Wall Street must be accountable for Bitcoin mining emissions — Greenpeace

A major study between the BIS and the U.K. central bank found a retail CBDC could make peer-to-peer payments cheaper and easier. 82 Total views 10 Total shares The Bank of England (BoE) is a step closer to launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC) dubbed “Britcoin” following the conclusion of a trial study called…

A former Bank of Japan official is concerned about a digital yen triggering massive outflows from private bank deposits. Hiromi Yamaoka, former head of the payment and settlement systems department at the Bank of Japan, said that the country will likely need several years before it can issue a central bank digital currency.In a Nov.…

DeFi is almost certainly the future, but that future may not be today. The decentralized finance, or DeFi, sector of the crypto industry has been bursting with exuberance, innovation, and speculation in recent months. The niche is still very much in its infancy, however, according to Richard Byworth, CEO of digital finance company Diginex."I do…

Analysis from CoinShares shows investors favored smaller altcoins last week as capital outflows for Ethereum hit $17 million. 761 Total views 4 Total shares Institutional investors have shifted their attention from Ethereum (ETH) to competing Layer 1 blockchains of late, with capital inflows for altcoin investment products increasing last week whilst Ether products posted outflows…

One of the Stellar Development Foundation's recent hires said he is personally more concerned with industry growth than trading or holding individual assets. 1406 Total views 33 Total shares International and Public Affairs professor, Ronaldo Lemos, a recent addition to the Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, said his personal interests align more with industry growth…

The Ministry of Education (MoE) of Malaysia is establishing a University Consortium to combat degree fraud using blockchain, the ministry announced in a tweet Nov. 8.According to the ministry’s tweet, the system is designed to issue and verify the authenticity of university-issued degrees. The new government-backed consortium will initially be comprised of six public universities…

Pavel Durov was reportedly offered to move Telegram to Paris during his meeting with the French president in 2018.

The move is designed to maintain the stablecoin savings protocol's lucrative yield of approximately 20% per annum. 165 Total views 11 Total shares In a tweet published early Friday, Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs, the entity developing the Terra Luna (LUNA) and Terra USD (UST) stablecoin ecosystem, announced the injection of 450 million UST…

Investors pointed to Musk’s portrayal of "a fictitious financial expert" during a Saturday Night Live appearance, referring to Dogecoin as “a hustle,” as a reference point in the lawsuit. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTElon Musk and his lawyers reportedly requested a United States judge to dismiss the $258 billion…