Zimbabwe’s central bank, which has expressed its opposition to cryptocurrencies in the past, announced yesterday it is presently exploring the feasibility of rolling out its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). The bank also said its regulatory sandbox continues to garner interest. CBDC Roadmap The Zimbabwean central bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has reiterated that it prefers a…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has announced the launch of Lens Protocol, a decentralized social media platform built on the Polygon blockchain. Named after lens culinaris, a plant that has a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria, the open-source “Web3, smart contracts-based social graph” is based on an ecosystem of dynamic non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Users create NFT-based profiles that “contain the history…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has said that crypto—and specifically the risks involved in the crypto industry—will be a priority area of focus for 2022. “The rapid introduction of a variety of crypto-asset or digital asset products into the financial system could pose significant safety and soundness and financial system risks,” FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg said in…
Avalanche (AVAX) recovery extended into its third week, primarily in the wake of similar upside retracement across the top crypto assets. On Thursday, AVAX’s price rallied by nearly 16% to reach $96.50, its best level since Jan. 14, 2022. The massive intraday move came as a part of a recovery that started Jan. 22, after the Avalanche token bottomed out…
While a bullish backdrop emerges in February, spare a thought for the traders trying to time the market. One savvy trader by the name of Samjhill on Reddit has built a trading tool that outperforms dollar-cost-averaging (DCA) for buying Bitcoin (BTC). DCA is the strategy in which investors buy a small amount regularly regardless of price fluctuations. It works in…
Cryptocurrency advocates in the United States have been increasingly putting efforts to support the industry, with crypto lobbying spending growing significantly in recent years. Crypto-related lobbying expenditure in the U.S. totaled at $4.9 million in 2021, more than doubling from $2.3 million in the previous year, according to a new study by the crypto analytics startup Cryptohead.io. The study is…
Founded in 2019 in Singapore, Phemex has been operating as a crypto derivatives exchange. The platform rose to the “top 10 global exchanges in less than two years, with a daily peak trading volume of more than $12 billion.” Cointelegraph talked to Jack Tao, founder and CEO of Phemex, about the difficulties and risks of running a crypto exchange and…
Polygon’s native stablecoin protocol QiDAO faced an exploit on its Superfluid vesting contract leading to a 65% drop in the price of the governance token QI. QI price fell from $1.24 to $0.18. QiDAO took to Twitter on Tuesday to acknowledge the exploit on the Superfluid vesting contract but assured that users’ funds are safe and no funds from QiDAO have…
Mobile payment service Cash App revealed that Lightning Network can now be used to transfer Bitcoin (BTC) through its app. With the new feature, its users can send their BTC to any Lightning or on-chain BTC address. Lightning Network is now available on Cash App. It’s the fastest, free way to pay anyone in bitcoin. Buy tacos, tip your favorite…
The Russian government is expected to collect up to 1 trillion rubles ($13 billion) in crypto tax each year, as per an estimation by the authorities. The Bell, a local Russian publication, reportedly got its hands on the government analytic note that estimated the yearly tax revenue. According to the letter’s authors, Russians hold 12% or nearly $214 billion in crypto. The…
