Ethereum core developers set April 12 for Shanghai hard fork
The upgrade will enable staked ETH withdrawals on the Beacon Chain, completing Ethereum’s transition to a PoS consensus. The target...
Month: March 2023
US lawmaker suggests Signature’s collapse was tied to instability of crypto
Senator Michael Bennet said crypto was not “even as stable as the marijuana industry,” questioning Signature Bank’s ability to service...
MakerDAO passes proposal for $750M increase in US Treasury investments
The emergency proposal increases MakerDAO’s holdings of United States bonds by 150%, aiming to diversify the Dai stablecoin’s collateral exposure....
Swiss Bankers Association proposes deposit tokens to develop digital economy
A deposit token is a concept that came out of Singapore’s Project Guardian last year, and it has already been...
9 key metrics to analyze the health of a bank
Discover nine crucial metrics to analyze bank health: equity, ROA, ROE, NPLs, CAR and more. A bank health check is...
Bitcoin dominance nears 50% as research hails ‘bullish’ narrative flip
The comedown of the past nine months has disappeared during this week's bank crisis-inspired Bitcoin price surge. Bitcoin (BTC) accounts...
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...
CBDCs could provide smooth cross-border payments, says Bank of Israel official
The adviser to the deputy governor and CBDC project manager spoke at Fintech Week Tel Aviv on how a recent...
Federal Reserve confirms July launch for FedNow instant payment service
The Fed Now service aims to reduce the gap in payment time between US financial institutions. The United States Federal...
Formfunction to shutter marketplace amid Solana NFT slump
The platform didn’t disclose the reason for its closure, but Solana NFTs haven’t been having the best run lately. Formfunction,...
Blame traditional finance for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall was a product of traditional finance — critics shouldn’t conflate the issue with cryptocurrency. The entire...
OpenAI co-founder’s ‘World ID’ project launches, along with SDK waitlist
The new IDs will allow users to prove they are unique humans without revealing personal information on websites. Crypto unicorn...
Crypto firms may turn to ‘shadow banks’ following major collapses — Molly White
Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, Molly White compared crypto companies' current predicament to that in 2017 and 2018,...
Bitcoin Becomes 12th Largest Asset Worldwide by Valuation, Surpassing Visa
After dropping below $26,000 per unit, the price of bitcoin, the leading digital asset by market capitalization, is still up...
Bitcoin hash rate continues to rise, but DeFi is under threat: Report
New hardware is revolutionizing the mining industry, while other crypto sectors continue to falter. The beginning of 2023 raised hopes...
