Hong Kong’s e-HKD project expands into tokenization, programmability

Binance CEO CZ says that having their own bank would unlock one more channel for interacting with global regulators. 1364 Total views 3 Total shares Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is considering purchasing or setting up its own bank.The company’s CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, revealed the news during an AMA session hosted by…

NKN price rallied to a new all-time high as the number of full consensus nodes on the network surpassed 67,000. 1561 Total views 14 Total shares One telltale sign of a growing altcoin season is when obscure and lesser-known projects start putting on face-melting gains as traders scramble to jump on the rising price. New Kind…

According to a press release, software developer, philanthropist, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will depart the company’s board.Now 64 years old, the business magnate started Microsoft alongside Paul Allen in 1975. The company is surely most known for its Windows computer operating system, which was first released in 1985 and remains as vital as ever…

Indonesia’s commodity futures regulator has established a legal framework for operating crypto and digital assets futures markets, according to an official press release published on Feb. 18.The Indonesian Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (Bappebti), which operates under Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade, has officially required multiple entities involved in crypto futures trading to seek regulatory approval…

A social media influencer known for “cash giveaways” has failed to show the money in alleged Bitcoin wire fraud scheme. 1327 Total views 12 Total shares An Instagram influencer has been charged with wire fraud, after he allegedly scammed followers out of $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin. Social media influencer Jay Mazini, who boasted of…

Mining difficulty on the Bitcoin (BTC) network has taken its steepest upturn in almost a year, data from major Chinese mining pool BTC.com reveals.On July 9, difficulty surged by over 14% to hit 9.06 trillion (9.06 T), at an average hash rate of 64.85 EH/s — a new all-time-high in the network’s history.The last time…

1inch Network co-founder Sergej Kunz highlighted that mass adoption means people understand “the noncustodial way.“ 157 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTSergej Kunz, the co-founder of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol 1inch Network, sat down with Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Hall at Paris Blockchain Week 2023. The…

Comedians from the United States are quite used to making fun of Canada, depicting their neighbors as some sort of peaceful simpletons, with the series South Park as probably the prime example. However, even if you ignore that Wolverine — the toughest of all the X-Men — is Canadian, you should revise this worn-out cliché,…

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week.The past week in DeFi was filled with anticipation leading up to the Shapella upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet. The hard fork was successfully completed on April 12, allowing validators…