Institutional clients on the Coinbase International Exchange will be able to trade Bitcoin and Ether against USD Coin starting on Dec. 14. United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that institutional investors on its international exchange can access spot crypto trading services. In a Dec. 13 announcement, Coinbase said institutional clients based outside the U.S. will...Continue Reading

The Iota Foundation wants to capitalize on institutional demand for real-world assets tokenization, which reached $342 billion in September, according to VanEck data. Open-source blockchain developer Iota has taken another step to meet institutional demand for asset tokenization by integrating its Shimmer EVM-compatible chain with Fireblocks. Data from VanEck Research shows the total market capitalization...Continue Reading

Bitcoin traders eye BTC price levels of interest as the U.S. PPI preserves the declining inflation narrative ahead of the Fed’s rates decision. Bitcoin (BTC) recovered above $41,000 at the Dec. 13 Wall Street open as eyes focused on the United States Federal Reserve. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price strength...Continue Reading

Anti-crypto politicians in Washington are weaponizing disputed claims about crypto funding Hamas to try and pass draconian new legislation. The Israel-Gaza war has once again thrown the spotlight on crypto, with anti-crypto politicians seizing on exaggerated reports of crypto being used to finance terrorism to introduce harsh new legislation with the potential to crush the...Continue Reading

Coti will look to provide privacy-focused functionality to the Ethereum ecosystem as a new layer-2 protocol. Enterprise-grade blockchain platform Coti is set to transition protocol to become a scalable, privacy-focused layer-2 on Ethereum in 2024. An announcement shared with Cointelegraph outlines how Coti will shift from a standalone protocol to an Ethereum layer-2 to bring...Continue Reading

The permit allows CoinMENA to provide retail and institutional customers in the United Arab Emirates with the ability to deposit and withdraw in UAE dirhams. Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has awarded a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license to Bahrain-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange CoinMENA to operate and offer services in and from the Emirates....Continue Reading

Nym co-founder Harry Halpin and security and hardware consultant Chelsea Manning chat with The Agenda about privacy and the benefits of a decentralized VPN. Users’ data privacy and the growing need for it to be protected is a topic that people worldwide are reminded of on a near daily basis. For example, just two days...Continue Reading

Worldcoin released a new version of its World ID feature with multiple app integrations. Worldcoin has launched a new version of its World ID feature, called “World ID 2.0,” according to a December 12 announcement. The new version is integrated with Shopify, Mercado Libre, Reddit and Telegram, allowing users to prove their humanness to these...Continue Reading

Crypto exchange liquidity hinges on market depth and incentivized trading to ensure robust and stable trading environments. The ease and speed with which assets can be bought or sold without materially altering their prices is referred to as liquidity in the financial markets.  It’s the ability to swiftly turn an asset into cash without significantly...Continue Reading

The DAO-centric event took place in Athens, Greece over two days and focused on everything from governance and legal issues to community building and security. ATHDAOx, an event in the tradition of the Solana Hacker House, took place on Dec. 9 and 10 in Athens, Greece, to discuss all things decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). From...Continue Reading