Vocal Ethereum researcher Max Resnick jumps ship to join Solana

Central banks should develop a deeper understanding of the consequences of issuing a digital currency, according to a Bank of Japan official.According to Reuters on Feb. 27, Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya explained that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could streamline settlements and facilitate private money flows, but also stifle private financial innovation…

Australia’s largest precious metal refinery, the Perth Mint, and InfiniGold, a fintech startup focused on precious metals digitization, have jointly launched a gold-backed digital token.The new ERC-20 token is dubbed Perth Mint Gold Token (PMGT) and pegged 1:1 with GoldPass certificates issued by the Perth Mint, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on…

Bitcoin (BTC) crashed $500 in minutes on Oct. 23 after a sudden jolt sent markets tumbling to fresh lows.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360Bitcoin firmly ditches $8K rangeData from Coin360 captured the moment panic hit for traders on Wednesday, BTC/USD going from $7,950 to $7,450 in just five minutes.Bitcoin seven-day price chart. Source: Coin360The reasons…

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are trading above the psychologically important levels of $30,000 and $2,000 respectively. This suggests that the crypto winter may be on its last legs. Some analysts are calling for an altseason to begin but it may be too early for that. When most of the crypto bears turn bullish, Bitcoin is…

Singaporean investment firm Matrixport blamed for Bitcoin price correction, Asian exchanges performance in 2023, and more! by Zhiyuan Sun 5 min January 4, 2024 Share Share Share Share Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Binance’s secret sauce, Bitget gets going Cryptocurrency exchange Binance claims that it grew

NFT marketplace Blur allocated a total reward pool of 300 million tokens, worth around $146 million, for traders who use their platform. A pseudonymous nonfungible token (NFT) trader made around $11 million in the recent airdrop reward distribution conducted by the NFT marketplace Blur. Dune analytics data showed that a wallet with the Ethereum Name Service

Blockchain analytics service Nansen has published its NFT Indexes Report for the second quarter of 2022, showing the market dynamics and quantitative performance of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) over the last three months. The report identifies and determines key factors contributing to the well-documented NFT bear market, including Ethereum-based volume and transactional metrics, as well as market…

FTX US won a $1.4-billion bid to purchase Voyager’s assets in September, but with the firm filing for bankruptcy, the funds were once again up for grabs. Trading platform INX has submitted a bid for an undisclosed amount to purchase the assets of crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital.In a Nov. 30 announcement, INX said it…