Celestia Foundation secures $100M capital led by Bain Capital Crypto

On September 27, at the 73rd Session of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA), Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio made an announcement where he declared that his country had set a new goal to create a national, blockchain-based credit bureau to “radically transform” the country’s financial inclusion landscape.  While the aim sounds ambitious, there’s some…

Blockchain investment company Eterna and venture capital fund Borderless Capital have teamed up to launch Eterna Borderless Venture Studio, to support projects on the Algorand platform. The aim is to drive adoption and growth by providing tools and resources to decentralized app — or DApp — developers and entrepreneurs. Startups are eligible to receive funding up…

Since recovering from this week’s drop to $8,900, Bitcoin (BTC) price has struggled to gain above $9,600 and this level needs to flip from resistance to support before further upside can occur. The largest digital-asset on CoinMarketCap has been gradually decoupling from stocks but some short-term correlation to traditional markets remains. This was observed on June…

The former CFTC chairman weighs in on what a U.S. CBDC might look like, as well as the benefits it could bring to American citizens. One of the few high-profile public officials to have served under both the Obama and Trump administrations, Chris Giancarlo is a former Wall Street executive-turn-regulator who is widely-respected by nearly…

The first and possibly only US presidential debate in 2024 will have the two candidates meeting in person for the first time.

Automated market maker exchange Bancor has rolled out a new mechanism that allows users to increase their capital efficiency while providing liquidity in its pools.Called Vortex, the solution allows users providing liquidity in BNT, Bancor’s utility token, to borrow funds while continuing to obtain yield from swap fees.The Vortex mechanism reworks the existing mechanism of…

Polkadot (DOT) witnessed massive upside moves in the previous daily sessions as traders assessed the cryptocurrency's entry into the United States-based digital assets trading platform, Coinbase Pro, and the upcoming auctioning of parachain slots atop Polkadot network's testbed version, Kusama, this Tuesday.The DOT/USD exchange rate reached $26.44 during the Monday session, following a roughly 37%…

The payment service, which is powered by the Stellar blockchain, will enable USDC settlement with MoneyGram in “near-real-time.” 279 Total views 9 Total shares Cross-border transfer service MoneyGram officially launched its stablecoin-powered payment channel on Friday, giving users the ability to send USD Coin (USDC) payments worldwide that can be withdrawn as cash by recipients. The…

The group reiterated its commitment to freedom of speech and promoting privacy-enhancing technologies that empower the individual. 3303 Total views 7 Total shares The Open Network (TON) Society released a statement on March 15 celebrating the return of Pavel Durov's passport as a win for freedom of speech, online privacy, and innovation. According to the