Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is trading around $51,400, which analysts consider a positive milestone after last month’s crypto sell-off. BTC is up about 22% over the past week and has decoupled from slumping global equities. Sentiment on bitcoin […]

Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority, its de facto central bank, has released a whitepaper on retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) while it continues to explore the potential of a digital Hong Kong dollar (e-HKD) for […]

On Tuesday, CoinDesk Research will drop its Quarterly Review for Q3, featuring 60 slides jam-packed with insights, analysis and data. For me, one of the takeaways is that like it or not, we live in […]

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Download this episode On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: Hidden crypto tax provision 6050IChilling language from British lawmakers around using CBDCs to control citizens’ […]

Bitcoin is pushing higher despite classic risk-off action in traditional markets. The cryptocurrency’s resilience has raised investors’ hopes for a stellar rally in October. As of 11:16 UTC, the cryptocurrency was trading 8% higher on […]

DBS Bank’s brokerage arm, DBS Vickers (DBSV), has been granted a license to operate as a Major Payment Institution from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The broker says its license enables it to provide […]

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is seeking public input over how it should assess the use case for the country’s digital dollar. Two discussion papers titled “The Future of Money – Stewardship” and “The […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped Dan Berkovitz, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner who voiced his concerns about regulation of decentralized finance (DeFi), as the SEC’s new top lawyer. Berkovitz will become […]

The main webpage for Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) has gone live earlier than next month’s planned rollout date for the digital naira. According to the site, the eNaira is a “unique form of […]

Emurgo, the commercial and venture arm of Cardano, is investing $100 million to boost decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible token solutions and blockchain education efforts for the world’s fourth-largest blockchain. Announced during the Cardano Summit 2021 […]