'Privacy-minded' CBDCs are a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Over the past week, astute crypto market analysts noticed some interesting developments related to the supply of Ether (ETH) as the network's August 4 London hard fork approaches.Recent data from CryptoQuant, an on-chain analytics firm, indicates that the amount of Ether held in cryptocurrency exchanges' reserves has hit new daily lows since the start of July.Ethereum…

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The Dutch central bank says The Netherlands is well placed to develop and trial a digital Euro. 178 Total views 8 Total shares The Dutch central bank wants to be the proving ground for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the European Union.In a 45-page report released by the bank on April 21, the De…

South Korea’s largest telecoms provider, KT Corporation, is boosting a partnership with China Mobile targeting blockchain technology and 5G roaming.As local English-language news outlet The Korea Herald reported on Dec. 5, KT is preparing to debut 5G roaming capabilities in China later this month. KT Corp. eyes B.Link blockchain rolloutAt the same time, the companies are…

BitTorrent’s system dubbed BitTorrent Speed, which will integrate the Tron-based BTT token into the popular µTorrent Windows client, will launch by summer. The company has confirmed this in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Jan. 19.BitTorrent Speed will issue cryptocurrency token rewards to users that serve content to others via the µTorrent network. The…

Bitcoin (BTC) has already netted its biggest new buyer almost $200 million in profit from price increases, data suggests.Analysis of the wallet related to Blockchain protocol Terra reveals that since it began amassing BTC in Q1 this year, it is up $165 million.Terra co-founder rejects idea LFG moved BTC priceThe Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a…

Bitcoin (BTC) price initially bounced from its recent low at $29,000 but the overall market sentiment after a 25% price drop in five days is still largely negative. Currently, the crypto "Fear and Greed Index," which uses volatility, volume, social metrics, Bitcoin dominance and Google trends data, has plunged to its lowest level since March…

Users of now-defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are requesting further information concerning the recent loss of 103 Bitcoins (BTC) during the funds' recovery.An unfortunate lossAs Cointelegraph reported in February, one of the Big Four accounting firms — EY (formerly branded as Ernst & Young) — was appointed by QuadrigaCX as an independent third party to…