Bank of Israel experiments with central bank digital currency smart contracts and privacy The Israeli central bank looked at trust issues and policy decisions implied in a potential digital shekel, as well as some of the technical aspects of digital currency.Jun 21, 2022Derek Andersen
FTX US acquires Embed Financial subsidiary for stock trading platformThe FTX Stocks platform has been in beta testing for select U.S. users since May, but the firm reported it would be available to all domestic customers sometime in the summer.Jun 21, 2022Turner Wright
GameFi continues to grow despite crypto winter: DappRadar reportThe report seems to show that turbulence in the crypto markets has failed to rattle investments and forward movement of several GameFi and metaverse projects.Jun 21, 2022Sean Moore
Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden closes $130M Series B round at $1.6B valuationMagic Eden accounts for over 90% of NFT trading volume on Solana.Jun 21, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Bitfarms sold 3K Bitcoin as part of strategy to improve liquidity and pay debts“Selling a portion of our BTC holdings and daily production as a source of liquidity is the best and least expensive method in the current market environment," said chief financial officeJeff Lucas.Jun 21, 2022Turner Wright
BIS: 90% of Central Banks are researching the utility of CBDCsThe institution's future monetary vision includes exploring innovations grounded in trust in central banks' stable sovereign currencies and safe payment systems.Jun 21, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Japanese film studio announces the production of a series based on cryptoAnimator Haruna Gohzu, who worked in popular anime like Pokémon and the Demon Slayer movie, will lead the animation in the films.Jun 21, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin price taps 5-day highs as Shiba Inu leads altcoin gainsCrypto markets make the most of respite after BTC price action bounces from its lowest since November 2020.Jun 21, 2022William Suberg
Crypto exchange BlockFi secures $250M credit from FTX amid bear marketAt a time when a significant number of crypto platforms are struggling to remain afloat, BlockFi hopes the new credit line would help them secure user’s fundsJun 21, 2022Prashant Jha
Risky business: Celsius crisis and the hated accredited investor lawsWhy are risky bets only open to accredited investors? And do they prevent intelligent but less wealthy investors from accessing opportunities?Jun 21, 2022Elias Ahonen
Celsius token CEL rises 300% in one week amid a GameStop-like ‘short squeeze’ eventThe crypto lending platform’s insolvency risks puts CEL price at risk of a 70% drop.Jun 21, 2022Yashu Gola
Bitcoin in Zimbabwe: Importing cars and sending money to familyA young Zimbabwean Bitcoiner built out a business with Bitcoin — importing cars and sending remittance payments — when he returned to his homeland during the COVID-19 pandemic.Jun 21, 2022Joe Hall
Bitcoin S2F model gives false sense of certainty, says Vitalik Buterin Bitcoin S2F model gained a lot of popularity during the peak of the bull run, and even though there was criticism, most of it was ignored as the price seemed to follow the chart.Jun 21, 2022Prashant Jha
Bitpanda cryptocurrency exchange scores registration in SpainPreviously, the Austrian company has obtained licenses in France, Italy, Sweden and Czech Republic.Jun 21, 2022David Attlee
That’s not hodling! Over 50% of Bitcoin addresses still in profitHodlers have not needed to hodl hard enough, data covering historical bear markets shows.Jun 21, 2022William Suberg
Huobi crypto exchange wins licenses in Dubai and New Zealand as Thai affiliate closesHuobi cryptocurrency exchange is expanding its global footprint by winning its first-ever licenses in Dubai and New Zealand.Jun 21, 2022Helen Partz
Celsius warns community about fake accounts, pauses Twitter spaces and AMAsCelsius Network announced that there is an increase in fake accounts on social media and warned users to be more vigilant.Jun 21, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Cloudflare outage affects multiple crypto exchanges Users attempting to visit certain websites were met with a “500 Internal Server Error” notice due to a Cloudflare outage.Jun 21, 2022Arnold Kirimi
Ukraine sells CryptoPunks NFT donation for 90 ETH, worth over $100KThe CryptoPunk 5364 NFT was donated to the Aid For Ukraine campaign by user 0x165cd3, who procured the artwork back on March 1, 2022.Jun 21, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Law Decoded, June 13–20: Celsius exodus and liquidity crisis The American platform became the first to freeze the withdrawal operations, but it might not be the last.Jun 21, 2022David Attlee
BTC Markets becomes first Australian crypto firm to get a financial services licenseWhile the license isn’t currently needed for crypto companies in Australia, BTC Markets says it is preparing the exchange for upcoming regulations.Jun 21, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Crypto lending platform Babel Finance reaches counterparty debt agreement The firm emphasized that it will “actively fulfill its legal responsibilities to customers and strive to avoid further transmission and diffusion of liquidity risks.”Jun 21, 2022Brian Quarmby
Crypto winter freezes sports sponsorships for digital asset firms The crypto market downturn has made it difficult for crypto firms to pull the trigger on any new sponsorship deals with the sports teams they already spent hundreds of millions on.Jun 21, 2022Brian Newar
New video revives debate over Bored Ape Yacht Club’s alleged ‘racist’ imageryA new video examines the alleged racist and white supremacist symbols hidden in plain sight by Yuga Labs in its most popular NFT collection.Jun 21, 2022Jesse Coghlan
China’s WeChat bans crypto and NFT-related accountsThe policy also covers secondary NFT trading as the firm notes that “accounts that provide services or content related to the secondary transaction of digital collections shall also be dealt with.”Jun 21, 2022Brian Quarmby
Ethereum testnet Beacon Chain launched and ready for trial mergeThe Sepolia testnet is the next in line after Ropsten to undergo a merge trial run since its Beacon Chain is now live and ready to give developers valuable information leading up to the real thing.Jun 21, 2022Brian Newar
Chinese court invalidates 2019 car sale made using now worthless crypto tokenIt appears that not only was the sales contract invalidated, but the buyer paid for the car with a questionable digital token in the first place.Jun 20, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
HM Treasury changes course on collecting data around unhosted crypto wallets“There is not good evidence that unhosted wallets present a disproportionate risk of being used in illicit finance,” said the Treasury update.Jun 20, 2022Turner Wright
Price analysis 6/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOGE, DOT, LEO, AVAXBitcoin and select altcoins attempted a relief rally, but most breakouts are being capped-off well below the 20-day moving average.Jun 20, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
Iranian government to cut power supply for the country's legal crypto mining rigs For years, the country has heavily subsidized its electricity production leading to extremely low prices. It claims that this has now become unsustainable.Jun 20, 2022Zhiyuan Sun