Thailand’s central bank outlines safeguards for a future retail CBDC
The Bank of Thailand has published the results of a new study into how to manage the implications of issuing...
Year: 2021
Nvidia fails to sell as many crypto-mining GPUs as expected in Q2
Nvidia beat the expectations by generating over $6.5 billion in revenue, but the chip manufacturer missed the target for its...
Top-five UK university joins Hedera governing council
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have officially joined Hedera Hashgraph’s panoply of 39 global governing council...
New data suggests Bitcoin could see BTC price ‘double bubble’ top in 2021
Bitcoin (BTC) is facing a “double bubble” and will see two price tops this year, fresh data suggests. In a...
Draft El Salvador Bitcoin banking regulations released
The central bank of El Salvador, Banco Central de Reserva (BCR), has published draft regulations on how banks should handle...
Coinbase goes live in Japan in partnership with banking giant MUFG
Coinbase, the top crypto exchange in the U.S. has announced its official launch in Japan in partnership with banking giant...
BREAKING: Liquid exchange hacked to the tune of $80 million
Japanese exchange Liquid has been hacked with about $80 million in digital assets moved off the platform. The exchange confirmed...
62% of Robinhood’s Q2 crypto revenue was from Dogecoin trading
Popular retail trading app, Robinhood, has revealed crypto trading surged in popularity on the platform and now represents 41% of...
Major US mortgage lender UWM to accept Bitcoin (BTC) payments
Elon Musk fancies running a Dogecoin node in space (and teases Tesla’s Bitcoin adoption) Elon Musk‘s participation at ‘The B...
Dogecoin (DOGE) gets serious by bringing on Vitalik Buterin to its Foundation
Dogecoin may have started out as a joke poking fun at an industry that takes itself way too seriously. But...
Binance Makes Regulatory Compliance Top Priority as the Crypto Exchange Pivots Into Financial Services Company
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has made regulatory compliance its top priority. The exchange is on a hiring spree to “significantly”...
Federal Reserve Bank President: Bitcoin Has No Legit Use Case — Crypto Is 95% Fraud, Hype, Noise, Confusion
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari says crypto is “95% fraud, hype, noise, and confusion.” He added, “I’ve not seen...
Dex Aggregator 1inch to Utilize Ethereum Scaling Solution Optimism
On August 17, the decentralized exchange (dex) aggregator 1inch announced the platform will leverage the Layer 2 solution called optimistic...
Coinbase amasses a $4B war chest so it can outlast ‘crypto winter’
Coinbase, the largest American cryptocurrency exchange, has stockpiled a war chest worth about $4 billion in cash in preparation for...
Second largest US mortgage lender will accept crypto payments this year
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the second-largest U.S.-based mortgage lender is planning to accept cryptocurrency payments this year starting with Bitcoin...
