SSV Network to create ‘based’ apps infrastructure for Ethereum

Editor’s note: These are times strange enough that every conversation seems to include some verbal acknowledgment like “strange times, huh?” A quasi-anarchist police-free leftist separatist bubble has formed and is growing on Seattle’s Capitol Hill — a sentence that resembles a David Foster Wallace plot more than anything I ever anticipated treating as news. Both India and…

The ban is intended to reduce Argentina's payment-system exposure to digital assets, said the monetary authority. 382 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn May 4, Argentina's central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, alleging it intends to reduce the country's payment-system exposure to…

Genesis previously reportedly said that the $175 million settlement was “fair and equitable,” while FTX creditors wanted to contest it. 258 Total views 22 Total shares A New York bankruptcy judge has approved a settlement between bankrupt cryptocurrency firms FTX and Genesis Global Trading (GGC), allowing FTX-affiliated Alameda Research to get $175 million from GGC.The

Take, for example, the recent issues that Circle-issued USD Coin (USDC) faced when it depegged from the U.S. dollar following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Two weeks later, Mastercard boldly integrated the stablecoin into its infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, allowing users to spend USDC through its network. It’s happening, folks!And let’s not forget about Bitcoin…

Saudi British Bank (SABB) has launched an instant cross-border transfer service powered by Ripple, according to a news release on April 25.The bank said the technology, unveiled at the Financial Sector Conference in Riyadh on April 24 and 25, formed part of its “strategic plan towards digital transformation and enriching customer experience.”According to SABB, it…

Thursday, Oct. 10 — Following an impressive rally yesterday, major crypto markets have slowed to trade in the red over the past day. Bitcoin (BTC) has stuck to $8,600, while other major coins are experiencing a downward trend.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360After jumping from an intraday low of around $8,200 up to nearly $8,600…

Japanese internet giant GMO Internet Group is quitting the Bitcoin mining hardware sector, Cointelegraph Japan reported Dec. 25 referencing a public document.Citing “extraordinary loss” in Q4 this year, GMO, which began its foray into Bitcoin mining in 2017, said that it will “no longer develop, manufacture and sell” miners.“After taking into consideration changes in the…

A bill introduced in Kenya could see a tax added to cryptocurrency and NFT transfers and has been met with a mixed reaction online. 222 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTKenya's lawmakers are considering the introduction of a 3% tax on cryptocurrency and nonfungible token…

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have become well-established as a major talking point in the academic mainstream and geopolitics — not to mention the crypto community and its rowdy public discourse on X. While national leaders and supranational financial institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have come to a broad consensus