The United States must lead the development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) away from “coins of surveillance” and into “coins of freedom,” the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has said. In an op-ed on March…
From identity to data, CEO Sion explains how they envision the app developing forward. The recent introduction of the decentralized social media protocol Nostr is taking the world of distributed technology by storm. Even Block CEO Jack Dorsey has been…
The recent banking crisis in the US, which led to the loss of three crypto-friendly banks, Silvergate Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank, has raised concerns among US companies. Amidst wavering crisis alarms, crypto companies seem to be exploring…
Big Tech company Meta removed the nonfungible token (NFT) feature on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram just less than a year after its launch. Stephane Kasriel, Meta’s head of trading and financial technology, tweeted the news on March…
The bitcoin price surge to $24,000 amid the banking crisis reflects the world’s need for a sound money alternative. Bitcoin remained resilient in the face of a skeptical market Monday morning, surging past $24,000. Despite fears that the cryptocurrency industry…
Signature Bank, another major crypto-friendly institution, was shut down by regulators on Sunday. New York financial institutions, with large credit businesses in the crypto industry, are caught in the “crossfire” of regulators to prevent the spread of the banking crisis.…
On March 13, the American derivatives market CME announced the launch of Bitcoin (BTC) futures event contracts. The exchange, which is fully regulated and has eliminated administrative review, will therefore facilitate a fixed, daily expiring contract linked to Bitcoin futures…
The Ordinals community around the Taproot Wizards inscription has donated almost .85 bitcoins to HRF. Taproot Wizards Ordinal inscription collection community have announced a donation of bitcoins worth about $19,000 to the Human Rights Foundation’s Bitcoin Development Fund. The fund…
The collapse of three US crypto-friendly banks has sparked a backlash in the crypto community as some top players like Coinbase consider adding banking features to their services. One of the banks that fell into the death trap is Silicon…
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced the suspension of trading for its stablecoin Binance USD (BUSD) on March 13 via Twitter. We have disabled trading for Binance USD (BUSD). Your BUSD funds will remain accessible, and you will continue to have…