Solana adds $1B worth of stablecoins in December

Blockchain marketing platform Atlas Protocol (ATP) has concluded a seed investment round of several million dollars led by SoftBank China Venture Capital (SBCVC), according to an August 20 press release. The multi-million dollar investment round, whose final amount was not disclosed, also included participation by Baidu Ventures (BV), Danhua Capital, and Fenbushi Digital. Atlas Protocol…

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) program’s over one million applicants will undergo an introductory artificial intelligence (AI) course.The minister shared this information on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, adding that all applicants are being onboarded onto the platform before selecting the initial cohort

Earlier in February, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a tax proposal that would bring the relatively unregulated digital asset space under the purview of tax authorities.The proposal includes a 30% income tax on crypto returns and a 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) by crypto exchanges on transactions above 10,000 Indian rupees ($133).The announcement…

This year's 500% accumulated gain took Ether's (ETH) price to a $4,380 all-time high on May 12, and this rally was even more robust than the late-2017 move. The famous bull market, or bubble, depending on how you see it, took Ether's price on a 390% rally from $290 in November 2017 to $1,420 in…

Bridget Greenwood is the founder of The Bigger Pie, a U.K.-based networking organization that supports women in blockchain globally. She says that even venture capitalists with the best intentions still end up funding male founders at disproportionate rates. “I stumbled over the appalling statistic that of all VC funding [in the U.K.], only 3% goes…

The U.S. FASB has decided that crypto assets will be represented at their fair value in accounting beginning late next year. Crypto companies and institutions holding crypto assets have gotten some good news about accounting practices. They will be able to record the value of their crypto more realistically under rule changes in the United

Bitcoin bulls are again having a go at the overhead resistance of $31,000. The bullish sentiment may get a boost from the United States inflation report, which showed signs of slowing inflation. Economists were expecting the year-on-year Consumer Price Index to rise 3.1%, but the June print came in at 3%. The month-on-month increase of 0.2%…

For Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office, the ban on X does not violate free speech rights in the country.