Calls for the Digital Euro are increasing with warnings that Europe could fall behind other parts of the world that are advanceing their CBDCs.
The addition of a fiat gateway helps Bybit to join the elite league of derivatives exchanges that carry a fiat connection.
The Italian Banking Association (ABI) voiced its desire to develop a European Central Bank-backed digital currency for Italy. This way the banks want to boost Italy’s financial and economic ecosystems.
In order to process transactions, Binance has partnered with Clear Junction, a British provider of payment infrastructure services. To benefit from SEPA and FPS, Binance users have to complete identity and address verification.
Bitcoin has successfully managed to flip its popularity among Japanese investors over the last two years and dethroning XRP by a large margin. Bitcoin now leads a 51.36% market share in Japan against XRP with 27.54%.
The Ethereum blockchain is looking forward to making major transitions with the Ethereum 2.0 rollout ahead this year. However, experts have pointed out some possible risks for users as well as Defi operators over the possible transition.
Blockchain and crypto will soon become common across traditional and modern industries. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) can become a good way to make the process of their adoption easier.
Although Bitcoin volatility is still rather high, now it is the perfect time to trade the most rewarding asset of the century. It’s better late than never.
Mike Novogratz believes that the partnership with the financial education firm CAIS would help kickstart the institutional adoption of Bitcoin.
Komainu launched by Nomura in partnership with Ledger and CoinShares prides itself as the world’s “first hybrid institutional-grade custodian” with a focus on institutional investors and other corporate parties.
As part of its expansion of global customer-base, Ripple Labs has added five new clients to its RippleNet Cloud solutions which give banks and financial institutions a possibility to offer payment services using the RippleNet network.
The prediction cited by Buterin was anticipating a supply of 150.8 million Ethereum five years out. Still, the actual supply today is only 111.3 million.
Ubisoft has launched blockchain-based Rabbids collectibles to raise funds that will allow to support the initiatives of UNICEF.
The tokens that represent a limited-edition 2015 Ferrari F12 TDF will now be available to European investors.
Chris Giancarlo, who as a CFTC chairman decreed that both Bitcoin and Ether were not securities, has argued the same for XRP.