Former Chinese Vice Minister Zhu Guangyao emphasized the need to study crypto’s role in the digital economy despite acknowledging its risks, including market instability and its association with money laundering. He highlighted shifting global crypto policies, particularly in…
Alessio Rastani emphasizes the importance of understanding market fundamentals, technical analysis, and risk management. Rastani predicts a potential long-term recession, impacting Bitcoin and the stock market, if current rallies fail. Few personalities in the fast-paced world of finance…
Cypher Capital invests in SecondLive’s $12 million round, enhancing AI-driven virtual environments for the Metaverse. SecondLive supports major public chains and has amassed over 5 million users and 1.81 million digital assets. On September 30, 2024, Dubai’s Cypher…
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IOTA founder Dominik Schiener emphasized the foundation’s focus on long-term real-world applications of blockchain, particularly in tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs). Schiener discussed the ongoing development of IOTA 2.0, including the shift from a centralized Coordinator to a “proof…
Stacks Core Developers successfully completed the Nakamoto Testnet hard fork, enhancing transaction speed. Developers are fixing bugs in node communication and preparing for the mainnet upgrade. The Stacks Foundation has revealed some great news: Core Developers successfully completed…
Visa, the largest payment platform, has launched its Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) to help banks issue fiat-backed tokens on the Ethereum network. Visa’s interest in blockchain is not limited to Ethereum; the company has been exploring blockchain applications…
The decision by cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX to align itself with the regulations of the traditional finance industry continues a worrying trend in the crypto space. BitMEX recently announced it would begin rolling out KYC (know-your-customer) requirements for…
The VeChain based gaming platform Plair has announced a partnership with the TRON based project JustBet. Plair will integrate smart contracts and the VET token into the JustBet platform with its cross-chain partnership. In a press release the…
The allegations of fraud against Ripple in the context of the consolidated lawsuits in the US state of California could soon be settled. The motion to dismiss fraud allegations was taken under submission. However, there has been no…
The Chainlink (LINK) price has risen again since the beginning of the weekend from below $14 to temporarily above $16, despite the news that Dave Portnoy has sold his LINK. According to Weiss Ratings there will be no…
With the release of IOTA Chrysalis phase 2, the transaction size within the Tangle will decrease from around 5 to 8 kilobytes (Kb) for a bundle to 350 bytes for an atomic transaction. As a result, the messages…
Analyst Credible Crypto is predicting a rally for the Bitcoin price in the short term and a new all-time high for 2021. As two analysts note, the fact that the US dollar is currently finding support could be…
Ava Labs has revealed a launch candidate for the Avalanche mainnet, known as Everest. Everest is a core feature-complete version of the network and will be the last testnet before the deployment of the mainnet. After Ethereum’s competitor,…
With NSF International the VeChain Foundation has gained another well-known partner who will use the VeChain ToolChain™. The risk management solutions provider has developed a new food safety certificate that is stored and continuously updated on the VeChainThor…
Mat Yarger gave a presentation for MOBI on the current efforts of the IOTA Foundation in the mobility industry. According to Yager, Jaguar Land Rover is one of our most important partners in this area, while the company…
The Swiss fintech Mt Pelerin together with the 21 Analytics and Crypto Finance AG has completed the first automatic Bitcoin transaction in compliance with the FATF rule. The transaction was completed on August 20th between Crypto Finance AG…