Like a Rorschach ink blot, the Federal Reserve Board’s CBDC discussion paper provided stakeholders with an opportunity to find what they wanted to see in it. In January, the United States Federal Reserve Board of Governors released a discussion paper on a potential U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) titled “Money and Payments: The U.S....Continue Reading

Crypto regulations in South Korea require exchanges to enforce strict KYC and AML guidelines and major crypto exchanges have delisted privacy coins in the past as well. Major cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have delisted Litecoin (LTC) weeks after flagging its privacy-focused MimbleWimble (MWEB) upgrade. In a public announcement on Wednesday, Upbit cited the Act...Continue Reading

In addition to eco-friendly components, the IMF recommended central banks to include other features in the CBDCs, such as compliance, higher resilience and offline capabilities. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) study on energy consumption revealed the importance of design choices within the crypto ecosystem to build an environmentally friendly mainstream payment system. In the study entitled...Continue Reading

Whale buying and selling has effectively told traders how to position their bids and asks, data reveals. Bitcoin (BTC) left both long and short traders behind in May and June, but data suggests trading it may be “easier” than many imagine. According to on-chain analytics resource Whalemap, Bitcoin whales have all but dictated market performance...Continue Reading

Telegram announced that the anonymous account’s claims are “baseless” and are made to “get users to download malware.” This week the crypto community’s attention was captured by an anonymous person who claimed that they will expose the misdeeds of prominent crypto influencers and top projects within the crypto space.  The alleged whistleblower, going by the...Continue Reading

Speaking to Cointelegraph on Wednesday, Swyftx co-CEO Ryan Parsons revealed that its long-term plans are to explore ways to offer trading between traditional and crypto asset classes. Australian crypto exchange Swyftx wants to eventually offer seamless trading between traditional and crypto-asset classes, with its first step being the completion of its $1.5 billion merger deal...Continue Reading

The new fund is intended to support the growth of NFT, gaming, and DeFi projects on Solana and to help keep former Terra developers on their feet following Terra’s fall. Solana Ventures and the Solana Foundation have formed a $100 million fund to help support the growth of nonfungible token (NFT), blockchain gaming and decentralized...Continue Reading

The group of 21 activists provided examples of how crypto assists people around the world, saying “tens of millions” rely on Bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins as a way to access financial tools. Human rights activists from 20 countries have submitted an open letter to the United States Congress in support of a “responsible crypto policy”...Continue Reading

The duo will launch a Budweiser-themed race track, Budweiser NFT passes, racing prize pools starting at $45,000 and three tiers of airdropped Clydesdale NFT skins that are usable in Zed Run. Popular beer manufacturer Budweiser has teamed up with Zed Run to deploy tokenized Clydesdale draught horses in its virtual NFT-based horse racing and wagering...Continue Reading

A new report from Kraken Intelligence reveals that Metaverse tokens were one of only two categories of crypto that saw year-on-year growth in prices. Metaverse tokens are vastly outperforming every other crypto category in the current bearish condition, up by nearly 400% year-on-year. Leading the gains are Decentraland (MANA) up 41%, Sandbox (SAND) up 470%,...Continue Reading