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G7 Finance Chiefs to Publish Common Rules for State-Issued Digital Currencies This Year
6.6.2021
The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have met and agreed to work towards common principles for state-backed digital currencies and publish their conclusions this year. They said these digital currencies “could act as both a liquid, safe settlement asset and as an anchor for...
Yearn.Finance in Miami: Developer talks new vaults, products, and verticals
6.6.2021
Layer-2, DEX liquidity pool position vaults, and insurance is on the horizon for the rapidly-expanding team
Study Shows 36% of Nigerian Adults Are Financially Excluded — Digital Financial Services Bolsters Inclusion
6.6.2021
Nearly 36% of Nigeria’s 106 million adults lack access to both regulated and unregulated financial services, according to the findings of the Enhancing Financial Innovations and Access (EFIA) study. In addition, while the findings do suggest a marginal drop in the percentage of financially...
De-Dollarization: Russia Removing All US Dollar Assets From Its $600 Billion National Wealth Fund
5.6.2021
Russia has reportedly announced that U.S. dollar assets will be removed from its National Wealth Fund as U.S. sanctions on Moscow intensify. The fund, which currently totals about $600.9 billion, forms part of Russia’s gold and currency reserves. Russia Steps up De-Dollarization Efforts...
Kalashnikov Eyes Digital Ruble Settlements as Russia Aims to Replace ‘Dirty Money’
5.6.2021
Kalashnikov Group, the Russian firearms manufacturer, is ready to transition to settlements in digital currency. The announcement came from the international economic forum in Saint Petersburg where the central bank of Russia reaffirmed its intention to replace “dirty”...
Crypto CFDs Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms – Here’s Why
4.6.2021
Thanks to its high volatility and price momentum, cryptocurrency is an increasingly popular asset class amongst retail day traders. CFDs that track price changes in major tokens make cryptos even more accessible for investors without the steep learning curve that traditionally accompanies...
BSC's Impossible Finance raises $7M for multi-chain DeFi incubator
4.6.2021
DeFi protocol Impossible Finance is building a multi-chain incubator to expand out from BSC
ECB: Digital Euro to Boost Global Appeal of European Money, Fight ‘Artificial Currencies’
4.6.2021
The digitization of traditional currencies like the euro has the potential to increase their international appeal, the European Central Bank says in a new report. A failure to offer a digital currency would endanger financial stability, ECB warns. The regulator is concerned about the prospect...
Data Shows BSC Dapps Lost $167 Million Last Month From Flash Loan Attacks
3.6.2021
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) decentralized applications (dapps) have been hit with a number of flash loan attacks in recent weeks. According to collected data by Rekt, during the last 30 days BSC has lost a total of $167 million from these flash loan exploits. Flash Loan Hackers Prey on Binance Smart...
Defi Economy Is Recovering Faster Than Most Crypto Assets After Market Rout
3.6.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) exchanges and tokens are recovering a lot faster than a great number of digital assets that lost more than 40% in value last week. Defi tokens like curve, kyber network, terra, hxro, and more have been seeing double-digit gains. On May 23, the defi economy’s...
New DeFi ‘passport’ could enable under-collateralized crypto loans
3.6.2021
Arcx has launched a new version of its “DeFi Passport,” Sapphire, promising the pseudonymous on-chain credit check will enable new decentralized finance products
Beijing to Disperse $6 Million in Digital Yuan in a Red Envelope Lottery
3.6.2021
China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) continues to gain further ground as the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau revealed 40 million worth of the country’s digital yuan ($6.3 million) will be distributed to Chinese citizens. Beijing and China’s...
Guggenheim Registers Fund That Allows Bitcoin Exposure After CIO Calls Crypto Tulipmania, Predicts BTC Crash
3.6.2021
Guggenheim has registered a new fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that could have exposure to cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin. The filing came as the asset management firm’s chief investment officer repeatedly made bearish bitcoin predictions, calling...
Bonded.Finance (BOND) Token Is Now Listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange
2.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is ecstatic to announce the listing of BOND, being available to trade on the 2nd June 2021 at 12:00PM UTC. BOND was created by the Bonded.Finance team, as the driver and receipt of value within their platform. BOND will start trading with BTC and USDT pairs. What...
Last Year, The Pokémon Company Made More Money Than Ever
2.6.2021
In 2020, The Pokémon Company posted record profits ever with a 21.2 percent increase in net profit compared to the previous year.Read more
Nintendo Is Opening A Museum In Japan
2.6.2021
Nintendo just announced plans to take one of its old production facilities in Japan and turn it into the “Nintendo Gallery”, a place to “showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history”.Read more
Possible Yearn rival Convex Finance passes $1 billion in total value locked
1.6.2021
Both Yearn and Convex rely heavily on Curve, but that doesn't necessarily mean the two are in competition
Composable Finance raises $7M for cross-chain and cross-layer DeFi interoperability
1.6.2021
Composable Finance has secured funding from several blockchain investment firms as it seeks to foster greater interoperability in the emerging decentralized finance market
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Launches First Security Token Offering on Its Cryptocurrency Exchange
1.6.2021
DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, has launched its first security token offering (STO) on its cryptocurrency exchange. The DBS Digital Bond is priced at 15 million Singapore dollars. “We expect asset tokenization to increasingly become more mainstream,” said a DBS executive....
Thailand to target DeFi in latest regulatory clampdown
1.6.2021
A new DeFi yield farming platform in Thailand has rattled regulators