SBI Holdings will work with UAE firm TradeFinex on a Japanese joint venture to boost the adoption of its enterprise blockchain platform on the XDC Network.
Gareth Jenkinson
Gareth Jenkinson is an award-winning South African journalist and sports broadcaster who has covered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for Cointelegraph since 2017. Moving to Amsterdam in 2022 - Gareth writes news and features after joining the publication on a full time basis.
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Bitcoin lender Ledn to roll out ETH, USDT interest accounts Spurred on by user requests, Bitcoin lending firm Ledn is rolling out an Ethereum yield product.
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Tottenham Hotspur taps Chiliz blockchain for Web3 fan token Spurs became the first Premier League team in two years to issue its own fan token on the Chiliz blockchain.
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Europe drives institutional crypto adoption: Blockchain Expo Amsterdam Conversations with key speakers at the Blockchain Expo Europe in Amsterdam suggest that cryptocurrency exchanges and companies see the continent as a key region for growth.
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CBDC frameworks must guard user privacy, monetary freedom — BIS chief BIS general manager Agustín Carstens stresses the importance of legal frameworks that protect CBDC users’ privacy and maintain monetary freedom.
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Cricket World Cup to feature Web3 fan app as ICC taps into NEAR blockchain The International Cricket Council will leverage NEAR’s Blockchain Operating System to power a Web3 fan engagement app during the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
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Gensler testimony — Crypto enforcement actions driven by “wide-ranging noncompliance” SEC Chair Gary Gensler is set to highlight a new focus on AI, predictive data analytics and the cryptocurrency sector before the U.S. Financial Services Committee.
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Digital yuan app adds prepaid Mastercard, Visa top-ups for tourists The e-CNY app now allows tourists to top-up their wallets using Mastercard and Visa payments with a “recharge first and use later” option.
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Vitalik wallet sends 400 ETH worth $600K to Coinbase A wallet associated with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was flagged sending 400 ETH, worth around $600,000, to Coinbase.
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Chainlink hits Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum for cross-chain DApp development Chainlink’s CCIP protocol has launched on Ethereum layer 2 Arbitrum One to help developers build cross-chain decentralized applications.
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ETH developer programs AI-generated memecoin AstroPepeX using ChatGPT “What if ChatGPT could deploy its own token?” Well, AstroPepeX has been minted and is being traded on a handful of DeFi and centralized exchanges.
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CoinEx to resume service with new wallet system following $70M hack CoinEx has rebuilt its wallet system following a $70 million hack and is set to resume deposits and withdrawals for select cryptocurrencies.
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Bitcoiners stack ’em up: Inactive BTC supply hits all-time highs Inactive Bitcoin addresses have hit all-time highs across one-, three- and five-year time domains while BTC outflows from exchanges continue.
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Tether authorizes $1B USDT to ‘replenish’ Tron network Blockchain trackers flag $1-billion “authorised but not issued” USDT mint at Tether’s Treasury; CTO Paolo Ardoino clarifies holdings will be used for ongoing TRON issuance requests and chain swaps.
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CoinEx hack: Compromised private keys led to $70M theft CoinEx confirms that compromised private keys gave hackers access to hot wallets, leading to a $70 million hack.
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Hut 8 receives green light from Canadian Supreme Court for USBTC merger The Supreme Court of British Columbia has given Hut 8 final clearance to complete a proposed merger with USBTC.
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ABN Amro issues 5M euro digital green bond through Polygon-powered Tokeny The Dutch bank used Tokeny’s platform to issue and manage digital green bonds operating on Polygon’s layer-2 Ethereum protocol.
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SSV.network hits mainnet to increase decentralization of Ethereum staking pools SSV.network launches a distributed validator technology network with more than 10 staking DApps to help decentralize Ethereum staking.
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Polygon 2.0 — MATIC conversion to POL outlined in preliminary improvement proposals The Ethereum layer-2 developer has introduced the first improvement proposals to begin the transition to its Polygon 2.0 ecosystem.
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Deutsche Bank taps Taurus for global crypto custody services Deutsche Bank is set to offer customers cryptocurrency custody options through a partnership with cryptocurrency infrastructure platform Taurus.
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BNB Smart Chain Optimism-powered layer-2 opBNB hits mainnet Binance’s Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform, opBNB, is now publicly available, following extensive testing of the OP Stack-based platform.
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Polygon co-founder: $1B bet on ZK-rollups paying off Polygon has allocated an estimated $1 billion on zero-knowledge technology underpinning its Ethereum scaling layer-2 solutions.
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India, Nigeria, Thailand top Chainalysis’ 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index Chainalysis’ upcoming Global Crypto Adoption Index indicates that the broader Asia region is driving grassroots cryptocurrency adoption.
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Manta Network’s L2 hits mainnet to drive ZK-enabled DApp development Manta Network has launched its zero-knowledge proof layer-2 scaling network, which promises lower fees and higher throughput for developers looking to deploy decentralized applications.
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Bitcoin to hit $100K in 2024? Canaan VP weighs up 2024 halving opportunities Canaan vice president Davis Hui believes a supply deficit following the next Bitcoin halving will drive its price past $100,000.
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Thai authorities arrest 5 in 3,200-victim, $27M crypto scam Victims lost over $27 million worth of Thai baht after investing in a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform.
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Binance’s Richard Teng denies FTX comparisons: ‘We welcome the scrutiny’ Binance regional markets head Richard Teng insists that, despite regulatory scrutiny, the company has no parallels to collapsed exchange FTX.
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Ethereum’s proto-danksharding to make rollups 10x cheaper — Consensys zkEVM Linea head Consensys zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon says speed and execution will continue to increase as it tweaks its Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution.
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Ripple CTO says ‘tide is turning’ on US regulatory environment David Schwartz believes the U.S. legal system is looking more skeptically at SEC cases against various cryptocurrency industry participants.
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Casa wallet launches Ethereum vault relay service for increased user privacy Private key manager Casa has launched a transaction relay feature to offer Ethereum users more privacy when transacting from their personal vaults.