Canadian bank plans to launch dollar-backed digital currency ‘in the coming months’
Stablecorp CEO Jean Desgagne said VersaBank's digital currency was intended to provide an alternative to concerns over volatility and security...
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ETH mining still highly profitable despite upcoming Eth2 upgrade
Miners weigh in on lucrative ETH mining payouts as the blockchain eyes a transition away from its proof-of-work consensus in...
Chainlink rolls out OCR system upgrade, reducing gas costs tenfold
The Off-Chain Reporting upgrade changes how oracles aggregate data, easing the burden on the blockchains. Chainlink (LINK) has launched a...
Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto whale who wants to give billions away
“The brutal or inspiring truth... is that the more you put in, the more you get out.” Like many people...
Total estimated crypto users worldwide tops 100 million, survey finds
Bitcoin's runaway growth in January boosted the global crypto user base by close to 16%, according to an analysis from...
‘Cryptocurrency is not legitimate money,’ says Nigeria’s central bank governor
Nigeria’s central bank is doubling down on its anti-cryptocurrency stance. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has...
Tokenization of assets is not taking off, but it really should
For years, tokenization has been hyped to be one of the most interesting use cases of blockchain, but it hasn’t...
DeFi exchange protocol DFX raises $5M in seed funding led by Polychain Capital
Polychain Capital has bet on a new DeFi exchange protocol looking to boost the adoption of stablecoins in DeFi. Veteran...
Crypto on-ramp hits Opera browser following Simplex integration
Integration with payment processor Simplex means Opera browser users now have another route from fiat into crypto. Users of the...
MicroStrategy purchases another $1 billion worth of Bitcoin, now owns 90,000 BTC
CEO Michael Saylor said the firm didn't intend to slow down the rate of its Bitcoin acquisitions after buying another...
CoinShares launches new physically-backed Ether ETP
Digital asset manager CoinShares is listing its second cryptocurrency exchange-traded product on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Major European digital asset...
Alameda Research doubles down on Maps.me, invests $40 million in Oxygen
Alameda Research is going all-in on a travel app to jumpstart DeFi adoption How much are 140 million users worth? ...
3 reasons Bitcoin price is quickly recovering from its ‘severe’ 23% correction
Bitcoin recovered quickly from $44,800 to over $50,000 in under 22 hours and here are three key reasons why. The...
Hedera makes inroads in Africa as Standard Bank Group becomes node operator
Standard Bank Group has become the first African node operator on the Hedera network. Standard Bank Group — Africa’s largest...
US judge dismisses crypto fraud case against BNT token issuer
A U.S. federal judge ruled to dismiss a case against crypto firm Bancor, citing lack of personal jurisdiction and the...
