China’s Hainan to boost NFT oversight as digital yuan trial ramps
Hainan's market regulator wants to promote NFTs as part of the digital economy, but will actively work to weed out...
Month: January 2023
Millionaires flock to crypto: 82% sought investment advice in 2022
A recent study from deVere Group found a majority of their clients had asked their financial advisers about adding crypto...
Korean Government to Adopt Cryptocurrency Tracking System Within 5 Months
The South Korean government will adopt a cryptocurrency tracking system within the first half of this year, the country’s Ministry...
Arbitrum-Based Vest Exchange Emerges, Aims to Democratize Perpetual Futures
A new decentralized exchange (dex) on Arbitrum, called Vest Exchange, was announced this past weekend, and the team that created...
Elon Musk wants Twitter payments system built with crypto in mind
Twitter’s upcoming payments tool will initially support only fiat currencies, but Elon Musk wants it built to potentially support crypto...
SBF’s $250M bail guarantors should be made public, rules judge
A Jan. 30 ruling could see the identities of the two individuals who signed on as sureties for Sam Bankman-Fried’s...
Opinion: Should Bored Ape buyers be legally entitled to refunds?
It isn’t clear whether a 25-year-old European Union law means you should be allowed to get refunds on your NFTs....
Bitcoin premium hits 60% in Nigeria as country limits ATM cash withdrawals
The price of one Bitcoin (BTC) in Nigeria has skyrocketed to the equivalent of $38,000 in the local currency, the...
How Bitcoin mining saved Africa’s oldest national park from bankruptcy
The Virunga National Park's Bitcoin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo monetizes surplus energy for conservation efforts. Virunga...
Osprey sues Grayscale for misrepresenting likelihood of GBTC ETF approval
Osprey alleges its only competitor on the BTC OTC trust asset market gained its 99.5% market share by misrepresenting the...
Justice Dept defends motion to bar SBF from accessing FTX, Alameda assets
Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried tried to contact both current FTX CEO John Ray and FTX US general counsel Ryne Miller....
Montenegro’s central bank teams up with Ripple on digital currency pilot project
Montenegro’s prime minister announced a central bank “digital currency or stablecoin” project with Ripple; the Balkan country currently uses the...
Report: Elon Musk’s Payments Vision for Twitter Takes Shape, Small Team Tasked to Build Infrastructure
Seven months ago, current Twitter owner Elon Musk said, prior to acquiring the social media giant, he would integrate cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin Rise in First Month of 2023 Moves Crypto Fear Index From ‘Extreme Fear’ to ‘Greed’
Last month, statistics showed that the Crypto Fear and Greed Index (CFGI) had a score of 25, indicating “extreme fear.”...
Unbanked and Mastercard Team Up to Accelerate Crypto Card Adoption Within Web3 Organizations in Europe
PRESS RELEASE. Today it was announced that Unbanked, the leading provider of white-label crypto card issuance and program management service...
