Mastercard sees partnerships as key to blockchain remittances in Latam
Mastercard has released a white paper on remittances in Latin America. Remittance rates are growing faster than the global average...
Financial Events
Visa Token Service reaches 1B tokens served in Asia-Pacific market
Visa announced on March 26 that its payment services in the Asia-Pacific region have served more than 1 billion tokens...
BlackRock CEO ’very bullish’ on Bitcoin as its ETF crosses $17B
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has been “pleasantly surprised” by the performance of his firm’s spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF)...
Munchables hacker returns $62.8M Ether without ransom
It took nearly eight hours for the Munchables hacker — a Munchables developer — to have a change of heart...
Crypto game Munchables on Blast exploited for $63M
A nonfungible token (NFT) game called Munchables, built on Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Blast, has suffered a $62-million exploit. Munchables announced it had been...
XRPL blockchain plugs into cross-chain DeFi
Ripple’s underlying XRPL blockchain is set to unlock a wide range of decentralized finance (DeFi) capabilities following the launch of...
Near introduces multichain transactions from a single account
The Near Foundation, the nonprofit organization backing the layer-1 Near Protocol, has revealed that the protocol now enables chain signatures....
21Shares debuts Toncoin staking ETP TONN on SIX Exchange
21Shares, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) issuers, is launching a staking ETP based on cryptocurrency Toncoin (TON).The...
Internet Computer users pledge $80M to decentralize its project ecosystem
Internet Computer community members pledged almost $80 million worth of Internet Computer (ICP) tokens to help decentralize protocols in the...
Massive Bitcoin consolidation sparks sell-side liquidity concerns
CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju believes that the movement and consolidation of 2,000 Bitcoin (BTC) by an unidentified...