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Pushing on the new industry standard to boost transparency, OKX released its fifth proof-of-reserves (PoR) report. The latest edition demonstrated that the Seychelles-based crypto exchange holds clean assets worth $8.9 billion in BTC, ETH, and USDT. Data shows that OKX’s wallets have 138,405 BTC, 1,325,259 ETH, and 3,264,352,204 USDT against user balances of 134,289 BTC, 1,284,812 ETH, and 3,199,251,622 USDT, respectively. This proves that OKX is overcollateralized with a...

Maria Carola is the CEO of crypto exchange Stealth EX, a non-custodial platform built for limitless swaps. Maria Carola and the Building of Stealth EX In a recent interview, Carola sat down and discussed how Stealth EX came to be and what it’s looking to accomplish. Discussing her background in crypto, Carola stated: My name is Maria Carola, and I’m the chief executive officer of Stealth EX. I’ve been working full-time in crypto for about seven years now, doing marketing...

The FDIC and Fed are looking for ways the US government can guarantee all bank deposits amounting to $17 trillion should the financial turmoil worsen. The US government is considering ways to guarantee bank deposits if the current banking crisis worsens. According to reports, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve are exploring a potential guarantee of all US bank deposits. Officials from both parastatals embarked on this scheme on advice from a banking...

Zilliqa believes that launching EVM fully would help bolster its ecosystem and expose it to the wider blockchain developer community. Zilliqa, a high-throughput blockchain platform, has revealed plans to launch full EVM compatibility on its mainnet this year. This follows after the platform’s earlier launch of EVM on the Zilliqa testnet last December. According to a recent blog post, the release is slated to take place on April 25th, 2023. Zilliqa to Use EVM Compatibility for Expansion...

GoTo hopes to achieve positive Group adjusted EBITDA1 within the fourth quarter of 2023 while also reaching a full-year 2023 Group adjusted EBITDA1 to be between Rp 5.3 to Rp 4.6 trillion. Investors of Indonesia’s top tech giant GoTo Gojek Tokopedia PT Tbk (IDX: GOTO)are expressing mixed reactions to the recent performance report from the company which shows annual losses for the 2022 Financial Year widened. According to the details shared by the company, it recorded a loss of 40.4...

The Pinduoduo app serves more than 700 million people every month. Google has no word on when it will get the app back on the Play Store. On Tuesday, March 21, tech giant Google announced the suspension of the Chinese e-commerce app Pinduoduo citing that they discovered malware in the unsanctioned versions of the software. Google Suspends Pinduoduo App As a security precaution, the Play Store version of Pinduoduo is no longer available for download. This development comes at a time when...

SpankChain is an Ethereum-based blockchain targeted at helping adult content creators remove third-party intermediaries like conventional banks, which have had a notorious history of conflict with the adult industry. Ethereum-based adult entertainment platform SpankChain is closing its crypto payment processor SpankPay, losing its payment service provider Wyre, in February while being unable to find a new provider. In February, SpankPay disclosed that its former provider had ended its...

The collaboration between both entities to enhance USDC payment might attract some forms of skepticism owing to the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) surrounding Circle, USDC, and the exposure to the three US banks that collapsed in the past week. American multinational financial services firm Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) has entered into a strategic partnership with Stables, an Australian fintech startup to help advance stablecoin adoption in the APAC region. As reported by CoinTelegraph,...

In the appeal to Supreme Court, crypto exchange Coinbase is willing to send the two lawsuits – Bielski v. Coinbase and Suski v. Coinbase – into arbitration. On Tuesday, March 21, the US Supreme court is all set to hear its first-ever crypto case in history. Nine chief justices will hear the plea from lawyers representing crypto exchange Coinbase asking to pause a pair of class-action lawsuits against the crypto trading platform. However, this case is not quite on the technicalities or the...

The United States has been working on its own CBDC after the Biden-led administration developed policy objectives in 2022. The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, is proposing a law that seeks to ban the use of central bank-issued digital currencies (CBDCs) in the state. According to a press release, the governor explained that the legislative proposal is being floated to protect residents and businesses within the state. DeSantis also suggests that the Biden administration is trying to...