Bitcoin nears 1M daily active addresses as price chases $100K

Longevity Science Foundation accepts crypto donations and aims to use technology to advance healthy human longevity. 372 Total views 35 Total shares Scientists are continuously pursuing ways to lengthen the human lifespan, and blockchain might have been a missing part of the puzzle. The Longevity Science Foundation, a Swiss entity launched by a consortium of…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a tweet on March 24 claiming that the continuing lack of easy movement between the Ethereum and Bitcoin networks was embarrassing.As a solution, he proposed putting resources into building a decentralized exchange (DEX), to act as a trustless bridge between the two.DEX should be trustless, serverless and Uniswap-likeButerin’s plan calls…

The long-anticipated presidential directive drops, EU votes on PoW ban, South Korea gets a pro-crypto president. 523 Total views 3 Total shares As Russia’s self-styled “special operation” against Ukraine continues, crippling economic sanctions remain the Western powers’ primary weapon to counter Russia’s military actions without triggering an even more dramatic escalation. As NATO and allies’…

Bitcoin is flagging versus Ethereum ahead of the ETF decision, but one target sees $80,000 BTC price emerging from a green light to launch.

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price broke above the February 2023 highs of $25,200 after U.S. inflation data was in consensus with the market expectation. The potential fallout of the global banking system further promoted Bitcoin investment as a non-correlated global hedging instrument similar to gold in March. The correlation between gold and BTC has been rising since…

The BOK 2022 Payment and Settlement Systems Report is a forward-looking document with ambitious plans for financial technology in the country. 254 Total views 3 Total shares The South Korean central bank (BOK) has published its 2022 Payment and Settlement Systems Report. Oversight of the systems was carried out successfully, the report said, and it…

The G7's recent rejection of Libra doesn’t seem to have slowed them down. 1711 Total views 16 Total shares The Libra Association, which oversees the as-yet unreleased Libra cryptocurrency, has chosen a chief financial officer and chief risk officer for the project. Ian Jenkins, who touts experience from HSBC, Santander, and Credit Suisse, will supervise the…

South Korea’s Hashed has established a new fund to finance emerging blockchain startups 642 Total views 4 Total shares Hashed, one of South Korea’s largest crypto asset fund managers, has raised 120 billion won ($110 million) to fund new blockchain ventures in the so-called “protocol economy.”The funds were raised via Hashed Ventures Inc., a new…

The OECD said it planned to present the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework to a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on Oct. 12-13. 115 Total views 2 Total shares