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The brains behind Meta’s former Diem project have unveiled plans to launch the blockchain network as a separate protocol with support for other web3 solutions. Also, the announcement includes a name change to Aptos. Former Diem Developers to Relaunch Protocol Some members of the now-defunct Diem blockchain project have teamed up and announced plans to proceed with the network’s development and deployment. The news was shared via a medium blog post published on Thursday...

The cryptocurrency and financial markets took a severe hit shortly after Putin ordered a “special military operation” on the territory of Ukraine. However, the markets are pricing the future, and following Biden’s speech that confirmed the US would not apply any severe sanctions – global markets and crypto quickly recovered. Thursday saw a 7% intra-day gain in wall street, and Friday also saw a green spike on Wall Street’s screens. The primary digital asset currently hovers...

Unlike the BCC token that died several years ago, the case of Bitconnect – the cryptocurrency project that gave rise to the aforementioned cryptocurrency – is still far from over. This Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that one of BitConnect’s founders was formally indicted on fraud charges associated with the most famous Ponzi scheme in the world of cryptocurrencies. The Drama Isn’t Over In an official press release, the Justice Department said that Satish...

Despite the recent turbulence in the cryptocurrency market, Pantera Capital envisioned a surge in bitcoin’s price in the following weeks. According to the investment firm, ‘Tax Day’ could be one of the propellers. Moreover, the cryptocurrency industry might soon separate from traditional financial markets and start trading independently, the company added. Light in The Tunnel Bitcoin’s last several months have been quite bearish. While many proponents expected to see it...

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has a white hat hacker to thank after he discovered a potential security flaw that could have resulted in devastating losses for customers. Coinbase Could Have Been Stuck in a Rut The security engineer who discovered the problem goes by the name Tree of Alpha. A real name is unknown at the time of writing, though this white hat hacker has ultimately garnered a bounty of about $250,000 from Coinbase due to his recent discovery....

ApplePay – Apple’s digital wallet service – is no longer providing support to Russian banks following sanctions from the United States and its western allies. Applications from Promsvyabank – a state-backed Russian bank – have also been removed from the App Store. Sanctioning Russia Apple’s removal of Russian financial services was reported by Russian news outlet RBC on Thursday. Three of Promsvyabank’s applications have vanished from the Apple store: mobile banking, PBS...

Western and Asian leaders have revealed more sanctions on Russia after its forces invaded Ukraine. Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, the European Union, and Japan have all slapped Moscow with fresh embargoes on Friday, fiercely condemning the military aggression that’s unfolding in Ukraine. Amidst the crisis, Ukraine urged the West to ban Russia from SWIFT, the high-security network that expedites payments among some 11,000 financial institutions in over 200 countries. Earlier...

Despite its record-low price, Miami Coin is going to stick around for some time according to Mayor Francis Suarez. The Price of Miami Coin Is Low Miami Coin is a new digital asset built for the city of Miami in Florida. The currency has only been around for a few months but is part of the region’s goal to become one of the most crypto-oriented cities in the United States. Suarez initially had the currency commissioned to give residents an opportunity to pay utility bills...

The Cardano blockchain will have its first ZK rollup layer 2 solution – Orbis. The main objective is to support decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and a thriving blockchain ecosystem. A Wave of ZK Companies The official blog post by the team behind the protocol explained that Orbis offers the level of scalability and transaction throughput relevant for blockchain to transform into a “global financial system.” Similar to other zk-based solutions, the transactions will...

Shahaf Bar-Geffen is the CEO and founder of COTI Network, a blockchain-based payments network. Bar-Geffen has a rich background in the tech field, and, believe it or not, back in 2016, he sold a media company by the name of Web3 to Mccan Erickson Group (IPG). He also founded a company called Positive Mobile – one of the first venues to advertise on smartphones and a company that was also acquired later on. His crypto passion started in 2015 and became even more serious when...