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Hong Kong’s Largest Virtual Bank Offers Crypto Conversion Services
15.4.2023
ZA Bank, Hong Kong’s biggest virtual-only lender, intends to expand its business into the region’s growing digital assets sector. The banking platform will offer crypto-to-fiat conversions and account services as the Chinese financial center is seeking to embrace the industry. ZA Bank to Provide...
C6 Bank’s Climate Tool to Track CO2 Emissions From Customer Transactions Prompts Debate on Future of Banking
14.4.2023
On April 13, a C6 Bank customer in Brazil shared screenshots of his online bank account, revealing that the financial institution was tracking CO2 emissions from his purchases and urging him to compensate monetarily. C6 Bank states that the new tool aims to inspire Brazilians to adopt more...
Ethereum ERC-4337 ‘bundlers’ — How hard is joining the network?
4.4.2023
Ethereum’s new account abstraction features make crypto more user-friendly, but how hard is it to join the new network?
BRICS Emerges as the World’s Largest GDP Bloc, Propelled by China’s Rapid Expansion
31.3.2023
BRICS, a set of countries grouped as an alternative to the G7, is now the world’s largest gross domestic product (GDP) bloc, taking purchasing power parity into account, according to reports from Acorn Macro Consulting. Powered By China’s growth, the group now contributes 31.5% to...
BUIDL Your Dream Finance With Global Cryptocurrency Trading Platform BYDFi
30.3.2023
Have you ever dreamed about a crypto exchange that is committed to your financial flourishing? A platform that offers all the instruments that you can possibly want and at the same time is also very cost effective? A place where you can learn and practice your trading using a demo account and also...
First Mover Asia: China’s State-Owned Banks Are Soliciting Hong Kong Crypto Business, but Opening an Account Is Hard
28.3.2023
Are bitcoin traders shrugging off the CFTC's action against Binance? Or is there just not enough liquidity to go around?
Twitter Suspends Official Arbitrum Account
27.3.2023
Twitter’s reasoning remained unclear at press time
Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon Faces Extradition to South Korea
24.3.2023
According to a report published by AFP, Do Kwon, CEO of Terraform Labs, has been charged with document forgery in Montenegro. Kwon was arrested at the Podgorica airport while traveling with fake documentation. South Korean prosecutors have said the Terra co-founder faces extradition to South Korea....
Bankruptcy Judge: Celsius Account Holders Can Retrieve 72.5% of Crypto Holdings, Permitted They Opt-In to Settlement Plan
22.3.2023
Custody account holders with the now-bankrupt crypto lender Celsius will be able to get back 72.5% of their holdings, as long as they agree to a settlement plan.
The settlement plan has now been approved by Judge Martin Glenn in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York,...
Breaking: Circle CEO Confirms Hack on Employee Account Promising USDC Airdrop – What's Going On?
22.3.2023
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has revealed that the Twitter account of one of the company's top executives that promised a USDC airdrop has been hacked.
Dante Disparte, who joined Circle as its chief strategy officer and head of global policy in April 2021, said in a suspicious Twitter thread that...
Circle CSO Twitter account breached by scammers
22.3.2023
"Any links to offers are scams. We are investigating the situation and taking action accordingly," wrote USDC issuer Circle
Celsius custody account holders can receive 72.5% of their crypto, says bankruptcy judge
21.3.2023
Should they opt in to the deal, Celsius customers cannot “pursue any litigation, including seeking relief from the automatic stay, turnover, or other claims or causes of action.”
Poloniex announces the launch of sub-account feature
16.3.2023
About Poloniex Established in 2014, Poloniex is a prominent and burgeoning international crypto exchange, which deals in the buying and selling of a broad range of well-known crypto assets, for example, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), etc., for making the exchange of other...
Join the Plena Smart Wallet Referral Program and Win Big with $1,000,000 in PLENA Tokens
10.3.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Plena Smart Wallet, which is one of the first self-custodial wallets to support Account Abstraction is thrilled to unveil its hotly anticipated referral program that offers rewards worth up to $1,000,000 in $Plena tokens. The program aims to incentivize users to invite their friends...
Like Venezuela, Some Retailers in Argentina Are Now Pricing Items in Dollars
8.3.2023
Some retailers in Argentina are already pricing imported items in U.S. dollars, according to reports from local news outlets. The idea behind this would be to keep prices stable and avoid repricing articles each day, a practice that has already been adopted in other Latam countries like Venezuela...
Nigeria Fintech Flutterwave Denies Client Account Hacking Reports
6.3.2023
The Nigerian fintech Flutterwave has rejected reports suggesting that hackers have stolen as much as $6.3 million from user accounts. The fintech firm said a routine check of its transaction monitoring system helped to uncover “an unusual trend of transactions on some users’ profiles.”...
‘Account abstraction’ supercharges Ethereum wallets: Dummies guide
1.3.2023
Ethereum’s just-launched ERC-4337 ‘account abstraction’ standard is a game changer for user-friendly crypto payments and mainstream adoption
Ethereum ERC-4337 'smart accounts' launch at WalletCon: Account abstraction is here
1.3.2023
The long awaited account abstraction standard was believed to be many months off, but will be launched in a surprise announcement at WalletCon in Denver
Ethereum Activates ‘Account Abstraction’ Touted by Co-Founder Buterin as Key Advance
1.3.2023
The news of the upgrade, via the deployment of ERC-4337 as a smart contract, will be shared at an ETHDenver-related event, known as WalletCon
Crypto Wallet Provider Safe Launches Developer Stack Enabling Account Abstraction
1.3.2023
The open-source stack will allow developers to build web3 apps that enable account abstraction while maintaining a web2 user experience