Euroclear has launched a digital securities issuance service and settled a 100-million-euro ($106 million) digital World Bank bond. This is the first step in the Brussels-based settlement house’s digital infrastructure strategy, it said. The three-year bond, which is being called a digitally native note, was issued by World Bank lending arm International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to raise funds…
No industry, and no business, is a fan of economic uncertainty, and many financial experts consider the current global market to be precarious. While every business has to look at ways to shore up operations and cut costs in a down economy, the effort can be particularly challenging for Web3 companies, which are relatively young, may have fewer ready resources…
Lawyers representing Binance and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao have filed statements in support of a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in March. In an Oct. 23 filing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, CZ’s and Binance’s attorneys made several legal claims arguing for the dismissal of…
There’s fantasy football (both kinds), fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball—and surely a fantasy game for just about every notable sport. But what about a fantasy game for musicians? Currently in a private alpha, Vault’s Fantasy Music game tasks players with building a roster of five artists from the Solana-based NFT music platform, with points awarded for increases in Spotify monthly listeners.…
Infamous hacker Denis Tokarenko, better known as Denis Katana, helped an ex-Soviet organized crime ring use Bitcoin to launder vast amounts of money, a judge in Spain claimed last week. El Español reported that the criminal organization, which operated out of the southeastern Spanish province of Alicante, used the digital means of exchange because of the “lack of state control.”…
Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated near $34,000 after the Oct. 24 Wall Street open as the dust settled on 15% daily gains. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Opinions diverge on Bitcoin funding rates Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC price volatility through the day, with $34,000 a focus at the time of writing. The pair had previously hit 17-month…
Hardware wallet firm Ledger is rolling out its cloud-based private key recovery solution despite facing significant criticism from the crypto community. Ledger Recover, an ID-based private key recovery service for the Ledger hardware wallet, is launching on Oct. 24, the firm officially announced on X (formerly Twitter). The release comes in conjunction with Ledger finalizing the open-source code for the…
So as Sam Bankman-Fried stands trial for wire fraud, securities fraud, commodities fraud, money laundering and campaign finance violations, let’s remember one thing above all else: crypto itself is not on trial. Bitcoin is a technological fortress built to endure, and no amount of speculative narratives or individual fallibility could ever change that. After FTX’s collapse and the ensuing legal…
The Bitcoin (BTC) price surge on Monday has now catapulted Bitcoin-related stocks to surge to new highs with the likes of Coinbase and Microstrategy posting new multi-week highs. Bitcoin mining stocks saw significant gains amid the BTC price momentum with the likes of United States-listed Riot Blockchain recording an 11.69% surge followed by Marathon Digital Holdings at a 14.6% increase.…
Welcome to “A Guide to Buying Crypto on Changelly.” Whether you’re a seasoned crypto enthusiast or just beginning your journey into the world of digital currencies, this guide is crafted to demystify the basics of buying crypto on our platform. While we aim to provide a comprehensive overview, addressing common problems and outlining the general user flow, we understand the…
