Hashing It Out: What happens when crypto meets fintech in Africa?
Guests on Hashing It Out episode 31 believe that traditional finance has hurt innovation in the African fintech space, and...
Year: 2023
Chainlink hits Ethereum layer 2 Arbitrum for cross-chain DApp development
Chainlink’s CCIP protocol has launched on Ethereum layer 2 Arbitrum One to help developers build cross-chain decentralized applications. Blockchain oracle...
Binance wallet spends almost $1M in ETH gas fees in one day
Binance reportedly said that they were doing a wallet aggregation process to ensure the safety of user funds. A crypto...
Binance plans to delist stablecoins in Europe citing MiCA compliance
A Binance executive said the cryptocurrency exchange plans to delist stablecoin in the European market by June 2024 in order...
ETH developer programs AI-generated memecoin AstroPepeX using ChatGPT
“What if ChatGPT could deploy its own token?” You probably guessed the answer - AstroPepeX has been minted and is...
Bitcoin short-term holders ‘panic’ amid nearly 100% unrealized loss
Bitcoin speculators are dealing with "a degree of panic" as their BTC holdings sit in unrealized loss, says Glassnode. Bitcoin...
eToro secures crypto registration in Cyprus to expand in EU
According to eToro deputy CEO Hedva Ber, Europe is “hugely important” for the firm as the majority of eToro users...
Tether stablecoin loans rise in 2023 despite downsizing announcement in 2022
Tether said the new loans were made at the request of some of its long-standing partners, and it plans to...
You can build your own Trezor but here’s the price: DIY wallet engineer
An electronics design manager who made his own Trezor One has assessed the difficulty of building a DIY crypto wallet...
Friend.tech look-alike ‘Alpha’ emerges on Bitcoin network
A new social token network called Alpha has emerged, rivaling the popular Friend.tech platform but built on top of the...
What volatility? Bitcoin price dismisses FOMC, Mt. Gox with $26.7K dip
Bitcoin traders get none of the volatility they hoped for, and BTC price slowly drifts back to intraday lows. Bitcoin...
Mt. Gox Bitcoin repayment: The day that never comes
Over the last decade, Mt. Gox has repeatedly postponed plans to reimburse the funds that the crypto exchange had barred...
NFTs are ‘totally worthless’ says mainstream media, community responds
A community member highlighted the drastic shift in mainstream media narrative, sharing a previous article promoting the BAYC NFT collection....
Crypto payment firm Alchemy Pay wins money transmitter license in US
Alchemy Pay has joined the ranks of crypto firms like Coinbase and Jack Dorsey’s Block in securing a Money Transmitter...
Busan is developing an Ethereum-compatible mainnet to become a ‘Blockchain City’
The city administration behind the project aims to make Busan a blockchain city and has launched a $75 million development...
