Visa completes digital Hong Kong dollar pilot test with local banks
Payment processor Visa has completed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's central bank digital currency (CBDC) Pilot Programme with HSBC and...
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Canadian MP urges community to study Bitcoin, cites Gensler’s pre-SEC stance
On the 15th anniversary of the release of the Bitcoin white paper, Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) Joël Lightbound took...
HSBC and Ant Group test tokenized deposits under HKMA sandbox
Banking giant the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has tested the use of tokenized deposits — from issuance...
Crypto’s ‘pro-rioter’ glitch artist stirs controversy — Patrick Amadon, NFT Creator – Cointelegraph Magazine
Patrick Amadon combines a passion for art and activism, and is articulate about how he intends for his work to...
Onyx Protocol exploiter begins siphoning $2.1M loot on Tornado Cash
Decentralized peer-to-peer lending protocol Onyx Protocol lost roughly $2.1 million in an exploit of a market with no liquidity that...
FTX and Alameda Research wallets send $13.1M in crypto to exchanges overnight
The crypto wallets linked to now-defunct crypto exchange FTX and its sister trading firm Alameda Research have sent over $13...
NEAR taps Nym for metadata privacy, encryption services
Layer 1 protocol NEAR has tapped blockchain security firm Nym to provide end-to-end encryption and metadata privacy services for its...
Invesco and Galaxy’s joint spot Bitcoin ETF added to DTCC’s site
The ticker for Invesco and Galaxy's spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) — BTCO — has appeared on the Depository...
October sees a comparative lull in crypto crime with losses of $32.2M: CertiK
Web3 theft hit a low point for the year so far in October, CertiK reported. Losses to hacks, exploits and...
SBF criminal trial moves to closing arguments
The ongoing criminal trial involving FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) will move into closing arguments on November 1. On Day 15...
SBF says spending FTX customers’ money was part of ‘risk management’: Report
Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, claims that spending clients’ fiat deposits was just part of “risk...
Ethereum layer 2’s will continue to have diverse approaches to scaling — Vitalik Buterin
The Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem is likely to continue evolving with diverse technological approaches, according to co-founder Vitalik Buterin.The co-founder of...
Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers pitch for changes to judge’s jury instruction
Attorneys representing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have written another letter to the presiding judge, seeking changes to the jury...
Web3 gaming investors more ‘choosy’ in crypto winter — Animoca’s Robby Yung
Investing in Web3 gaming has required a greater level of due diligence through a testing cryptocurrency bear market, according to...
Rising M2 money supply will see crypto become ‘Super Massive Black Hole’: Raoul Pal
The rising total money supply (M2) could propel crypto into another bull rally and help it outperform the traditional markets,...
Blockchain in charity, explained
Challenges and considerations while using cryptocurrencies in humanitarian aid Even if cryptocurrencies have the potential to revolutionize humanitarian aid efforts,...
Unibot contract $560K exploit crashes token price by more than 40%
A new contract deployed on Oct. 29 by Unibot, a popular Telegram bot used to snipe trades on the decentralized...
Bitcoin white paper turns 15 as Satoshi Nakamoto’s legacy lives on
Today marks 15 years since the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, shared the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper to a...
AVAX blockchain explorer to shut down as Etherscan fees draw controversy
Snowtrace.io, a popular blockchain explorer tool for Avalanche (AVAX), will shut down its website, powered by Etherscan's Explorer-as-a-Service (EaaS) toolkit,...
ZkDay conference and Pitch competition comes to Istanbul on Nov. 13
Zero knowledge-proof (ZK-proof) scalability solutions have grown in prominence in the crypto ecosystem in recent years, making way for several...
Crypto thief steals $4.4M in a day as toll rises from LastPass breach
At least 25 people have reportedly seen $4.4 million in crypto drained from across 80 wallets due to a 2022...
What are open-source protocols, and how do they work?
Understanding open-source protocols Open-source protocols have become a mainstay in the tech world and are gaining traction due to the...
