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Use of Blockchain Estimated to Rise as Per Nirmala Sitharaman
22.9.2022
Nirmala Sitharam recently appeared in the third edition of FICCI Leads, where she stated that the use of blockchain is estimated to increase by 46% in the years to come. The future of finance remained the central theme of the event, with several speakers sharing their thoughts. The event started...
Why MicroStrategy Has Got Its Bitcoin Accumulation All Wrong as it Lowers Buy Amounts
22.9.2022
MicroStrategy has recently made its smallest Bitcoin purchase since it began accumulating Bitcoin on its balance sheet, a move that could signal financial trouble for the enterprise software company.
The company founded by Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor revealed in a September 19 SEC...
Jamie Dimon Attacks Crypto Tokens as ‘Decentralized Ponzi Scheme’ But He’s Happy With Regulated Stablecoins
22.9.2022
Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan, has taken another swing at cryptocurrencies, with a particular focus on bitcoin (BTC), telling the U.S. Congress that cryptos were “decentralized Ponzi schemes”. At the same time, Dimon said he accepts the added value...
US Judge Demands Tether Comes Up with Records to Show it Has Claimed Cash Reserves
22.9.2022
As part of the legal proceedings related to a market manipulation case that dates back to 2019, Katherine Polk Failla, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, has ordered Tether’s parent company to provide financial records for its USDT stablecoin....
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NFTs ‘biggest on-ramp’ to crypto in Central, Southern Asia and Oceania — report
22.9.2022
NFT-related websites accounted for the largest share of crypto-related web traffic in most CSAO countries over the last 12 months, according to Chainalysis
Boba Network Partners With Avalanche, Boba AVAX L2 to Provide ‘Faster Transactions and Lower Fees’
22.9.2022
On Wednesday, the layer two scaling solution that leverages optimistic rollup technology, Boba Network has revealed it now supports the proof-of-stake (PoS) network Avalanche. According to the Boba Network team, the new Avalanche support will produce “faster transactions and lower...
Japanese Banking Heavyweight Nomura to Launch Crypto-Focused Venture Capital Arm
22.9.2022
On Wednesday, the Japanese financial holding company and principal member of the Nomura Group, Nomura Holdings, announced the launch of a crypto-focused venture capital unit called Laser Digital Holdings. Nomura’s move follows a number of financial giants entering the cryptocurrency industry...
CoinShares' HAL Automated Trading Could Revolutionize Retail Crypto Investing
21.9.2022
London-based digital asset manager CoinShares has introduced an algorithmic trading platform called HAL that could revolutionize retail crypto investing.
In a press release, CoinShares revealed that HAL is the only product of its kind that allows retail crypto traders "easy access" to strategies...
World’s Largest NFT Marketplace Opensea Reveals Drop Improvements, Arbitrum L2 Support
21.9.2022
The largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace by sales volume, Opensea, has announced a new “immersive and secure minting experience” by giving NFT creators the ability to showcase “collections with dedicated drop pages and greater discoverability” on Opensea’s...
Why Nasdaq’s Crypto Move Lays the Ground for a Ballistic Recovery in Digital Asset Prices
21.9.2022
Nasdaq has launched a new dedicated digital assets unit to cater to institutional investors. The move by the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization globally could mark a ballistic price recovery point for the struggling cryptocurrency market.
In a statement to Bloomberg, Nasdaq...
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Has a Layer 3 Vision to Unleash Full Power of Crypto
21.9.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin always seems to be looking a step into the future – or three. While layer 2 (L2) is currently still developing, Buterin contributed to the layer 3 (L3) discussion, arguing that these could serve a different purpose(s), leaving scalability to L2s....
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Could Hong Kong Monetary Authority Launching CBDC Help Digital Yuan Go Global?
21.9.2022
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the territory’s de facto central bank, is aiming to launch trials of the e-HKD, its central bank digital currency (CBDC), in the fourth quarter of this year. If successful, the initiative could facilitate the global rollout of the digital yuan, China’s CBDC...
Blockchain tech driving institutional-grade solutions: Blockchain Expo Europe
21.9.2022
Blockchain Expo Europe 2022 in Amsterdam highlights meaningful strides in enterprise-grade blockchain solutions driven by mainstream institutions
Wintermute Loses $160 Million in Latest Hacking Blow to DeFi Sector
21.9.2022
A hacking attack targeting crypto market maker Wintermute has resulted in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry player losing some $160m to the attackers.
"We’ve been hacked for about $160M in our defi operations. Cefi and OTC operations are not affected,” Evgeny Gaevoy, the company’s...
Can the Metaverse exist without blockchain?
20.9.2022
Read this article to understand why a metaverse can thrive and scale better on blockchain rails
Exploring the Most Talked about Crypto Presales in 2022: BudBlockz, Tamadoge & Big Eyes
20.9.2022
Since the crypto space is swept with the emergence of thousands of presale events, when some of them steal the spotlight, this might be indicative of their true potential to grow into viable and robust projects. Among these, three promising blockchain initiatives emerge: BudBlockz, Tamadoge,...
FTX Builds $1 billion War Chest to Buy up Distressed Crypto and other Assets
20.9.2022
CEO and co-founder of major cryptocurrency exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has revealed that the company has built an estimated $1 billion war chest to continue deploying capital in order to bail out distressed crypto firms and buy their assets. ...
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Collaboration Between Social3 and Shardeum
20.9.2022
The collaboration with Shardeum was revealed, and on their website, they have posted their present job positions. The very first EVM-based L1 in the globe, Shardeum utilizes sharding to enhance TPS with each new node added. They’re hiring right now: Engineer for DevOps and DevRel. With...
Coinbase Tweaks Fees to ‘Account for Changes in Global Trading Volumes‘
20.9.2022
U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is updating its fee structure to adapt to what the company describes as “changes in global crypto trading volumes and asset prices”. The platform is lowering the monthly trading volume prerequisite to qualify for the mid and upper ties of its fee schedule, increasing...
16% of Americans have Invested, Traded or Used Cryptocurrency
20.9.2022
A study conducted by Pew Research Center, a Washington DC-based non-partisan think tank, has found that approximately 16% of American adults have invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrency.
In its report, Pew Research highlighted that the crypto market turmoil has taken its toll on this...