Meta cancels next-gen headset as Reality Labs remains mired in VR

An exec at the Bank for International Settlements wants central banks to helm the evolution of digital money. 1371 Total views 12 Total shares With central bank digital currencies — or CBDCs — on the agenda in many countries, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements has weighed in on the role of…

Gemini Europe — the United Kingdom and EU affiliate of the Winklevoss twins’ United States-based crypto exchange Gemini — has appointed a new chief compliance and money laundering reporting officer.As part of the firm’s expansion into the transatlantic market, the new appointee, Blair Halliday, will oversee Gemini Europe’s compliance program in the region. A press release…

DeFi’s top three lending protocols have reached record levels of collateral lockup above $20B. There has been no slowdown in the amount of collateral pouring into the leading decentralized finance protocols this year.DeFi’s leading three lending protocols have amassed approximately $20 billion according to Dune Analytics. A Messari research report into valuing these platforms suggests…

“I literally had two coffees and a beer, and I had this eureka moment at four in the morning," Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko recalls as he leans back thoughtfully. Speaking to Cointelegraph at the annual Breakpoint conference in Amsterdam, the co-founder recounts a late night brainwave of a “hyper-optimized, fast as possible” smart contract blockchain protocol.“The use

This week's Nifty News sees the arrival of Louis Vuitton to the nonfungible token (NFT) gaming scene, Johnnie Walker's entry into Web3 and Elon Musk's apparent embrace of Bored Ape Yacht Club.Louis Vuitton makes its mark in the NFT gaming scene To commemorate Louis Vuitton’s bicentennial birthday in late 2021, the French luxury brand launched a…

The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) crypto regulations will trigger a shift of criminal activity from Bitcoin (BTC) to privacy coins, it has been claimed.Criminals mostly use BTC and ETH to dateDavid Jevans, CEO of major crypto transaction tracking firm CipherTrace, shared his remarks about criminal use of cryptocurrencies at a panel held by blockchain…

The race between presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump is expected to be close in November — could crypto make a difference?

The Ethereum Foundation awarded a $650,000 grant to Nimbus for continuing its work on light Ethereum 2.0 clients, a Jan. 28 press release announced. The project’s goal is to allow smartphones and embedded devices to run smart contract-capable nodes.Nimbus is an infrastructure project launched in March 2018 by Status. While initially conceived as a way…

The funding round was led by Foundation Capital, with follow-on investment from CMT digital. 57 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTLondon-based digital asset protection firm, Coincover, has secured $30 million in a funding round led by Foundation Capital, with a follow-on investment from CMT digital. According…