Tether onboards head of government affairs from PayPal

British blockchain technology group Setl has hired former governor of the French central bank Christian Noyer as a member of its board of directors. The new appointment was confirmed in a blog post published on Jan. 17.Founded in 2015, Setl is a financial company with a focus on blockchain technology. Setl  has built a blockchain-based…

Ethereum's native crypto Ether (ETH) rebounded sharply on Thursday after Elon Musk disclosed for the first time that his private rocket firm SpaceX holds Bitcoin (BTC), and Tesla would probably resuming the bitcoin payment option for its electric cars.The BTC/USD exchange rate was below $30,000 but bounced by more than 5% after the big reveal,…

Riot Blockchain netted $19.3 million in income for Q2 following its acquisition of Texas mining facility, Whinstone. 535 Total views 6 Total shares Major publicly-listed Bitcoin mining firm, Riot Blockchain, has reported record revenues for Q2 2021.In its Aug. 23 quarterly financial report, the U.S.-based firm reported $31.5 million in mining-related revenues for the three-month…

Montenegro’s prime minister announced a central bank “digital currency or stablecoin” project with Ripple; the Balkan country currently uses the euro instead of a national currency. 127 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTMontenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazović has announced on Twitter that his country is…

The Malta Stock Exchange’s fintech and digital asset subsidiary, MSX PLC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with crypto exchange Binance to jointly launch a new security token digital exchange, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph September 11.The press release pitches the forthcoming trading platform as being poised to benefit from the…

The sandbox could lead to more financial institutions adopting asset tokenization solutions.

Blockchain.com is continuing its institutional pivot with the new cash injection. 1405 Total views 9 Total shares Several notable macro investment funds joined the round, including Moore Strategic Ventures, Access Ventures, Rovida Advisors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google’s investment spin-off GV, Lakestar, Eldridge, Hayman Capital’s Kyle Bass and others. The funding will be used to bolster…

U.S. regulators’ announcement of action against Bitzlato, a softening stock market and a new wave of tech layoffs resulted in an abrupt correction in the crypto market. 1677 Total views 7 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBitcoin (BTC) price and the wider crypto market corrected as news of…