Bank of Canada says no to retail CBDC in reshuffling of priorities

Ethereum-based adult entertainment platform SpankChain has suffered a smart contract security breach that led to loss of around $38,000, the firm reported on its Medium page Oct. 9.The hack, which purportedly took place Oct. 6, was detected by SpankChain a day after, and was announced today in a post entitled “We Got Spanked: What We…

Bitcoin (BTC) has posted its highest transaction volume since early 2018 as data points to more and more investors entering the market.Figures from on-chain analytics resource Digital Assets Data highlights December 2020 as already sparking Bitcoin’s second-largest transaction volumes.BTC transaction volume eyes recordAt a total of $252.37 billion the remaining 24 hours of December may…

Bakkt, the long-awaited Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has begun testing the delivery of BTC futures, according to an official tweet on July 22.Per the tweet, user acceptance testing for Bitcoin daily and monthly futures began today with participants from around the world.The platform initially announced the launch of futures testing…

IBM and Danish transport and logistics giant Maersk have launched their global blockchain-enabled shipping solution, according to an official press release today, August 9. The new jointly developed blockchain solution revealed 94 organizations involved and 154 million shipping events already captured. The global supply chain platform has been dubbed ‘TradeLens,’ and its dataset is reportedly…

U.S. authorities want information from Bain & Co about Visa's Plaid acquisition. 574 Total views 7 Total shares The U.S. Department of Justice, or DoJ, recently publicized an investigation into Visa's ongoing acquisition of fintech company Plaid.  "Today, the Department of Justice filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to…

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried gave his first in-person media interview since being locked up, saying he’s gotten “good at faking” that he’s doing well.

Bitcoin bull cues are surfacing as Hash Ribbon data says “buy” for the first time since July 2024, confirming the end of the latest miner capitulation phase. 3075 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) traders are celebrating as one of the best-known BTC price metrics finally flipped bullish again. The popular Hash Ribbon tool