Wintermute in $300M funding talks, Tencent interested: Report

The new management of the bankrupt FTX exchange has identified $5.5 billion in assets that can be used to repay creditors, sparking fears a large swathe of crypto assets could be dumped on markets.On Jan. 17, FTX debtors identified $3.5 billion in crypto assets with $1.6 billion associated with the bankrupt exchange. The best known…

All eligible customers in the EU region can access Robinhood for crypto trading services, with over 25 cryptocurrencies available for trade. 481 Total views 2 Total shares Trading and brokerage firm Robinhood announced the launch of its crypto services for all eligible European Union customers on Dec. 7. The platform will allow traders to buy

In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain.Turkey — the cradle of civilization — is quietly digitizing despite its high-inflation economy, and the lira’s volatility…

MetaMask has formed a new strategic partnership with four major crypto custodians: Gnosis Safe, Hex Trust, GK8, and Parfin. 395 Total views 12 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) wallet and browser extension MetaMask formed a new strategic partnership with four major crypto custodians; Gnosis Safe, Hex Trust, GK8 and Parfin.MetaMask Institutional (MMI), the institutional version…

Binance’s crypto exchange for United States-based users, Binance.US, has opened beta testing of its iOS application to all users.The exchange announced the news in a Dec. 30 tweet, revealing the successful private beta test and inviting all of its clients to participate in the iOS beta. The private beta testing phase began on Dec. 18,…

Aethir and Filecoin’s partnership integrates GPU leasing services with decentralized storage, advancing AI and Web3 infrastructure.

While the adoption and use cases of China’s e-CNY are expanding, the digital yuan still only represents 0.16% of China’s monetary supply. 83 Total views 20 Total shares Nearly $250 billion worth of transactions have taken place using China’s digital yuan in the one-and-a-half years since the start of its pilot, the country’s central bank…

Global central banks are increasingly looking at blockchain technology as a tool to make interbanking processes more efficient and transparent.Following the World Bank’s exemplary experience of blockchain bond transactions, South Korea’s central bank is working on its own blockchain-based bonds, Cointelegraph Korea reports Feb. 18.Bank of Korea started the project in late 2019According to a…