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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on Tuesday announced that a multi-jurisdiction CBDC pilot spearheaded by BIS Innovation Hub has been successful. The project saw 164 transactions worth nearly $22 million in real-value cross-border payments through a purpose-built multi-CBDC platform – mBridge.   Apart from the central banks of Hong Kong, China, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 20 commercial banks also participated in the project, which lasted a little...

An analysis carried out by the financial services company – Bankrate – determined that US millennials are not as enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies as they were last year. Around 30% said they feel comfortable investing in digital assets compared to 50% in 2021. The Latest Change in Trends Younger generations, including millennials and Generation Z, are among the most active demographic groups in the cryptocurrency space. A recent survey, though, revealed that the former had...

The Solana blockchain experienced yet another outage late on Friday, but it’s back online after getting restarted. The protocol’s native cryptocurrency dropped by 6% daily as a consequence of the latest network outage. The Solana Status Twitter page informed late last night about the network issues as it stopped processing transactions. Shortly after, Stakewiz – an entity operating a validator node on Solana – provided more details, saying validators stopped voting at 22:41...

On Tuesday night, an Ethereum MEV bot gained 800 ETH through the use of clever arbitrage, only to lose all of it and more to a hacker an hour later. Here’s how the situation played out on-chain: The event began with a third-party trader mistakenly losing nearly $2 million to spreads on Uniswap v2 trade. While he initially traded in 1.8 million cUSDC, he only received 518 USDC in return.  According to Flashbots Product Lead Robert Miller, this only created a “massive arbitrage...

Bitcoin tried its hand at taking down $20,000 yesterday once again, but, just like it happened earlier this week, it was stopped and dropped by almost $1,000. Most larger-cap altcoins are slightly in the red now, while there are some gains from the mid-cap ones. Bitcoin Rejected at $20K Once More Bitcoin had a significantly less volatile week than the previous one when the US Federal Reserve’s actions pushed it south to a three-month low at $18,100. The asset recovered some...

One of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in Spain – Telefonica – partnered with the crypto exchange Bit2Me to allow clients to pay for services in digital assets. Cryptocurrency adoption seems to be on a high level in the Iberian country. A few months ago, the leading airline company – Vueling – said travelers will be able to purchase flight tickets in bitcoin and other assets from January 2023. Telefonica Says ‘Yes’ to Crypto The Madrid-based...

The Texas-based bitcoin mining giant is entering a merger agreement with SilverSun Technologies, a publicly-traded business technology solutions provider, as Rhodium is planning to list on Nasdaq after an initial delay. Meanwhile, the fall in the price of BTC and the ongoing crypto winter has caused bitcoin mining companies to struggle to stay afloat. Rhodium Makes Another Shot to go Public In an announcement on Thursday (September 29, 2022), the merger between SilverSun and...

The American billionaire and former White House official – David Rubenstein – reiterated his pro-crypto stance, predicting that the industry is “not going away.” His comments come in the midst of a market decline that has affected numerous digital assets. Bitcoin, for one, is currently 70% down compared to its all-time high valuation from November 2021. Crypto Provides Financial Freedom In a recent interview for Bloomberg, the Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group – David...

Unlike the previous week, which was full of volatility, the past seven days were quite more stagnant in the cryptocurrency space. Bitcoin, for one, had calmed around $19,000 after the most recent price drops and spent the weekend as well as Monday at that level. The situation changed on Tuesday when it initiated an impressive leg up, resulting in a price surge to over $20,000 for the first time in 12 days. However, the bears tightened their grip on the market and pushed the...

Prominent business intelligence and software company MicroStrategy is looking to hire a software engineer to develop a Lightning Network-based SaaS platform. This comes shortly after the firm’s former CEO – Michael Saylor – stepped down. According to its job listing, the company has advertised for a position that seeks an experienced software developer for a new platform that will be developed to offer enterprises “innovative solutions to cyber-security challenges and...