France’s metaverse consultation seeks input on alternative to tech ‘giants’
The government is asking about metaverse user experiences and concerns along with potential obstacles that local firms may face entering...
Month: April 2023
Hong Kong virtual bank to offer crypto conversions and accounts: Report
The account services for crypto firms come at a time when United States-based companies are struggling to find local banking...
Less than 1% of staked ETH estimated to sell after Shanghai upgrade: Glassnode
The analytics firm backed up its prediction, stating only 253 validators have signed up to fully exit their staked Ether...
Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyber attack
The attack on Latitude Financial is Australia’s biggest cyber attack with driver's license numbers, passports and financial documents among the...
US needs to regulate stablecoins to keep a strong dollar: Stellar CEO
The United States and the greenback will suffer if stablecoin regulations are not rolled out this year, Stellar Development Foundation's...
Roubini: We’re Shifting to ‘Bipolar’ Global Reserve Currency System With Chinese Yuan as Alternative to US Dollar
Economist Nouriel Roubini, also known as “Dr. Doom,” predicts that the global reserve currency system will shift from unipolar to...
Google Trends Data Shows Bitcoin Search Interest Surged This Week Amid 10-Month Price High
According to worldwide data from Google Trends, the search term “bitcoin” has reached a score of 93 out of 100...
China’s Inflation Rate Drops to Lowest in 18 Months
The annual inflation rate in China has unexpectedly slowed down in March to its lowest level in a year and...
Coinbase wins $470K restitution in insider trading case
The brother of a former Coinbase employee allegedly profited from an insider trading scheme and now has 20 years to...
Circle and BlockFi questioned on banking with SVB by Warren and AOC
Circle and BlockFi executives were questioned after the lawmakers accused SVB of “coddling” and giving “white glove” treatment to its...
Bitfinex Securities El Salvador receives Digital Asset Service provider license in El Salvador
The license granted by El Salvador’s National Digital Asset Commission will allow Bitfinex Securities to issue and trade secondary assets...
The feds must rein in crypto-financed terrorism
Government should develop Know Your Customer procedures for social media and messaging services and take stronger measures to track cryptocurrency...
GPT-4 apps BabyAGI and AutoGPT could have disruptive implications for crypto
Crypto users are getting excited over the prospect of automating their trades with future-facing technologies built with the GPT-4 API....
Core Scientific debtors petition bankruptcy court to approve new president
The debtors appointed Adam Sullivan, a managing director at investment banking firm XMS Capital Partners, to assume the role of...
Stablecoin less preferable form of tokenized money, BIS paper finds
Bearer instruments such as stablecoin harken back to the days of pre-central bank “free banking,” with all the risks that...
