Louisiana takes first crypto payment over Bitcoin Lightning
Louisiana is now taking crypto payments for state services, and its Wildlife and Fisheries Department has just taken the government’s first crypto payment.
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Hong Kong’s securities regulator treats tokenized securities like traditional securities, subject to the same legal and regulatory norms. 130 Total views 1 Total shares The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has issued two circulars to regulate digital asset tokenization.The circulars offer instructions to intermediaries participating in tokenized securities activities and outline the criteria for

Bitcoin Ordinals creator proposes to change inscription numbering system
Casey Rodarmor, the creator of Bitcoin Ordinals, clarified that the inscription numbers would only be changed, not scrapped entirely. 264 Total views 12 Total shares Bitcoin Ordinals’s creator and chief coder, Casey Rodarmor, has recently proposed changing the protocol’s numbering system with the aim of simplifying the project’s codebase.Since the beginning of the Ordinals protocol

Blockchain Changes Gaming Economics, Forte Exec Explains
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Major League Baseball sells pairs of tickets for 100 Dogecoin each
Fans can use Dogecoin to purchase Major League Baseball tickets to see the Oakland Athletics this month. 3244 Total views 39 Total shares Fans can now use Dogecoin to buy tickets to see MLB team Oakland Athletics take on the Toronto Blue Jays this month.The team, also known as the Oakland A’s, is offering pairs…

State of Wisconsin Investment Board reports over $321M BTC exposure
The state’s pension fund increased its Bitcoin exposure while also consolidating its investment into a single exchange-traded fund.

OKEx Founder Reveals OK Group’s Partnership With US Trust Firm, Plan to Launch Stablecoin
Star Xu — founder of exchange services provider OKCoin and the world’s 6th largest crypto exchange OKEx — has announced OK Group’s partnership with blockchain-focused trust company Prime Trust, prospectively allowing the firm to launch its own compliant stablecoin.The news was revealed in a tweet from Star Xu on March 28, retweeting an earlier March…

Hong Kong police, regulator form crypto task force as JPEX saga unfolds
The joint group was established in light of the ongoing crypto scandal in Hong Kong involving the JPEX crypto exchange. 23 Total views 1 Total shares The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have set up a crypto-focused working group to deal with illicit crypto exchange activities.In an Oct.