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Stablecoin issuer and fintech firm Circle has announced the launch of a new v2.2 upgrade to USDC and EURC. It is aimed at significantly reducing gas costs, improving support for account abstraction, and further strengthening transaction security on EVM blockchains. This phased rollout is expected to be completed over the next few months. The USDC and EURC smart contracts will undergo six modifications, all incorporated in a unified v2.2 upgrade for each supported EVM...

SBI Holdings, a prominent Japanese financial company, is preparing to launch a $663 million fund supporting Web3, AI, and other fintech startups. The fund is slated to invest in 150-200 companies and is anticipated to begin operations by the current year’s end, as Nikkei Shimbun reported. Japan’s Startup Fund Momentum with Major Backing The SBI Holdings investment scale is expected to be robust, ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of yen per project. This ambitious...

Cathie Wood has announced that Ark Invest will collaborate with 21Shares to introduce a new suite of innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These ETFs are designed to provide investors with diversified exposure to digital assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts and investments in blockchain-related companies. Ark Invest Unveils New Suite of Digital Asset ETFs Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest, in collaboration with 21Shares, is preparing for the debut of a series of...

SC Ventures, the investment division of Standard Chartered Bank, and SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial conglomerate, have joined forces to establish a $100 million cryptocurrency initiative in the United Arab Emirates. The new vehicle, dubbed Digital Asset Joint Venture, will focus on companies involved in market infrastructure, risk and compliance, decentralized finance (DeFi), and tokenization. The Digital Asset Joint Venture According to the official press release, the...

Consistent, diligent Bitcoin (BTC) buyers who have stacked sats for two years have greatly outperformed investors in other asset classes – despite entering the crypto market at one of the worst possible times. As of Thursday, dollar cost averaging Bitcoin since November 10, 2021, has put buyers 40% in the green. Bitcoin DCA Is The Way To dollar cost average (DCA) is to consistently buy Bitcoin in equal amounts of fiat currency at regular time intervals (daily, weekly, etc)...

In a recent interview with WSJ, Munger compared the cryptocurrency industry to a dirty prank. In his latest comments deriding the asset class, the Berkshire don called the blockchain industry a “stinkball” in finance. Charlie Munger Blasts Crypto ‘Stinkball’ Charlie Munger’s extended remarks on cryptocurrency for the interview with WSJ’s Karen Langley did give crypto credit for being disruptive: “The only way to get from hunter-gathering to civilization that we know of that’s...

Switzerland-based crypto-focused financial institution SEBA Bank has secured a regulatory license from Hong Kong regulators through its local wholly-owned subsidiary, enabling the entity to offer regulated cryptocurrency services to institutional investors in the city-state. The full license comes three months after SEBA received in-principle approval from the Hong Kong regulators and nearly a year after the Swiss crypto bank first established an office in the region. SEBA...

Ripple is partnering with payments fintech Onafriq, formerly known as MFS Africa, to facilitate digital asset-enabled cross-border payments connecting Africa to several new markets, such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the UK, and Australia. The collaboration is expected to introduce quicker, more effective, and economical global money transfers to Africa, with the potential to expedite financial inclusion throughout the continent. Ripple x Onafriq As part of the deal,...

Stablecoin issuer Circle is looking into the possibility of becoming a publicly traded company in the early months of 2024. The development comes almost a year after its failed SPAC deal with Concord. Despite the collapse of this particular deal, Circle’s co-founder and CEO, Jeremy Allaire, later emphasized the company still planned to become a publicly traded entity. Circle IPO for 2024? Per the latest information from undisclosed sources cited in a Bloomberg report, Circle...

American tech-focused investment manager Coatue Management has reportedly marked down its stake in OpenSea, one of the leading NFT platforms. According to documents reviewed by The Information, Coatue reduced its previously valued $120 million stake in OpenSea to just $13 million during the second quarter of 2023. Coatue Slashes OpenSea Stake by 90% Based on documents examined by The Information, Coatue decreased its stake in the NFT platform from an estimated $120 million to...