could Be Coming to Telegram After All, in a Different Form
20.1.2022
The Russian social media giant Telegram’s once-grand crypto plans may be dead and buried, but developers working on a network based on the abandoned Telegram Open Network (TON) are edging closer to launching their own version of TON.
The TON platform, which was to make use of a coin named...
Chinese Central Bank: In Pilote Stage, Digital Yuan Has 261M Active Users
20.1.2022
China’s central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has claimed over 261m users in the nation activated digital yuan wallets by the end of last year – in addition to the 20 million-plus who have downloaded its official pilot app, which was released to marketplaces in some cities earlier this...
Top Crypto Trends to Watch in 2022, According to Pantera’s Paul Veradittakit
18.1.2022
With 2022 already underway and the crypto market still sliding lower, it's an excellent time to take a look at what expectations industry insiders have for the crypto landscape in the year before us.
To help you get some insight into what to expect for the year, we took a look at the main...
Polygon Implements Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559; MATIC Dives Today
18.1.2022
The popular Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 scaling solution Polygon (MATIC) has implemented EIP-1559, an Ethereum Improvement Proposal brought forth as a more efficient fee mechanism to Ethereum's first-price auction fee calculating system.
At 10 UTC on Tuesday morning, Polygon is trading at USD 2.17...
20m+ Chinese Now Reportedly Using Central Bank’s Digital Yuan App
18.1.2022
Over 20m people have now downloaded the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital yuan app, media outlets in the country have reported....
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Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 3
17.1.2022
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here. ...
Crypto Market Sentiment Falls Again, Bitcoin & Chainlink Take Top Spots
17.1.2022
Following two consecutive weeks of drops, the overall sentiment in the crypto market has continued to worsen this week. According to the market sentiment analysis service Omenics, the average 7-day sentiment score (sentscore) for the top 10 cryptocurrencies worsened from 5.06 last Monday to...
Crypto.com Suspends Withdrawals After 'Unauthorized Activity'
17.1.2022
Major crypto platform Crypto.com has suspended withdrawals and says that all funds are safe after what has been described as “unauthorized activity” in a small number of user accounts.
The update from Crypto.com followed user reports from earlier today about unusual on-chain activity from...
Altcoins Gain Bigger Share in Payments, Crypto Spending on Luxury Goods Jumped in 2021 - BitPay
17.1.2022
Crypto payments processor BitPay says that the bitcoin (BTC) payments at merchants who use the company’s services dropped to 65% of all processed payments last year -- a decline from 92% in 2020. ...
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Olympus Sheds 35% in Price and USD 474M in Market Cap as Whale Dumps the Coin
17.1.2022
OHM, the native token of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Olympus, plunged by nearly 35% at around 2 am UTC on January 17, as a whale unloaded OHM 82,526 (worth USD 13.3m at the time), which triggered a series of liquidations that exacerbated the price drop.
In terms of market...
FTX Launches a USD 2B Blockchain & Web3 Fund
14.1.2022
Major crypto derivatives exchange FTX has launched a USD 2bn venture fund, FTX Ventures.
The new fund is focused on “backing the world's best teams building in the digital asset ecosystem,” the company said. It seeks to invest in multi-stage companies and projects, with the team stating that...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Extend Decline, Dogecoin Rises
14.1.2022
Bitcoin price started a downside correction from USD 44,000. BTC traded below the USD 43,200 and USD 43,000 support levels. It is currently (11:30 UTC) trading below USD 42,500 and there is a risk of further downsides.
Similarly, most major altcoins are extending losses. ETH traded below the...
US Regulator Calls For Stablecoin Bank Regulation, Coordinated Regulatory Approach To Crypto
14.1.2022
Stabilizing stablecoins and paving the way for a coordinated and collaborative regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies should become the key focus of American regulators -- and bank regulation could provide stablecoin holders with more confidence and security, according to Michael J. Hsu, Acting...
Tether Freezes USD 160M-Heavy Addresses on Law Enforcement Request
14.1.2022
Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) froze three addresses on Ethereum (ETH), which together hold USD 160m worth of assets.
This has been confirmed by Tether, stating that they have done so upon request from law enforcement, per Coindesk.
Per data analytics site Bloxy, Tether itself has so...
Tesla Accepts Dogecoin Payments for its Merch, DOGE Rallies
14.1.2022
Electric vehicle maker Tesla is experimenting with dogecoin (DOGE) payments, opening up a range of products to the cryptocurrency’s users....
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Prosecutors Want to Put ‘Bogus’ Crypto Exchange Chiefs Behind Bars for Life in Legal First
14.1.2022
The seven alleged ringleaders behind VGlobal, a suspected high-profile South Korean scam crypto exchange that allegedly sucked in some 52,419 investors in South Korea to the tune of USD 2bn, could be handed life sentences, marking a new legal first for fraudsters operating in the sector....
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BIS Claims a CBDC Interoperability Victory – While US Congressman Bids to Block Digital USD
13.1.2022
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says it has made another breakthrough in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interoperability project – claiming that it has “successfully tested” the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks....
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