Cointelegraph By Arijit Sarkar
A recent public consultation on Canada’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative revealed an overall negative sentiment from Canadians, confirming the Bank of Canada’s concerns around its country-wide adoption.Through the ‘digital Canadian dollar public consultation,’ the Canadian central bank intended to identify a place for CBDCs in a world...
A consultation paper on a new framework for addressing consumer and business scams proposed by Australia’s Department of the Treasury considers applying sector-specific codes and standards to banking and cryptocurrency scams, among others.The paper adds to the efforts of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to combat scams...
An ongoing crypto donation campaign dedicated to improving the lives of children worldwide has received over $7.6 million to date, half of which was donated in Ether (ETH). Philanthropic foundation Save the Children’s HODL Hope Campaign remains nearly $2.4 million short of the $10 million it intends to collect by...
Executives of banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Apollo revealed plans for a tokenized ‘enterprise mainnet’ formed during a collaboration on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian pilot project. On Nov. 15, the MAS introduced five additional industry pilots to Project Guardian to test various use cases around asset...
Numerous users of the crypto analytics platform Nansen have received phishing emails from scammers pitching an “exclusive opportunity” to participate in the fictitious “Nansen Airdrop.”On Nov. 23, crypto community members on X (formerly Twitter) flagged an ongoing phishing campaign targeting Nansen users. The scammers are impersonating Nansen and sending...
The decentralized exchange KyberSwap has offered a 10% bounty reward to the hacker who stole $46 million on Nov. 22 and left a note of negotiation. The exchange wants 90% of the loot returned by 6 am UTC on Nov. 25.On Nov. 23, KyberSwap alerted users that its liquidity...
In response to the feedback received on its proposed Digital Payment Token (DPT) regulations, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) laid down measures for DPT service providers to discourage speculation in cryptocurrency investments.The de facto central bank of Singapore, MAS announced five ways DPT service providers can help retail clients...
Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell has welcomed the result of the Binance investigation in an "X” (formerly Twitter) post and has highlighted the need for long-term-oriented visionaries and shareholders. Over the last 12 months, leaders of major crypto exchanges such as FTX and Binance came under federal scrutiny by the United...
Just two days after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hired former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team, OpenAI backtracked on its decision to let go tOn Nov. 22, OpenAI announced a new agreement that would see the return of Altman as the company CEO. The...
The international arm of Spanish lender Banco Santander has reportedly rolled out a new service, allowing clients with Swiss accounts to invest in and trade Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).According to a report from Coindesk claiming access to a leaked internal communication, high-net-worth individuals of Santander Private Banking International...
