Metaplanet eyes upping Bitcoin holdings to 10K BTC in 2025

Back when digitized banking service evolutions such as debit cards, online banking and check imaging were sweeping the financial sector, one could have never imagined what was coming next. I certainly did not, having spent more than 10 years during this time advising executives of major global banks on the implementation of these game-changing technologies.The…

Banking and financial services giant HSBC has completed the first yuan-denominated letter of credit transaction on a blockchain using the Voltron trade finance platform.As Reuters reported on Sept. 2, HSBC conducted the first blockchain-based yuan-denominated letter of credit transaction deploying R3’s Corda-powered Voltron platform. In the cross-border  transaction, Hong Kong-based electronics manufacturer MTC Electronics exported…

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $9,300 on Nov. 1 after a period of downward pressure gave away to fresh positive sentiment. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360Bitcoin shows firm $9K supportData from Coin360 put the largest cryptocurrency at around $9,200 as of press time Friday, with 24-hour performance seeing it dip as low as $9,060.Bitcoin seven-day price…

World, formerly known as Worldcoin, is a digital ID project that uses iris scans to create a digital identity. Brazil’s data protection agency has upheld its decision to restrict cryptocurrency compensation tied to the World ID project, citing user privacy concerns.  The National Data Protection Authority (ANDP) rejected a petition by World ID developer Tools

CEO Harry Halpin pointed to history and used Nazi Germany as an example of why digital privacy must be protected in the 21st century.

The hacker who stole $25 million in crypto on April 19 from decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol, dForce, has since returned the money. Most signs indicate that this was due to the hacker accidentally leaking data which could have led to their identity being discovered. dForce has not issued any clarifying statements, despite mounting criticism…

Two Canadian men who defrauded a Bitcoin (BTC) investor out of $140,000 by impersonating exchange HitBTC may serve two years in prison.According to court records on Dec. 16, brothers Jagroop Singh Khatkar and Karanjit Singh Khatkhar pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud over a scam carried out via Twitter in July…

The Algorand Foundation announced a 250 million ALGO (roughly $43 million) grants program to foster development on the Algorand blockchain on April 14.Cointelegraph spoke to Fangfang Chen, the Algorand Foundation’s head of operations, to find out more about the program.Algorand launches $43 million grants programThe funds will be allocated to “qualified investors across four major…