Jack Dorsey’s ₿trust acquires African Bitcoin organization Qala
As part of the acquisition, Qala rebrands as the ₿trust Builders Programme and aims to drive the development and education...
Year: 2023
Crypto gambling site Stake sees $41M withdrawn in confirmed hack
Unusually large withdrawals were reportedly made from Stake to an account with no previous activity, with funds stolen including Tether...
Visa taps into Solana to widen USDC payment capability
The global payments firm has expanded its stablecoin settlement capability to include USDC tokens issued on the Solana blockchain. Global...
El Salvador to introduce Bitcoin education in schools by 2024
The non-profit and NGO Mi Primer Bitcoin partnered with the Ministry of Education El Salvador to include Bitcoin into its...
40% of crypto trading platforms are decentralized: World Federation of Exchanges
The World Federation of Exchanges noted in a report that retail demand is higher for crypto products but there's a...
Tether’s Ardoino says it’s now a top buyer of US Treasury bills, holds $72.5B
The amount of exposure places Tether in the top 22 biggest holders of U.S. Treasury bills, ranking above countries like...
Chinese tech-giant CEO says over 70 AI models have been released in China
The CEO of Baidu said that since China’s new AI regulations have been in place over 70 AI models have...
Making real-world blockchain solutions possible — Solana co-founder Raj Gokal
Web3 has had its ups and downs over the last few years, but does it have any real-world use cases?...
Nima Capital goes dark after dumping 9M SNY tokens, community calls it VC rug
The VC firm had received a grant from the project in return for locking $40 million worth of liquidity in...
Crypto collapses generate hundreds of millions of dollars for lawyers
Lack of cryptocurrency regulations have made the legal work on crypto bankruptcies more difficult and expensive, FTX lawyers said. The...
Cronos Labs begins recruitment phase for $100M accelerator program
Cronos tapped Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, CertiK, PeckShield and various other firms to participate as mentors in the accelerator...
OKX crypto exchange enters final preparation stage of Hong Kong VASP license application
Hong Kong regulators have only approved a handful of crypto exchanges to date that are permitted to offer crypto retail...
MetaMask scammers take over government websites to target crypto investors
Official government websites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam and other jurisdictions have been found redirecting to fake MetaMask...
South Korean Hana Bank enters crypto custody business with BitGo
KEB Hana Bank and BitGo plan to launch a joint cryptocurrency custody venture in the second half of 2024. One...
Japanese regulator seeks to scrap “unrealized gains” tax on crypto
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has proposed changing the tax code around digital assets to free domestic firms from the...
