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The Chilean central bank withdrew its plans to release a CBDC by the end of 2022, saying it will conduct thorough research and additional analysis on the product before moving to its launch. Digital Peso Should Wait Banco Central de Chile published a report focused on the country’s current monetary network and examined the risks and benefits of issuing a digital version of its national currency. By the looks of it, the central bank is optimistic about such a financial...

Five US states announced plans to take immediate action against a Russian organization allegedly selling fraudulent NFTs to US investors for funding a metaverse casino called Flamingo Casino Club. The authorities required the entity to stop selling such digital assets, accusing it of committing fraud and selling unregistered securities. Fraudulent Claims Securities Regulators from Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Texas said that Flamingo Casino Club had solicited...

After yesterday’s brief price surge to $31,000, bitcoin stalled and retraced back to below $30,000. Most altcoins are also slightly in the red today, except for TRON and Polkadot, both of which are up by around 4%. Bitcoin Failed at $31K No other word can explain what transpired last week better than “massacre.” Bitcoin stood close to $40,000 on May 5 before the bears took complete control over the market and pushed it south hard. At first, BTC lost $4,000 in a day before the...

United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s leading flag carrier, Emirates Airline, is all set to dive into the digital asset space by leveraging cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the metaverse. The entry is part of its strategy “to connect with customers in a faster and more flexible way,” said the report. Embracing Bitcoin, NFT, and Metaverse Emirates will start its foray into the cryptocurrency industry by soon introducing Bitcoin as a payment method. The company will also add NFT collectibles...

Legacy American investor Bill Miller revealed he sold some “liquid stuff” to satisfy margin calls as bitcoin might be one of those assets. However, the billionaire remains a keen proponent of the primary cryptocurrency, describing it as an “insurance against financial catastrophe.” Not Changing his Stance The US investor, fund manager, and philanthropist Bill Miller stands as one of the most popular bitcoin supporters. He further strengthened his stance during the COVID-19...

Ethereum whales have registered a sharp uptick in activity in the past few days, making nearly 2,600 transactions worth over $1 million each yesterday alone. This is the highest number of such transaction activities in a day since January. 🐳 #Ethereum‘s whales have been extremely active today, firing off 2,596 transactions valued at $1M or more. This is the highest day of whale transactions since January, and something to monitor if $ETH drops below $2k for the first time...

This was the most eventful week in many months, but, unfortunately, the end result was that $500 billion were wiped off the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. Terra’s ecosystem was at the forefront of it all, so let’s unpack. On May 9th, UST – the algorithmic stablecoin of the Terra ecosystem, lost its peg. It fell to about $0.95, but no one was prepared for what happened after that. On the following day, UST continued losing value as the Luna Foundation Guard...

Prominent decentralized finance protocol, Bancor has announced the launch of its v3, dubbed Bancor 3. The release on the mainnet comes six months after the project first shared the details of features. Bancor 3 Goes Live According to the official blog post, Bancor’s latest version is focused on encouraging broad and sustainable involvement in on-chain liquidity markets by simplifying passive liquidity provision in automated market-maker (AMM) liquidity pools. Following the...

São Paulo-based Nubank, Latin America’s largest digital bank, has signed a partnership deal with blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos to support cryptocurrency trading services within its banking app. Nubank Supports Direct Bitcoin and Ether Trading In a press release on Wednesday (May 11, 2022), Nubank said its customers will be able to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and ether directly via the banking app, with crypto purchases starting from $0.20. (1 BRL). According to the...

Terra’s entire ecosystem has been at the forefront of everything crypto in the past few days. Its stablecoin – UST – lost its peg. LUNA – the other cryptocurrency of the ecosystem – lost 99.9% of its value in days and keeps crashing. Do Kwon – the CEO of Terra – has been in the center of many discussions in the cryptocurrency industry as of late, and in a recent interview, he said that “there’s entertainment in watching companies die.” Ironic. The UST-LUNA Debacle A couple of...