‘Hong Kong’s FTX’ victims win lawsuit, bankers bash stablecoins: Asia Express

White label digital asset exchange platform AlphaPoint announced it had hired a former senior executive at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) to lead its trading and exchange business in a press release shared with Cointelegraph Nov. 2.AlphaPoint, which has operated since 2013 as a method through which corporations can digitize financial assets, said Kapil…

The news came mere days after Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced that he's going to take his next paycheck entirely in BTC. 1459 Total views 46 Total shares Jane Castor, the mayor of Tampa Bay, Florida, has announced that she will begin accepting her paycheck in Bitcoin (BTC), according to multiple sources who attended Florida’s…

Low uptake of Grayscale’s Solana fund is an early indicator, she said.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor has shared his firm’s plans to release Bitcoin Lightning Network-powered software and solutions in 2023.In a recent Twitter Spaces on Dec. 28, Saylor shared that the company is exploring software and solutions that utilize the Lightning Network, such as solutions that “support” enterprise marketing as well as a cybersecurity solution…

Speaking at the Ethereal Summit 2020 on May 7, Buterin believes the Ethereum network could help play a leading role in connecting nations. Vitalik Buterin believes that Ethereum can play a role in a future global crisis as the glue that helps bind nations together.The Ethereum co-founder spoke at the Ethereal Summit 2020 on May…

While the amount of ETH locked in DeFi protocols is up 75% since the start of 2020, the sum of Ether held on centralized exchanges has fallen by 30% over the same period. 2113 Total views 17 Total shares Ether is being locked up in decentralized finance contracts at an accelerating rate this year, while…

The hardware wallet industry has emerged as one of the most resilient sectors to the ongoing cryptocurrency winter, with issues like the FTX crash bringing in even more cold wallet sales.The bear market of 2022 has once again reminded crypto investors of the importance of self-custody and independence from centralized exchanges (CEX).As a result, some…

Stablecoins have emerged as a foundational part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem over the past couple of years due to their ability to provide crypto traders with an offramp during times of volatility and their widespread integration with decentralized finance (DeFi). These are necessary for the health of the ecosystem as a whole. Currently, Tether (USDT) and…

Most crypto investors probably aren’t thinking about divorce or what will happen to their digital assets in the event of separation, but lawyers say it’s becoming a very common scenario as more people hold crypto assets. Last year, market research firm GWI suggested that as much as 10.2% of global internet users aged 16 to 64…