Crypto use more common among the underbanked, says FDIC report

Brazil’s largest private bank has partnered with United Kingdom bank Standard Chartered to create a blockchain-based platform for small loans, according to a press release published by Itau Tuesday, Dec. 4.Itau Unibanco, also a major Latin American banking group, and Standard Chartered both offer international banking services. The two entities have successfully conducted a proof-of-concept…

Tied in with a national shopping event, the trial will add "offline" and "touch" functionality. 2221 Total views 16 Total shares The Chinese city of Suzhou will be the second to roll out a “red envelope” trial for the forthcoming digital yuan, according to a report in local media outlet The Paper.Following the successful pilot…

Exchanges are still waiting on permission to list options on spot Bitcoin ETFs, too.

Opinion by: Igor Zemtsov, chief technology officer at TBCC Following “Libragate,” memecoin prices crashed, with their market cap falling nearly 60% from 2025’s highs. But meme tokens, dead? They’ve got more lives than a cat on caffeine. Despite the chaos, memecoins were still holding a $47.9-billion market cap as of March 10. It’s not exactly

Many crypto exchanges with Russian roots have fled the country or operate illegally, Blockchain Life's founder said. 63 Total views 5 Total shares The Russian cryptocurrency market has grown to hundreds of billions of dollars despite the absence of sufficient cryptocurrency regulation, according to a major industry executive.Sergei Khitrov, founder of the Russian cryptocurrency event…

The money printer is going brrr in the United States. 2906 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) may get a boost to finally clear $40,000 at the expense of the U.S. dollar as United States President Joe Biden's new $6 trillion federal spending budget proposal is unveiled.On May 28, the United States president will…

A lawyer for Julian Assange spoke in court on Wednesday, claiming a former Republican congressman offered the WikiLeaks founder a presidential pardon. This clemency was to be in exchange for denying Russian involvement in the 2016 Democratic National Committee email hack. Assange’s lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, declared in the Westminster Magistrates' Court on Feb. 19 that former…

A new report from Cointelegraph Research and Onramper revealed that fiat-crypto transactions have a 50% failure rate due to several factors, including user location. 132 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe crypto community continually seeks ways to bridge the gap between traditional finance and fiat currencies…

The S&P 500 is trading near its all-time high but Bitcoin (BTC) has plunged about 30% from its all-time high at $69,000. Even after the sharp drop, Bitcoin is up 63%, year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500, which is up about 30% in 2021.Gold, which is popular as a hedge against inflation, is down roughly 7%…