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Sweden’s Riksbank Releases Final Report on CBDC Project
21.3.2024
Sweden’s Riksbank has released its final report on its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the e-Krona, which focused on offline payments.
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Hong Kong Central Bank Raises Red Flag on Deceptive Digital Currency Trial Entities
21.3.2024
Hong Kong's central bank cautioned the public Wednesday about schemes falsely claiming association with its e-HKD pilot projects. The warning comes as Hong Kong explores the potential of a central bank digital currency through various trial projects.
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PS5 Pro May Not Run GTA 6 At 60 Frames Per Second
20.3.2024
Details about the PS5 Pro keep leaking all over the place, with us recently learning that it’s likely targeting a holiday 2024 release window and that it will apparently feature “PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution,” whatever that is. While headlines are suggesting this is “the most powerful...
Stablecoin Market Surpasses $150B, a First in 18 Months, After $980M Growth in 5 Days
20.3.2024
The stablecoin sector achieved a significant milestone on March 20, 2024, hitting the $150 billion mark as the dollar-anchored market continues its expansion. In the last five days, the stablecoin sphere expanded by $980 million, breaking past the latest threshold. Stablecoin Market Value Tops $150...
British Virgin Islands Sets Sights on Becoming Global Hub for Digital Assets
20.3.2024
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is aiming to become a major hub for digital asset activities. To achieve this, the territory is working to execute rules and systems that would enable participation in the expanding digital asset market.
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Russia Introduces Bill to Apply Money Laundering Controls to Digital Ruble Transactions
20.3.2024
A group of lawmakers in Russia introduced a bill that would extend money laundering controls to digital ruble transactions. The proposal, spearheaded by the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov, establishes different responsibilities for platform participants...
Paradigm Supports Coinbase’s Case Against the SEC, Files Amicus Curiae Brief
19.3.2024
Paradigm has filed an amicus curiae brief supporting Coinbase in its legal battle against the SEC. The crypto investment firm argues that the SEC's refusal to provide clear regulatory guidance for digital assets is hindering compliance efforts and pushing businesses overseas. Coinbase's case...
CoinShares Report: Investors Remain Bullish on Bitcoin Despite Market Downturn
19.3.2024
A report by CoinShares on the performance of Bitcoin investment products sheds new light on how the recently launched spot Bitcoin ETFs, together with bullish investment, have helped the products post all-time high inflows last week. Published yesterday, the digital asset manager’s findings...
Galaxy Digital to Introduce Exchange-Traded Products in Europe in 'Matter of Weeks'
19.3.2024
Galaxy Digital teamed up with asset manager DWS last April to develop ETPs designed to give Europeans access to digital-asset investment through traditional brokerage accounts
BRLA Digital a game changer in cross-border payments
19.3.2024
BRLA Digital is becoming a game changer in cross-border payments and cryptocurrency framework through its inventive services. The BRLA Token is a stablecoin attached to the Brazilian Real (BRL) at the core of its ecosystem. It was created to initiate effortless and low-cost transactions and provide...
Pro-Crypto Lawmaker Targets Leadership of House Financial Committee in Next Term
19.3.2024
Representative French Hill of Arkansas, who currently chairs the United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, has set his sights on assuming the leadership of the full committee.
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Galaxy Surpasses $10 Billion in AUM as Institutional Interest in Digital Assets Skyrockets
19.3.2024
Galaxy Asset Management, a prominent crypto investment firm, has surpassed $10 billion in assets under management (AUM) amid a surge in institutional interest in digital assets.
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Real-World Assets Platform Gluwa Considers Developing Liberia’s CBDC
19.3.2024
The real-world assets platform, Gluwa, is exploring the potential to assist in the development and launch of Liberia’s central bank digital currency. To increase the likelihood of the digital currency’s success, Gluwa is also considering the launch of a satellite-based internet service. Making...
Crypto Exchange Listing and Delisting Announcements: March 18, 2024
19.3.2024
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.
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Crypto Price Surge Could Attract Fraudsters: Thai Digital Asset Association
18.3.2024
Despite the crypto price increase, the cost of carrying out a theft remain unchanged, attracting fraudsters.
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Marathon Digital to take over Applied Digital’s data center
18.3.2024
Marathon Digital, one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners, is set to take over Applied Digital’s 200 megawatt Bitcoin mining data center for almost $87M in cash payment. The data center is in Garden City, Texas, and uses renewable energy. For Marathon, it is the second such acquisition...
China’s Central Bank Publishes Digital Yuan Guide for Foreign Visitors
18.3.2024
The People’s Bank of China publishes a digital yuan service guide for foreign visitors, detailing steps to download apps, open wallets, link accounts, and complete payments.
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Dubai International Financial Centre Enacts Digital Assets Law
18.3.2024
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the largest free zones of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region, has enacted a new Digital Assets Law, revamping its whole legislative system to include these tools. The law changes previous contracts, insolvency, damages...
NFT Market Faces 16.55% Drop in Sales Amidst Cryptocurrency Downturn
16.3.2024
In tandem with the broader downturn of the cryptocurrency market this week, the non-fungible token (NFT) sector also experienced a downturn in sales over the preceding seven days. From March 9 to March 16, 2024, the NFT market witnessed sales amounting to $358,080,260, a decline of 16.55% from...
Galaxy Digital CEO: Bitcoin Unlikely to Fall Below $55,000 — ‘That’s the New Floor’
16.3.2024
Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz says he doesn’t believe the price of bitcoin will fall back down to the $50K-$55K level. “I think that’s the new floor unless something dramatic happens,” he described. “This has been a wild ride of an asset,” he added...