BlackRock sets spot Ether ETF fee at 0.25% amid rush of S-1 filings

Opinion by: Mārtiņš Beņķītis, co-founder and CEO of Gravity Team As crypto adoption plateaus in some developed nations, emerging markets have led the charge for adoption. Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America have become rapid growth centers, with new activity driven by limited banking options, local currency instability and growing smartphone use. The need for

New research by major cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase shows that 56% of the top 50 universities in the world offer one or more classes on cryptocurrency or blockchain tech.Metrics indicate growing interestCoinbase shared its research in an official blog post on Aug. 28 in which it used rankings from US News and World Report for…

One small step for NFTs...Two companies teamed up to stream a recording of composer Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” to, and from, the International Space Station on July 28, reportedly marking the first instance in which a nonfungible token (NFT) has orbited the Earth.The orbital NFT expedition is the product of a partnership between Artemis…

The researchers published results from “Project Hamilton,” which was first announced in 2020 to explore the use of existing and new tech to build and test a hypothetical CBDC platform. 13 Total views 25 Total shares Theoretical research into a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the U.S. has found that distributed ledger architecture has…

 Sony Block Solutions Labs, a year-old joint venture between Sony Group and Startale, has introduced an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain to lure app developers across various sectors.

China’s digital currency approach will be favoring international payments and domestic retail system, a former senior official said.Zhou Xiaochuan, the president of the Chinese Finance Association and former governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), outlined two types of implementations of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) speaking at the 2019 Caixin Hengqin Forum, local…

With Bitcoin Cash’s Nov. 15 chain split looming, BCH hodlers have deposited more than $300 million worth of the coin into exchanges since the start of the month. 381 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hodlers are scrambling to get their coins onto exchanges ahead of the hard fork expected for Nov. 15.According…

Crypto needs insurance too. 331 Total views 4 Total shares Digital asset exchange Bitstamp has beefed up its insurance measures to combat the inherent uncertainties associated with the crypto space."The policy covers an array of crime-related cases, such as employee theft, loss while the assets are stored at any premises, loss in transit, loss caused by…