The Japanese central bank plans to make a decision on whether to issue a digital currency by 2026. Despite Japan’s uncertainty on whether to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues experimenting with a potential digital yen. The Japanese central bank has started a collaboration with three megabanks and...Continue Reading

A new bill confirms the government’s plan to raise $1 billion and invest them into the construction of a “Bitcoin city.” Amid the crypto market downturn, El Salvador finally makes a decisive step to the realization of its ambitious “Bitcoin bonds” project. The Minister of the Economy Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé introduced  a bill confirming...Continue Reading

On-chain analytics show that ETH and stablecoins have been flowing out of centralized exchanges in the aftermath of FTX’s collapse. Blockchain analytics carried out by a Nansen researcher has highlighted outflows of Ether (ETH) and stablecoins from centralized exchanges in the wake of FTX’s collapse. Nansen research analyst Sandra Leow posted a thread on Twitter...Continue Reading

BTC price losses are not yet bad enough to rival previous Bitcoin bear market troughs, data suggests. Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers may need to triple their on-chain losses for BTC price to put in a macro low. According to market research firm Baro Virtual, the 2022 bear market is not yet harsh enough to match historical...Continue Reading

The NYAG clarified that digital assets differ from blockchain technology, and it has no issues with citizens purchasing stakes in publicly traded blockchain-based businesses in retirement accounts. The turmoil surrounding crypto exchange FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) reaffirmed regulators’ belief about the need for stricter oversight across the crypto ecosystem. Seeking investor protection against a similar...Continue Reading

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the PoW moratorium bill into law on Nov. 22, nearly four months after the bill was approved by the state senate. New York governor Kathy Hochul signed the proof-of-work (PoW) mining moratorium into law on Nov. 22, making it the first state in America to ban any PoW crypto mining activity...Continue Reading

Elizabeth Warren’s WSJ op-ed, which correlated the fall of the FTX crypto exchange to crypto ruining the entire economy, did not go unnoticed by the online crypto community. The downfall of former crypto exchange FTX has had the entire industry in disarray since the situation began to unravel days before it declared bankruptcy on Nov....Continue Reading

Matthew Ferranti, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard, pointed out that Bitcoin is an optimal alternative hedging asset for central banks. A research paper published at Harvard university highlighted how central banks can use Bitcoin (BTC) to hedge against financial sanctions from fiat reserve issuers.  A working paper, titled “Hedging Sanctions Risk: Cryptocurrency in Central Bank...Continue Reading

The Busan city administration has signed agreements with multiple crypto firms, including Binance, Huobi Global, Crypto.com, as well as the troubled FTX exchange. The FTX crash appears to have affected not only companies and investors but also entire cities that previously became partners of the troubled cryptocurrency exchange. South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is reportedly...Continue Reading

The cybersecurity firm predicted that crypto-related cybercrime won’t slow down in 2023, but it will move on from Bitcoin as a source of payment. Bitcoin (BTC) is forecasted to be a less enticing payment choice by cybercriminals as regulations and tracking technologies improve, thwarting their ability to safely move funds. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky in a...Continue Reading