India Plans to Unveil Central Bank Digital Currency Model by Year End
The deputy governor of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says the bank should be able to come up with a central bank digital currency (CBDC) model…
Europe’s Largest Telecom Provider Chooses to Leverage Coinbase Custody to Stake CELO Tokens
The largest telecommunications provider in Europe, Deutsche Telekom AG, announced on Monday that it will be leveraging Coinbase Custody to hold the firm’s celo tokens. Celo is a mobile-first platform…
Unido – Leading the Race at Bridging Institutional Investors to Crypto Markets
To demonstrate the use case and commercial viability of Unido Enterprise Platform (EP), it is helpful to compare with an established digital asset management platform which has built in DeFi…
Using a Crypto Loan App to Bring Financial Services to Excluded Groups in Africa
In much of Africa, many people still lack access to basic financial services for many reasons. One of the reasons is that financial institutions have set standards or thresholds that…
Deutsche Telekom to store Celo tokens on Coinbase Custody
Europe’s largest telecoms company by revenue has tapped Coinbase Custody for its Celo tokens. Coinbase Custody, the crypto custodial solution offered by United States exchange giant Coinbase, has been chosen…
Poloniex settles charges with SEC for operating unregistered exchange
Poloniex will reportedly pay over $10 million as settlement for the SEC indictment. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has charged crypto exchange platform Poloniex for breaching securities trading…
UK-based independent legal team to tackle international crypto disputes
The CFAAR network hosts practitioners who have experience in handling some of the early crypto-related disputes in the British court system. Crypto experts across the United Kingdom’s legal industry have…
BTC price caps $4K weekly gains: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
A third week of solid bullishness for BTC/USD comes as headwinds mount and gold tumbles to more than four-month lows. Bitcoin (BTC) is delighting bulls as it heads into a…
No, Bitcoin isn’t entering a 2018-like bear cycle, new data suggests as BTC targets $45K
Even as Bitcoin trades almost 35% below its previous record high of about $65,000, long-term investors have not contributed actively to its decline. The scale of Bitcoin’s (BTC) ongoing downside…
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency is seeking to hire a crypto expert
The job listing outlines that the intelligence agency is seeking someone with an in-depth understanding of the world of fintech and digital currencies. Israel’s national intelligence agency, Mossad, has posted…
KYC tools can minimize hassle for US crypto market, FTX CEO says
FTX will now use phone numbers to confirm users’ jurisdiction and names in addition to testing new KYC tools. Ongoing regulatory scrutiny has forced many crypto businesses across the globe…
Blockchain Australia says gov’t still dismissing industry as a ‘wild west’
The industry body has accused the government of leaning into narratives about malicious actors and scams, rather than engaging with the blockchain space to establish fit-for-purpose regulation. Blockchain Australia, an…
Ethereum Layer-2 Scaling Solution Arbitrum to Launch This Month
Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) scaling solution, announced it would launch its mainnet for users this August. The tool, which allows Ethereum users to transact with very low fees, had…
Brazilian Court Sell $1.1 Million in Bitcoin Seized by Federal Police
A Brazilian federal court ordered the sale of a bitcoin stash worth $1.1 million. The sale was conducted by the largest regulated exchange in the country, Mercado Bitcoin. The Federal…
Alchemy Pay Drives Crypto Adoption by Bridging Fiat and Crypto Economies
Digital assets have seen great success as investment tools in recent years, but payment adoption is unfortunately still lagging behind. Alchemy Pay is well on its mission to change this…