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Galaxy Digital books $860M in net comprehensive income in Q1
17.5.2021
Twelve months earlier, the company recorded a comprehensive loss of $26.9 million
Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research Shows
17.5.2021
A new report shows that the banking system consumes more than twice the amount of energy that bitcoin does. The authors analyzed bitcoin’s energy usage and compared it to the banking and gold industries. Banking System Consumes Much More Energy Than Bitcoin Galaxy Digital published a report...
Crypto Markets Take Deep Losses, Global Trade Volumes Skyrocket, Elon Battles Crypto Twitter
16.5.2021
Bitcoin and a slew of digital currency markets are seeing significant losses on Sunday as a majority of coins are down between 2-15% during the last 24 hours. The entire crypto-economy has dropped more than 6% and bitcoin dominance is down to 40% the lowest the metric has been in two years. Crypto...
Sunday Comics: Predators?
16.5.2021
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
Does Digital Yuan Threaten Global Stability?
16.5.2021
Daniel Broby, Director, Centre for Financial Regulation and Innovation, University of Strathclyde.
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China is making promising progress with testing its digital yuan currency. It has announced the success of a pilot in Suzhou City, near Shanghai in eastern China, where 181,000 consumers were...
Iranian Tax Agency to Profile Owners of Cryptocurrency Exchanges
16.5.2021
Cryptocurrencies have been a cause for concern in Teheran as the digital assets have attracted capital from other, traditional markets. The parliament’s leadership has now asked the tax agency to profile the owners of Iranian platforms facilitating cryptocurrency trading and report to...
As Bitcoin Drops in Value, Proof-of-Stake Tokens That Use Less Energy See Double-Digit Gains
15.5.2021
Crypto markets have been very volatile in recent times and a great number of digital assets have dropped more than 30% in value during the last three days. Although, not all the coins in the crypto economy are doing badly, as coins that do not leverage proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithms have...
Liberian Central Bank Asks Local Crypto Startup to Drop its Plan to Launch a Digital Asset
15.5.2021
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has warned against a local crypto startup’s plan to proceed with the introduction of a digital financial product without adhering to the required regulation. According to the CBL, this act will not only be illegal but this will likely “undermine...
Quick, Take A Dip In Animal Crossing Before Nintendo Fixes The Glitch
15.5.2021
Animal Crossing New Horizons players just discovered a new glitch that lets them climb inside different objects, including pools and bathtubs. The glitch quickly grew popular and many players are asking Nintendo to leave it in the game. Read more
Delphi Digital forms $5 million NFT investment ‘syndicate’
14.5.2021
The new investment wing will focus on NFTs and NFT infrastructure
Square Declares It Won’t Buy More Bitcoin, Cites Network’s Carbon Footprint
14.5.2021
Square, a fintech and digital payments company, has declared earlier today it doesn’t have plans to purchase more bitcoin in the near future. The company also referred to the carbon footprint of the Bitcoin network and how it is a real issue that needs to be tackled in the future. Square...
Investment Bank Cowen to Help Institutions Seamlessly Put Cryptocurrencies in Their Portfolios
14.5.2021
Investment bank Cowan, founded in 1918, is launching a cryptocurrency service in partnership with Standard Custody & Trust Co. to help institutional clients “seamlessly secure, access and leverage cryptocurrencies and digital assets in their portfolios.” Cowan’s CEO said:...
UK will likely need to issue a digital currency, says BoE deputy governor
14.5.2021
The Bank of England's deputy governor has argued that, with the possible rise of non-bank actors issuing currency, public money in digital form could serve as a crucial anchor for confidence in money as a social convention
Shanghai Man: Aping out of gorilla token, digital dollar Biden its time... and more
14.5.2021
An up and down week filled with high volumes for animal tokens and a flurry of digital yuan news, capped by a large fundraising round for Babel Finance
Does Mike Novogratz hold more than $5B in crypto?
13.5.2021
In a recent interview, the Galaxy Digital founder said his crypto investments amounted to 85% of his net worth
Central Bank of Bahrain and JPMorgan to work on digital currency settlement pilot
13.5.2021
The Central Bank of Bahrain expects that its digital currency collaboration with JPMorgan and Bank ABC could extend to a CBDC
Bitcoin Markets Blood Red After Tesla Announcement, Crypto Economy Sheds Billions
13.5.2021
Digital currency markets have seen better days, as billions of dollars were shaved off the entire crypto-economy after Tesla revealed it would not be accepting bitcoin over environmental concerns. The entire market capitalization of all the crypto assets in existence has dipped under the...
US SEC Has Brought 75 Enforcement Actions on Crypto Industry
13.5.2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought 75 enforcement actions against companies and individuals in the crypto industry so far, according to a new report by Cornerstone Research. The agency also brought 19 trading suspension orders against digital asset market participants...
Hong Kong to expand pilots for cross-border use of digital yuan
13.5.2021
The first phase of tests for use of the digital yuan across borders has been successful, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has said
Diem parters with Silvergate bank to launch stablecoin in the US
13.5.2021
Facebook-initiated Diem Association announces a new model of its upcoming stablecoin that is set to be issued by California state-chartered bank Silvergate