Tether expands USDT to Aptos blockchain for lower fees

After 66 agonizing days, Bitcoin (BTC) price finally broke above the $20,000 psychological resistance on Jan. 14. At the same time, the current $400 billion market capitalization gives BTC a position in the top-20 global tradable assets, surpassing giants like Walmart (WMT), Mastercard (MA) and Meta Platforms (META).From one side, Bitcoin bulls have reasons to…

On Dec. 15, news broke that cryptocurrency payments firm and wallet provider FoPay had acquired Estonia-based digital currency trading platform AliExchange for 1 million of its native Foin (FOIN) tokens. If one were to go by Foin’s apparent value at the time, that would make the deal worth roughly $2.1 billion. Indeed, FoPay claimed as…

The potential is there, but the difficulties in achieving financial inclusivity are often underestimated, a Bank of Canada study shows. A common argument made in favor of central bank digital currency (CBDC) is that it could boost financial inclusion. The nuances of how to accomplish that goal, or even what “financial inclusion” means, remain to

ARK Invest has spread nearly 750,000 COIN shares across three of its ETFs. 5214 Total views 22 Total shares Three exchange-traded funds offered by Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest purchased 749,205 shares in Coinbase Global, Inc (COIN) worth roughly $246 million combined.The ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) now holds 512,535 COIN shares, while the ARK Next Generation…

The fad is dying. A recent CB Insights report that was cited Bloomberg announced a 60% decline in blockchain startup investments this year, down to $1.6 billion. But at the same time, large enterprises such as Microsoft, Walmart, IBM and Samsung have either deployed their own blockchains or joined partnerships to use the technology. Ironically,…

In trading, a bull trap is a situation where a trader buys an asset believing its price will continue to rise, only to see it fall sharply after reaching a new high. Bull traps occur during periods of market uncertainty or when false information is circulating about a particular asset. It's called a bull "trap"…

Circle published a new standard that allows developers to launch an unofficial bridged version of USDC that can later become native and official. 158 Total views 2 Total shares Circle has launched a new standard to streamline the process of launching its stablecoin, USDC, on new networks, according to a Nov. 21 blog post. The new

Over the last year, venture capitalists poured more than $4.6 billion into infrastructure and projects related to nonfungible tokens (NFTs). This infrastructure now needs users. They will come when people understand that they can apply these NFTs not just for speculative purposes but to design and structure their everyday activities. For these, they don’t need NFTs…