In a new Fintech note by IMF on “Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption” noted Central Bank Digital Currencies Design(CBDC) choices have implication on energy consumption. This paper describes how...
Nigerian blockchain and crypto advocacy group, the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association in Nigeria (SIBAN) introduces code of conduct for Nigerian virtual assets service providers. Initiated by the office...
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today published a notice outlining securities law requirements that apply to crypto asset trading platforms...
Japan became one of the first major economies to introduce a legal framework around stablecoins, the cryptocurrencies thrust into the global spotlight by last month’s collapse of the TerraUSD...
Coinbase Global Inc. said it will extend a hiring freeze for both new and existing positions for the “foreseeable future” and rescind a number of accepted offers.The largest US...
There are more than 19,000 cryptocurrencies in existence and dozens of blockchain platforms that exist. A blockchain platform, such as Ethereum, is the underlying technology that many of these...
The certainty of change for everything, including the internet, is a given. The changes we witness in the evolution of the Internet means significant new exciting services are driving...
Mastercard and Saudi Arabia-based HyperPay teams up to offer advanced new technologies to enhance cash-based payments for businesses, governments and SMEs across Middle East and North Africa (MENA). HyperPay...
Stablecoins that are not backed by assets to support them are a pyramid scheme, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Monday, hinting at the collapse of terraUSD...
(Bloomberg) — People shouldn’t completely shun the crypto world after the recent collapse of a popular stablecoin, an official at the International Monetary Fund said Monday. TerraUSD, or UST, imploded...