FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says derivatives are necessary to bolster the liquidity and efficiency of markets. The chief executive of crypto derivatives exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has argued that…
The initiative — built on the Celo ecosystem — identified the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the traditional financial markets. A consortium of leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols announced…
The joint venture operating the new blockchain-powered platform will be headquartered in Singapore and led by SC Ventures’ Amelia Ng as CEO. United Kingdom-based multinational banking firm Standard Chartered has…
Ethereum and Cardano continue to dominate inflows to institutional crypto investment products while demand for BTC weakens. Institutional inflows to altcoin investment products have continued to increase this past week,…
Coinbase sent an email to 125,000 users mistakenly notifying them their two-factor authentication settings had been changed. Customers of leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase have spent the weekend panicking after…
The 23-year-old is wanted by the police after allegedly faking his own kidnapping and stealing his clients’ funds. Venezuelan authorities are on the lookout for a scammer accused of disappearing…
The CBN says the proposed central bank digital currency will offer parity of value and will operate as a non-interest-bearing CBDC. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued preliminary…
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley has taken a personal position in ether because he “was swayed by the arguments of the ethereum crowd.” He explained that it is “the smarter way…
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, famed for making a fortune betting against the U.S. housing market, says that cryptocurrencies are a bubble that will prove to be “worthless.” While…
This week Blockchain.com CFO Macrina Kgil discussed how the company has surpassed $1 trillion in cryptocurrency transactions and the company may go public with an initial public offering (IPO) in…
