South Korea’s crypto market growth fueled by rising Premium Index: Chainalysis

ConsenSys, the Ethereum-focused company founded by Joseph Lubin, announced on Feb. 25 that it will spin off its health division. The new ConsenSys Health company will develop blockchain use cases to tackle issues in the U.S. healthcare industry.The announcement is part of ConsenSys’ strategy shift of favoring products such as Codefi and Infura, which led…

Is Spotify hinting at soon-to-come crypto features? Spotify, one of the world’s largest streaming audio providers, is looking for candidates with a crypto background to fill a new role at the company.According to a recent job post, the company is looking for an outstanding associate director to join its payments strategy and innovation department. According to…

A charitable campaign to enable the direct transfer of $1 million in crypto donations to Venezuelans has registered around 60,000 verified beneficiaries and raised $272,000 to date. The news was revealed in an interview with the campaign’s leader, Steve Hanke, with National Public Radio on April 21.Professor Hanke is a professor of applied economics at…

Recent research by the European Central Bank (ECB) claims that it is possible to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) payment system that protects user privacy.Per the report dubbed “Exploring anonymity in central bank digital currencies,” the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) established a proof-of-concept (PoC) for anonymity in CBDCs, which came as…

A prime crypto broker blames margin calls on non-crypto assets for the current crypto market slide.Marc Bhargava, co-founder of Tagomi (which has recently joined the Libra Association), shared his explanation of the current market downturn with Cointelegraph. Since Tagomi is connected with ten of the biggest exchanges and some of the biggest crypto traders, it…

HSBC is looking for a candidate who knows of digital assets, especially asset tokenization and custody, according to a job posting. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTHSBC, the British multinational bank which manages the largest amount of assets in Europe, doubles down its interest in digital currencies. The bank is…

Bitcoin (BTC) struggled to reclaim $20,000 support at the March 10 Wall Street open as fears mounted over Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) contagion.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader targets $18,000 BTC priceData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it nursed fresh losses, reaching $19,569 on Bitstamp. The pair had seen further downside prior…

Over 15,000 users, mainly small individual miners, are part of the still-growing Braiins (Slush Pool) ecosystem. 157 Total views 4 Total shares All things have their humble beginnings; in 2010, the first Bitcoin (BTC) mining project was created in Prague, Czechia, and was simply called Bitcoin.cz. Soon afterward, founder Mark "Slush" Palatinus decided to move…

South Korean tech titan names Woong Ah-yoon as the head of their blockchain division. 1630 Total views 43 Total shares Although the company made no official announcement, South Korean tech conglomerate Samsung Electronics seems to have been appointed a new Vice President in its AI PM Group / Blockchain Dev Group.Woong Ah-yoon, a former chief…