USDC overtakes USDT: Compliance is key to stablecoin dominance

Previously, Hong Kong crypto buyers worth less than $1 million only had Bitcoin and Ether to choose from.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has established its own research and development (R&D) center.According to an announcement on Jan. 6, the initiative makes Bithumb the first company with a blockchain and cryptocurrency research center in South Korea. Bithumb expressed high hopes for the research center’s impact on the company:“Bithumb will become a leading company in…

Recently launched BCAM will provide an institutional-grade custody and settlement platform for digital assets. 307 Total views 9 Total shares Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services firm, has named Standard Custody & Trust Company as the custodian for Blockchain.com and Altis Partner's new institutional platform, Blockchain.com Asset Management (BCAM).On April 6, Blockchain.com introduced a…

MicroStrategy is meeting with public companies tomorrow, on Feb. 4, to talk about Bitcoin and its merit as a store of value. 2245 Total views 14 Total shares MicroStrategy, the $6.37 billion business intelligence conglomerate in the U.S., will meet with public companies on Feb. 4 to discuss Bitcoin (BTC).Michael Saylor, the CEO of MicroStrategy,…

Indian tech firm Mphasis — majority-owned by the American multinational private equity firm Blackstone Group — has partnered with blockchain tech giant Bitfury on a trade finance project, Reuters reported on May 28.The report notes that Blackstone owns 52.3% of Mphasis, which is listed on the National Stock Exchange of India. According to Reuters, details…

The Twitter chief alleged Microsoft scraped information from the platform to train its AI and sell the data to others. 122 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTMicrosoft has been threatened with a suit from Tesla and Twitter chief Elon Musk who claimed the Big Tech…

Major automobile manufacturers Honda and General Motors (GM) are jointly conducting research on electric vehicle and smart grid interoperability using blockchain tech, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reported on May 20.As part of the project, Honda and GM will investigate whether electric vehicles can be used to stabilize the supply of energy in smart grids. Specifically,…

United States retail giant Walmart, in collaboration with IBM, will use blockchain technology to track its shrimp supply chains.On Oct. 4, Indian business publication LiveMint reported that Walmart will use blockchain technology to track its Indian-sourced shrimp to select locations of Sam's Club retail stores in the U.S.This is reportedly the first time that blockchain…

Bitcoin (BTC) represents an investment in technology and innovation, making it a must-have in any portfolio, suggested the CEO of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko, in an interview with Max Keiser on the Keiser Report, published on Jan. 30.  Morgan Creek CEO: Bitcoin exposure boosts portfoliosKeiser began by noting that portfolios with even 1% exposure to…