BlackRock sparks Bitcoin 21M debate, saying ‘no guarantee’ it won’t change

A senior executive from U.K.-based bank HSBC has said that time-efficient distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) represent a “great challenge” to existing real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, Cointelegraph learned at the Money20/20 conference Oct. 23.HSBC’s Global Innovation Lead for Global Liquidity & Cash Management, Craig Ramsey, made his remarks during…

Japanese internet services giant GMO Internet Inc. has launched a new mining software client designed for mining Zcash (ZEC) on graphic processing units (GPUs). GMO announced the new client, dubbed Cryptknocker, in a news release published September 28.Cryptknocker has reportedly been designed to enable users to mine cryptocurrencies that are based on the Equihash consensus…

To increase productivity and simplify numerous tasks, Chrome extensions serve as add-ons that may be installed in the Google Chrome web browser. Users can enjoy a more effective and convenient browsing experience thanks to these extensions’ added features and capabilities. The value of Chrome extensions and significance stems from their capacity to streamline processes, reduce…

The new ecosystem fund will be used to support the 7,500 developers on Flow to build new gaming, infrastructure, DeFi, and content creator products on the NFT blockchain. 572 Total views 15 Total shares The Flow ecosystem is set to get a boost in support from a new $725 million fund that will be used…

After months of proceedings, Robert Gronkowski, Victor Oladipo and Landon Cassill may see the light at the end of the tunnel for a lawsuit involving promoting Voyager Digital.

A blockchain developer who claims to have reverse-engineered the source code of Brazil’s pilot central bank digital currency has discovered functions in the code that would allow a central authority to freeze funds or reduce balances. He has since argued, however, that there could be situations that such functions could be beneficial.The source code of the…

Venezuelans traded more bolivars for Bitcoin (BTC) than ever before last week, but the statistics say more about fiat than cryptocurrency. Yet another Bitcoin volumes record for VenezuelaData from Coin Dance, which tracks trading activity on P2P exchanges Localbitcoins, Paxful and Bisq, confirmed the seven days to July 20 were Venezuela’s biggest on record.During that period,…

The lawmaker said the regulation will need to be both “pragmatic” and “proportionate” to ensure economic growth is maximized. 315 Total views 24 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe United Kingdom could lay out digital asset regulation within 12 months a British lawmaker claimed, saying the country wants…

Silvergate has reportedly laid off 200 members of its staff, which is around 40% of its total number of employees. Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTThe FTX debacle has triggered a bank run on Silvergate, causing the company to sell off its assets at a loss and cut staff by 40%…