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State Bank of Pakistan governor Reza Baqir says the country is “waiting to burst as far as digitization is concerned.” 2966 Total views 21 Total shares The governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Reza Baqir, has indicated that the institution is carefully studying the possibilities opened by central bank digital currencies.In an interview with…

The Digital Assets division within Fidelity Investments will have around 500 total staff members by the first quarter of 2023, according to a spokesperson. 152 Total views 3 Total shares $4.5 trillion asset management firm Fidelity Investments is reportedly set to hire another 100 people to bolster the firm's growing digital assets division — a…

Although it has a much smaller market cap, on-chain data shows that USDC has a much greater transfer volume compared to its main competitor USDT. 148 Total views 18 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTStablecoin USD Coin (USDC) has grown in popularity since the collapse of FTX and…

Bitcoin (BTC) held steady at the June 20 Wall Street open as nervous traders waited for a short-term trend decision.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader flags Bitcoin "macro bottoming period"Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to just shy of $21,000 at the time of writing, a three-day high.The weekend had…

The market for nonfungible tokens appears to be growing in Asia. Several companies and venture funds have backed DeFine in its quest to bring NFTs to mainstream audiences. 153 Total views 1 Total shares DeFine, a socially oriented nonfungible token platform, has raised $5 million in strategic investments as part of a wider effort to…

The digital asset platform was focused primarily on acquisitions and sponsorship deals through the bull market but now seems to have shifted toward expansion, especially in Europe. 149 Total views 3 Total shares Singapore-based digital asset platform Crypto.com scored a major regulatory approval in France. The digital asset platform was approved to register as a…

Analysts have revised down their forecasts for European enterprise spending on blockchain development in the next few years due to the economic aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report published on May 5, United States-based market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said it expects the slowdown to be temporary and unevenly distributed across sectors.Prior…

I recently caught wind of an interesting Cointelegraph article explaining how investors could earn 41% APY on their Bitcoin without converting it to renBTC or WBTC.In the article, the writer laid out a detailed case for generating yield on Bitcoin (BTC) holdings by investing in options markets instead of decentralized finance (DeFi) apps.While we are…

We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes!This week, our 6 Questions go to Cristina Dolan, co-founder and chief operating officer of InsureX Technologies, an alternative insurance marketplace based on blockchain, and CEO of…