Marie Fitzgerald
The ongoing Bitcoin conference in El Salvador could not have come at an interesting time when the leading cryptocurrency has shown its resilience amid the current LUNA crash, according to Mikkel Morch, the executive director at crypto hedge fund ARK36.
El Salvador is hosting the Alliance for Financial Inclusion...
Nomura, a global investment bank headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, announced plans to launch a digital assets subsidiary for institutional clients.
With the launch scheduled for later this year, the digital asset unit will provide users access to services and products linked to decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs),...
TaxBit, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based provider of crypto tax and accounting software, announced on Tuesday that it has received a new investment from Haun Ventures – a new venture fund designed to help founders build the next generation of the internet.
The strategic investment will allow TaxBit to...
DLT Finance Group, a financial services company, based in Frankfurt, Germany, announced on Tuesday that it has received nine BaFin licenses that gave its approval to launch a digital asset platform targeting global financial institutions.
With the regulatory approval, the digital asset platform now offers a wide variety of...
Renowned Venture Capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has shared data showing creators have many benefits when they pitch their tents with Web3.0 rather than Web2.0.
The argument was made in the first issue of the firm’s state of the crypto report, which shows Web3.0 currently has 22,400...
Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands and Blowfish Studios announced the closure of one of the most anticipated AAA blockchain games.
The Planet Private Sale for Phantom Galaxies sold 7,734 Planets and Asteroids (“Planets”) for a total of US$19.3 million.
Holders of the Planets - which are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) - will...
Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc is tapering down its plans to hire more staff this year as current market realities do not permit it.
According to a blog post from Emilie Choi, the company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, the move is necessary in order to let...
A study shows that 90% of surveyed central banks worldwide are exploring the future issuance of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Blockchain.News interviewed industry experts to find out the outlook of Hong Kong’s digital currency and its potential adoption.
The outlook of e-HKD
In a recent discussion paper published by The...
Financial authorities in South Korea have beefed up crypto exchange inspections to boost investor protection following the recent collapse of LUNA and TerraUSD (UST) tokens
Per the announcement:
“The Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) have recently asked local cryptocurrency exchange operators to share information on transactions...
Crypto exchange platform BitMex announced Tuesday the launch of spot trading for retail and institutional traders.
As mentioned on its official website, users are now able to access the spot trading option by placing coin conversion request-for-quotes (RFQs) through Central Limit Order Books. Users can also take advantage of...
