US crypto firm BitGo wins payment license in Singapore

Economic historian Barry Eichengreen believes that stablecoins are either too fragile, or too expensive, to emerge as a dominant monetary form. 491 Total views 12 Total shares UC Berkeley professor Barry Eichengreen argues that Facebook’s planned Libra stablecoin faces too many “insoluble” problems, and too much resistance from governments, to ever launch.“Libra is an interesting…

The bullish market sentiment, aided by the price rebound, has also let many analysts believe that the Bitcoin price bottom is in. 1135 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBitcoin (BTC) climbed to a four-month high above $21,000 in the third week of January, embellishing trader’s…

In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain.At the end of 2021 — a year in which Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) rose 100% and…

The UDSC stablecoin will soon become natively supported on the Sui network through the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.

Toyota continues its ongoing exploration into integrating blockchain technology within its corporate and developmental ecosystems. 124 Total views 1 Total shares The Toyota GR Cup, a North American racing series held by Toyota Gazoo Racing, recently announced it will start awarding digital trophies and record driver performances on the Polygon blockchain. Image source: Toyota press release.Per…

Layer-2 Ethereum scaling solution, Polygon (MATIC) has announced the establishment of Polygon ID, an identity platform designed to complement the decentralized finance and decentralized application (DApp) economies by providing users greater privacy and sovereignty within Web3.Professed to be the first identity platform of its kind to adopt cryptographic-based zero-knowledge technology, the platform will utilize Iden3’s…

Net outflows at the cryptocurrency exchange hit $788 million over the last 24 hours, however, Binance told Cointelegraph that “Funds are SAFU.” 889 Total views 15 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTCryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen a surge of withdrawals over the last 24 hours as investors appear…

Angel investors and venture capitalists are two types of private investors who provide funding for early-stage and growth-stage companies. However, there are some key differences between them that we will cover in this article.Who are angel investors?High-net-worth individuals who invest in companies at an early stage in exchange for equity in the business are known…

One early cryptocurrency entrepeneur thinks Elon Musk lacks moral consistency when it comes to his management of Bitcoin. 910 Total views 6 Total shares The founder of one of the first physical cryptocurrency exchanges has slammed what he perceives as hypocrisy on the part of Elon Musk, after the Tesla CEO announced the electric car…