Thailand’s Central Bank Is Developing a Digital Currency Based on R3 Tech

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining reporter based in Asia.Oliver Knight is a CoinDesk reporter based between London and Lisbon. He does not own any crypto.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April…

CoinMarketCap, the most-visited aggregator of cryptocurrency market data, has changed the way it uses data from the Bitfinex exchange in response to a report by CoinDesk. On Tuesday, CoinDesk pointed out that a trading pair shown on CoinMarketCap – seemingly, for trades between the tether stablecoin (USDT) and U.S. dollars – did not, in fact,…

May 13, 2020 at 12:40 UTCUpdated May 13, 2020 at 12:43 UTCJesse Grushack, via YouTubeJesse Grushack started mining bitcoin in 2010, using all of his computer power over the course of three days to come up with 1/200th of a penny. Despite the discouraging start, Grushack’s interest in cryptocurrency didn’t wane, and when he first…

news An Indonesian financial watchdog has set out new regulations for the trading of crypto assets on futures exchanges in the country. The Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti), an agency under Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade, announced the new rules Monday, stating that cryptocurrency futures exchanges must be registered and approved before operating. The agency…

A notable 76% of family offices surveyed during the second half of this year have crypto exposure, according to a report authored by Aspen Digital. DeFi, AI, and DePin are key areas of interest. Private wealth is long-term bullish on crypto, expecting BTC to trade in five figures by the end of December. 01:01 Bitcoin

news JPMorgan’s blockchain payments platform has just onboarded its first Singapore-based bank. With the addition of OCBC – the second-largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets – JPMorgan’s Interbank Information Network (IIN) now has around 345 banking members across the globe. Roughly 40 percent of those are from the Asia-Pacific region. Built on Quorum,  a…

Tokens of Solana, Avalanche and Injective surged as much as 20% in the past 24 hours as the meme coin trading frenzy extended into a third week on these networks.Solana’s SOL jumped 8% while Avalanche’s AVAX added almost 12% before giving back some gains. Dog-themed tokens dogwifhat (WIF) and bonk (BONK) trended on Solana, while

Jul 24, 2020 at 10:35 UTCUpdated Jul 24, 2020 at 10:36 UTCDigital banking infrastructure provider Banxa is making a move into North American markets. In a strategic partnership announced Thursday, Australia-based Banxa plans to leverage custody and settlement infrastructure from exchange platform Zero Hash to provide the regulatory and technology means for its expansion.The partnership…

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