MakerDAO passes proposal for $750M increase in US Treasury investmentsThe emergency proposal increases MakerDAO’s holdings of United States bonds by 150%, aiming to diversify the Dai stablecoin’s collateral exposure.Mar 16, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Swiss Bankers Association proposes deposit tokens to develop digital economyA deposit token is a concept that came out of Singapore’s Project Guardian last year, and it has already been touted by JPMorgan.Mar 16, 2023Derek Andersen
Bitcoin bears could face $440M loss in Friday’s options expiryThe bailout of Silicon Valley Bank provided a significant advantage to BTC bulls on the weekly $1.2 billion BTC options expiry.Mar 16, 2023Marcel Pechman
Orca DEX to block US users from trading with its interfaceThe company said U.S. traders would still be able to make swaps by directly interacting with Orca’s smart contracts, however.Mar 16, 2023Tom Blackstone
Ethereum core developers set April 12 for Shanghai hard forkThe upgrade will enable staked ETH withdrawals on the Beacon Chain, completing Ethereum’s transition to a PoS consensus.Mar 16, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
FTX influencers face $1B class-action lawsuit over alleged crypto fraud promotionThe suit is led by Edwin Garrison and was filed against “FTX influencers,” primarily on YouTube.Mar 16, 2023Derek Andersen
Shiba Inu community divided over allegations of code, chain ID plagiarism“I just want to know why, we, a billion dollar project that paid $10m dollars to develop our layer 2, have another projects Chain ID,” wrote one user.Mar 16, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Blockchain Association seeks info from Fed, FDIC and OCC on ‘de-banking’ crypto firmsThe association submitted Freedom of Information Act requests as part of an investigation into how regulators’ actions “improperly contributed” to the collapse of three banks.Mar 16, 2023Turner Wright
Bitcoin dominance nears 50% as research hails ‘bullish’ narrative flipThe comedown of the past nine months has disappeared during this week’s bank-crisis-inspired Bitcoin price surge.Mar 16, 2023William Suberg
Crypto mining in 2023 — Is it still worth it? Watch Market TalksJoin us as we discuss whether cryptocurrency mining is still worth it in 2023 and all the latest updates regarding the mining industry.Mar 16, 2023Adrian J. Permal
India, UAE to explore CBDC bridge to facilitate trade, remittances without USDThe bridge would be the second for the UAE, whose banks successfully participated in the mBridge project last year with Hong Kong, China and Thailand.Mar 16, 2023Derek Andersen
Decentralize and the week’s Breaking News: SVB, USDC and BTC to $26K Breaking news and insightful views: Decentralize with Cointelegraph drops a new style of podcast curated for you by the Cointelegraph news team.Mar 16, 2023Joe Hall
9 key metrics to analyze the health of a bankDiscover nine crucial metrics to analyze bank health: equity, ROA, ROE, NPLs, CAR and more.Mar 16, 2023Dr. Guneet Kaur
Crypto winter can take a toll on hodlers’ mental healthThe relentless bear market, a string of high-profile criminal charges and the fall of trusted institutions have taken their toll on those actively involved in the crypto industry.Mar 16, 2023Mitch Eiven
Developed markets lagging behind in digital payments: BlackRock CEOIn a letter to investors, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink highlighted the benefits of digital assets and said developing nations like the U.S. are lagging behind in innovation.Mar 16, 2023Savannah Fortis
European Parliament votes to form final law on EU digital walletIntroduced in 2021, the European Digital Identity framework aims to enable and protect the digital identity of EU citizens.Mar 16, 2023Helen Partz
FTX fiasco set back the approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs: Valkyrie investment chief The chief investment officer at Valkyrie Investments, Steven McClurg, explains how firms are working around a challenging regulatory environment to bring Bitcoin spot ETFs to the U.S. market.Mar 16, 2023Elisha Owusu Akyaw
Coinbase expects high demand for ETH unstaking with Shanghai upgradeCoinbase announces that unstaking requests may take weeks or months to process as they are not in charge of Ethereum’s unstaking process.Mar 16, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Bitcoin returns to $25K as Credit Suisse bailout precedes EU rate hike moveA day of important macroeconomic news in the U.S. and Europe sees BTC price action circling the all-important $25,000 zone.Mar 16, 2023William Suberg
Scam alert: $300K stolen by fake Blur airdrop websitesUnsuspecting users looking to claim Blur token airdrops have had funds stolen by a number of fake websites.Mar 16, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Binance-Voyager deal to proceed without holdings, NY judge rulesAccording to Judge Michael Wiles, any protractions with the deal will harm the interests of Voyager’s former clients, who are waiting for the return of their funds.Mar 16, 2023David Attlee
Did FDIC ask Signature buyers to stop all crypto business?An FDIC spokesperson has denied suggestions that any potential buyer of Signature Bank must agree to give up all cryptocurrency business as part of the sale.Mar 16, 2023Helen Partz
Crypto acted as safe haven amid SVB and Signature bank run: Cathie WoodCathie Wood said the ongoing banking crisis is a total Fed policy failure and could have been averted with crypto’s decentralized solutions.Mar 16, 2023Prashant Jha
Euler hacker seemingly taking their chances, sends funds to crypto mixerBefore the move, the hacker apparently refunded at least one victim, leading to a slew of on-chain messages from other purported victims.Mar 16, 2023Ciaran Lyons
Coinbase met with Australian banking regulators over local crypto regulationsCoinbase’s vice president of international policy told Cointelegraph the meetings took place in Canberra and Sydney and touched on the government’s token mapping efforts.Mar 16, 2023Luke Huigsloot
SBF’s inner circle received $3.2B, mainly from Alameda: Court filingsBillions worth of loans and payments flowed from FTX entities to Sam Bankman-Fried and five other former executives of FTX and Alameda Research.Mar 16, 2023Jesse Coghlan
US credit crunch means it’s time to buy gold and Bitcoin: NovogratzThe Galaxy Digital CEO predicts tough times ahead for the United States economy but continues to be bullish on crypto.Mar 16, 2023Luke Huigsloot
Federal Reserve confirms July launch for FedNow instant payment serviceThe FedNow service aims to reduce the gap in payment time between United States financial institutions.Mar 16, 2023Brian Quarmby
Formfunction to shutter marketplace amid Solana NFT slumpThe platform didn’t disclose the reason for its closure, but Solana NFTs haven’t been having the best run lately.Mar 16, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Circle clears ‘substantially all’ minting and redemption backlog for USDCThe stablecoin issuer says that from March 13 and March 15, it redeemed $3.8 billion USDC and minted $0.8 billion USDC.Mar 16, 2023Jesse Coghlan