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,...
Read More »US Supreme Court All Set to Hear First Crypto Case on Tuesday
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...
Read More »Governor Ron DeSantis Floats Bill to Ban Use of CBDCs in Florida
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...
Read More »Financial Supervisory Commission to Head Crypto Regulation in Taiwan
Speaking to the parliament, Chairman Huang pointed out that the Financial Supervisory Commission was working on a crypto regulatory framework. The Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan (FSC) has announced that it will now be the primary regulatory body for cryptocurrencies in Taiwan. Some lawmakers had called for the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) as the chief crypto regulator. However, FSC made it known in a statement by its chairman, Huang Tien-mu while addressing the Taiwan...
Read More »Hong Kong to Become New Crypto Hub
The special administrative unit in Hong Kong is also contemplating a way to introduce a compulsory licensing regime for stablecoin issuers as early as this year. Kaiko, a French crypto market data provider, will shift its headquarters from Singapore to Hong Kong for greener pastures in the upcoming center for Web3 companies. In an interview with Kaiko’s Chief Executive Officer Ambre Soubiran, it was disclosed that the company will be moving forward with the decision amid the city’s...
Read More »FTX 2.0: New York-Based Investment Firm in Talks with Potential Buyers of Defunct Exchange
FTX may yet have a chance to establish itself as a force to reckon with in the crypto space. Plans to launch FTX 2.0 may gradually be shaping up after Wall Street investment firm, Jefferies, confirms that it is in talks with a potential buyer for the failed FTX exchange. If all goes according to plan, the exchange is expected to resume operations after being shut down by regulators. Bankrupt FTX Exchange to Relaunch as FTX 2.0 According to sources familiar with the situation, Jefferies has...
Read More »Hacker of Euler Finance Sends 100 ETH to a North Korean Address
As per blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis, Euler Finance transferred a total of 100 ETH to an address having links to North Korea. Another major hack rocked the decentralized finance (DeFi) market last week in March. The attack on DeFi protocol Euler Finance drained a massive $197 million making it the biggest DeFi hack in 2023 so far. While tracking the details of the movement of hacked funds, it turns out that the hack could be linked to North Korea. Among the series of transfers...
Read More »General Bytes Loses Over $1.5M to Crypto Hack
The ATM maker shuttered its cloud services to limit further compromise of sensitive user information. Bitcoin ATM maker General Bytes has reportedly lost BTC worth about $1.5 million to a crypto hack. The company reported a security incident between March 17 and 18 that allowed unauthorized access to compromising user information. According to the press release, the attacker gained remote access to the entire database, API keys, hot wallets, user names and passwords. Consequently, the...
Read More »Coinbase Contemplates Launching New Non-US Trading Platform as Authorities Intensify Scrutiny of Crypto Sector
Firms are actively searching for new banking partners as the regulatory climate in the US has now turned sour. Top American crypto exchange Coinbase is presently weighing its options regarding the creation of a new crypto trading platform. According to a Bloomberg report, the platform will be located outside the United States, and Coinbase has already begun talking about the move with institutional clients. Per the report, the exchange is also yet to decide on the particular location to...
Read More »Collective Finance to Launch Its Public Tokens Sale on Binance Smart Chain
Participation in the Public sale is through the Collective Finance DApp and by navigating to the Presale Tab. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol Collective Finance has announced plans to launch the public sale of its native token $CLF built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network. As contained in a Press Release shared with Coinspeaker, the public token sale can be accessed with a 10% discount, setting a generally lowered barrier for more encompassing community participation. The...
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