If your country has adopted a CBDC, you might be suffering
New research indicates that in countries where central bank digital currencies have been adopted or are under consideration, well-being is low.
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White hat: I returned most of the stolen Nomad funds and all I got was this silly NFT
Metagame's founder, who's behind the NFT offering said he has no idea whether it'll actually incentivize hackers to return funds, but it'll "be cool if it does!" 160 Total views 3 Total shares Hackers behind the $190 million Nomad Bridge are now being incentivized with "whitehat" themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) if they return nearly all…

zkSync Era denies 921 ETH ‘stuck forever’ in smart contract
One member of the cryptocurrency subreddit pointed out that “EVM equivalent” compilers like zkSync Era does not necessarily mean it is fully “EVM compatible.” 489 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTMatter Labs, the team behind Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution zkSync, has denied that 921…

Single inactive volcano has 90% chance of powering El Salvador’s Bitcoin City, according to president
According to Nayib Bukele, should the power consumption of the country’s planned Bitcoin City exceed the volcano’s capacity, geothermal energy can be sourced from other sites. 346 Total views 19 Total shares El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has claimed officials will be able to use geothermal energy from one of the country’s inactive volcanoes to…

Overstock-Funded Bankorus Has No Money Left, Says $1M Shareholder
The largest shareholder in Overstock-funded blockchain wealth management startup Bankorus has claimed that the firm has no money left.In a statement issued on Oct. 6, Sonic Zhang said that previous funding deals for Bankorus had fallen through and that all its employees have resigned.Zhang: Bankorus “has run out of cash”As a contributor of more than…

Nasdaq needs clear regulations to launch crypto exchange, says VP
Nasdaq said that the retail side of the crypto market is quite saturated at the moment with many service providers looking to fulfill retail investors’ needs. 260 Total views 8 Total shares Nasdaq, the American stock exchange, has no immediate plans of launching a crypto exchange until there’s better regulatory clarity from policymakers, said Tal…

California State Legislature Passes Bill to Establish Blockchain Working Group
California’s AB 2658, a bill that calls for the establishment of a working group on blockchain technology, has passed both houses of the state legislature and will now head to the governor for approval, according to public documents. The bill would would define blockchain as “a mathematically secured, chronological, and decentralized ledger or database,” and…

Bitcoin price rallies to $29.4K as traders gear up for this week’s CPI print
Bitcoin (BTC) rose to its highest level in ten months on April 10 as traders await this week's April 12 consumer price index report to gain deeper insight into the Federal Reserve's fight against sticky inflation. If the report shows inflation dropping, it could be the next possible catalyst that further's BTC's upward move. On April…