The Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai’s cryptocurrency regulator, is changing its leadership as it prepares for the next phase “Accelerating towards large-scale market operations” In 2023. In a statement sent to Cointelegraph, VARA said incumbent CEO Henson Orser will be replaced by global consultant Matthew White, who has worked [...]
The Philippine Treasury Bureau announced that it will offer 10 billion pesos ($179 million) of one-year tokenized treasury bills for the first time, after canceling the traditional auction scheduled for November 20. The Treasury Bureau will offer the tokenized securities to institutional buyers at a minimum denomination of 10 million [...]
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has introduced five more pilot projects to Project Guardian, which aims to test various use cases of asset tokenization. Project Guardian is a collaborative initiative led by the Reserve Bank of Singapore that aims to develop new financial infrastructure using decentralized finance elements (DeFi). [...]
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs and French general bank BNP Paribas have reportedly led a new financing round for Fnality, a blockchain-based wholesale payment company backed by Nomura Group.As reported by Reuters On November 13, Fnality raised 77.7 million British pounds ($95.09 million) in a second round of funding. In [...]
An anonymous hacker group claims to have stolen the personal information of approximately 300,000 customers of Coin Cloud, a Bitcoin ATM company (Bitcoin); The fake cybersecurity account was posted on Vx-underground X (formerly Twitter). Sharing a tweet about X — vx-underground (@vxunderground) 12 November 2023 One or more unknown actors [...]
Multinational banking company JPMorgan has launched a programmable payment feature for corporate users of its private blockchain platform JPM Coin. Naveen Mallela, head of the Onyx blockchain platform operated by JPMorgan bank, said: shared Details of the new functionality on LinkedIn via an initial report published by Bloomberg. According to [...]
With’halve Bitcoin’s rise is just a few months away. MicroStrategy co-founder and incurable Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor believes that demand for BTC could increase up to 10x by the end of 2024.While speaking at the 2023 Australian Crypto Convention on November 10, Saylor was asked to express his thoughts on: [...]
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance made the first blockchain-based donation to an Italian hospital. The operation was carried out through Binance Charity, the company’s foundation dedicated to promoting philanthropic activities. The exchange made a blockchain donation of over 500,000 euros to the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli Irccs, the first Italian hospital [...]
Bitget has integrated a decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregator into its cryptocurrency exchange, giving users the ability to trade their tokens and access DeFi services through the Web3 Wallet. According to Bitget, this effort aims to provide users with different options for trading crypto assets on the exchange. According to Bitget [...]
Thanks to the agreement with African mobile payment provider Onafriq, Ripple will enable new payment corridors between 27 African countries and Australia, the United Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Onafriq will use Ripple Payments blockchain technology with three partner companies. Zazi Transfer will provide transfer services in Australia, [...]