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Finance & Economics

Debates Around CBDCs Continue

Senior adviser at the Bank of England argues CBDCs are not worth the associated costs and risks

Articles

Top 5 Eco-Friendly Blockchain Networks 

Crypto users should not worry about their carbon footprint, if they turn to these eco-friendly blockchain solutions

Finance & Economics

El Salvador Passes Bill To Fund Building ‘Bitcoin City’

El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office (NBO) has announced the passing of the Digital Assets Issuance bill. Passed by the El Salvador Congress on January 11, with 62 members voting for and 16 against, the bill will become law once signed by President Nayib Bukele.

News

Cardano Expands With Custom-Built Sidechains

Cardano ecosystem creators are to release a software toolkit for developers to deploy custom-built sidechains on the parent blockchain

Science & Technology

Businesses Adopting Blockchain Despite Crypto Turbulence

A recent survey revealed that nearly 90% of businesses deploy blockchain technology in some capacity and plan to invest in blockchain in 2023

Altcoin

DCG Will Sell Assets From Lucrative Venture Capital Portfolio

In a mad bid to raise money for a looming lawsuit, Digital Currency Group (DCG) considers selling assets in its large venture portfolio.

Elon Musk

Twitter Launches Coins Feature

Twitter announced the launch of the coin feature with Stripe payments.

News

Bitcoin Tops $18,000 as FTX Recovers $5B

Bitcoin surged to its highest price in a month, as traders are inspired by FTX asset recovery and possible inflation curb

News

Avalanche Gains 20% in Hours After Amazon Partnership Announcement

Cryptocurrency Avalanche (AVAX) grew by 20% in just a few hours following Ava Labs joining the AWS Partner Network. In partnership with Amazon, Ava Labs rolled out a new infrastructure feature, making it easier to launch and manage Avalanche nodes.

News

Updates On Case Deciding the Future of Crypto

The long-running lawsuit between Ripple and SEC sees interesting updates. Despite not having a set date ruling, the case is receiving increasing attention from multiple parties on both sides. The potential outcome in the event that Ripple loses to SEC may be disastrously damaging to cryptocurrency as a whole. Ripple, a payment protocol using blockchain […]

News

Novogratz: DCG Crisis Won’t ‘Include a Lot of Selling’

Galaxy Digital Holdings CEO Mike Novogratz believes Digital Currency Group’s (DCG) ongoing crisis won’t affect crypto prices significantly

Finance & Economics

U.S. Government Seizes SBF’s $465 Million in Robinhood Shares

Former CEO of FTX, the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange and hedge fund, filed a request to keep his shares of trading platform Robinhood, in order to pay legal fees. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has now seized the shares, valued at roughly $465 million, as the stake wasn’t part of the FTX bankruptcy estate.  Sam […]

Finance & Economics

Nebeus Crypto App Issues Its Debit Card

Nebeus, a financial app for crypto-holders, announced the launch of its first VISA-supported card.

Finance & Economics

Wyre Introduces Withdrawal Limits

San Francisco-based crypto payments firm Wyre is implementing 90% withdrawal limits for user accounts, “acting in the best interest of our community”

Reports

DeFi Projects were Main Attack Target in 2022, Expect More Hacks This Year

Reports show DeFi projects faced 113 hacking attacks in 2022, with a total of $950 million in losses

News

Customers of US Bank Silvergate Withdrawn Over $8bn of Crypto-Linked Deposits

Customers of the American bank Silvergate have withdrawn more than $8 billion from their cryptocurrency-related deposits. About 65% of Silvergate’s customers have withdrawn their deposits in the last three months of 2022. The bank sold its assets worth $5.2 billion. This decision was made by a financial institution to cover expenses. Also, the sale of […]

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