European Central Bank chooses Amazon and 4 other firms to prototype digital euro app
The five fintech, payments and e-commerce firms will create front-end prototypes for the digital euro, which will not be used...
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Price analysis 9/16: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT
Equities markets are witnessing aggressive selling due to increasingly bearish macroeconomic factors, and this is adding sell pressure to Bitcoin...
US Treasury report encourages instant payment, recommends more CBDC research
In one of three reports released simultaneously Friday, the Treasury Department talks cautiously about stablecoins and CBDC in the context...
Blockchain Association calls White House’s crypto framework a ‘missed opportunity’
Critics claimed the Biden administration's reports focused on environmental concerns over crypto's energy consumption and illicit uses rather than the...
Crypto Biz: The biggest problem with DeFi isn’t what you think
Decentralized finance still has a way to go before it can attract institutional capital. Meanwhile, Fireblocks has become a 9-figure...
40%+ Ethereum PoS nodes are controlled by 2 addresses says Santiment data
Data released hours after the Merge prompted concerns about the alleged centralization of PoS. Analysis from Santiment indicates that 46.15%...
Bitcoin exchange inflows see biggest one-day spike since March 2020
236,000 BTC enters trading platforms in a single day amid what one commentator calls "unusual" exchange flows. Bitcoin (BTC) exchanges...
Global inflation mounts: How stablecoins are helping protect savings
More people are using stablecoins to hedge against inflation, as they offer numerous benefits. Economies around the world are facing...
Animoca Brands continues shopping spree with MotoGP mobile dev acquisition
The company announced its acquisition of WePlay Media after it recently closed multiple multi-million dollar fund rounds with investors such...
White House publishes ‘first-ever’ comprehensive framework for crypto
The fact sheet sums up the efforts of nine federal agencies’ research over the past six months. Following United States...
Possession of Bitcoin still legal in China despite the ban, lawyer says
Crypto holders in China are protected by the law in case of theft, misappropriation or breach of a loan agreement...
DeData 2022: The advantages of decentralization in Web3
Cointelegraph’s editor-in-chief Kristina Cornèr moderated a panel that discussed what decentralization brings to Web3 at DeData 2022. With the convenience...
El Salvador’s pro-Bitcoin president Nayib Bukele announces reelection bid
Bukele says that despite past laws which prohibited the reelection of presidents, El Salvador can follow in the footsteps of...
Celsius requests permission to sell off its stablecoins
The crypto lending firm intends to get the liquidity and support its operations with the funds from the sell-off. Celsius...
Does Ethereum’s new ETHPoW fork stand a chance? ETHW price falls 65% post-Merge
Nonetheless, ETHPoW is gaining adoption among top mining pools and crypto exchanges. ETHPoW, a separatist Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchain forked from Ethereum's...
