Ripple and Mercado Bitcoin to launch crypto-enabled payments in Brazil

As part of DC Fintech Week, a digital conference on the governmental side of the financial technology sector, several international leaders gathered for an Oct. 19 panel called: Central Banks, CBDCs and Cryptoeconomics. "I don't see technological barriers in this area, but I do see technological challenges," Cecilia Skingsley, First Deputy Governor of Riksbank, the central bank of…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw major volatility after the Nov. 8 Wall Street open as turmoil over crypto exchange FTX punished markets further.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBinance hints at plan to buy FTXData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting $19,244 on Bitstamp, marking the pair’s lowest levels in two weeks and 24-hour losses of…

The company claimed its PoR product can restore trust in crypto exchanges through greater transparency, but not everyone is convinced. 360 Total views 3 Total shares Chainlink Labs offered its Proof of Reserve product as a solution to future trust issues in the crypto exchange market on Nov. 10. In a tweet thread, Chainlink Labs…

Gemini is accused of providing BlockFi with custodial services and misleading information to help BlockFi market its alleged unregistered securities. 414 Total views 11 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAn investor with nearly $2 million worth of funds frozen in bankrupt cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed a class…

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekBitcoin officially hits new all-time high above $65K Bitcoin (BTC) surged to…

Alleged former owner of crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik was indicted and subjected to a "fake" interrogation by French prosecutors on Tuesday, August 28, his attorney Timofey Musatov told Russian news outlet Izvestiya Thursday, August 30.Musatov claims that his client Vinnik was brought to a court in Greece where he is currently awaiting extradition and…

Security token offering (STO) platform, Blockpulse, has obtained registration with the ACPR Bank of France.Blockpulse “registered at ACPR Banque de France with its partner, Lemonway, the leading European digital payment solution for investment platforms,” Blockpulse COO Marien Irzykiewicz told Cointelegraph. The company also alleges that the outfit is the first STO platform to achieve registration…

Imperial College London announced a collaboration with AI startup FluidAI to tackle major issues in the crypto market such as liquidity aggregation. 371 Total views 2 Total shares Imperial College London announced a partnership with the artificial intelligence (AI) startup FluidAI on Aug. 21 to help troubleshoot issues in the digital asset market using emerging…

A contract-for-difference (CFD) broker says its platform is one of the first to operate in both crypto and fiat currencies — with a simple interface that’s designed to appeal to new and advanced traders alike.SimpleFX says that it already boasts more than 200,000 active traders around the world and aspires to become “the go-to app…